

VideoStudio 9 offers refined automated video editing tools for consumers who want to quickly and easily turn home videos into polished movies. The plug-ins will be available from Ulead's German and French sites on September 15. UK users can download the plug-ins from September 8 at: Ulead HDV and MPEG-4 upgrades are free to all registered users of full version VideoStudio 9. The Ulead MPEG-4 Plug-in for VideoStudio 9 allows users to easily create video for high-quality playback, streaming over the net or display on mobile phones, PDAs or the Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP). MPEG-4 is a flexible format rapidly gaining acceptance for applications ranging from DVD-quality playback to video delivered over the Internet and mobile devices. The HDV Plug-in provides Sony HDR-HC1 users with a cost-effective solution to capture, edit, and output high-resolution HDV 1080i video - enabling users to incorporate HDV fully in their video projects, from capture through output. The HDV Plug-in for Ulead VideoStudio 9 is of special interest to users of Sony's Hand圜am HDR-HC1, the first consumer HDV 1080i camcorder. It offers a new generation of video quality with 16:9 aspect ratio and higher resolution for greater detail and more vivid colors. HDV is a new, high-definition format established by Canon Inc., Sharp Corporation, Sony Corporation, and Victor Company of Japan Limited (JVC). The two plug-ins offer support for the latest formats available to consumers. Northampton, Ulead Systems, Inc., a 16-year industry leader in video, image and DVD software, announced that all registered full version users of VideoStudio 9, Ulead’s consumer video editing software, will be eligible to download free upgrade plug-ins to add HDV and MPEG-4 support to the application. New support for high-definition video editing for Sony Hand圜am Camcorder HDR-HC1 - the first consumer HDV 1080i camcorder - and for mobile & streaming video. Ulead announces free HDV and MPEG-4 upgrades for VideoStudio 9 users
