Pinnacle Systems announced interoperability between its Pinnacle Liquid and Pinnacle Edition high-end editing solutions and the new Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004.
Using Pinnacle’s powerful XSend functionality, all Pinnacle Liquid and Edition users can seamlessly publish clips and projects as Flash video objects so that their compelling video images can beenhanced, using Flash MX Professional 2004, with content and interactivity targeted specifically for the web.
“Enhancing web projects with video has been difficult and labor-intensive to date,” said Forest Key, senior product manager, Macromedia. “By empowering its highly creative customer base withXSend-to-Flash Video for Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004, Pinnacle gives users the flexibility they have been looking for to create enticing, interactive and entertaining websites.”
“Enabling more and more video use on the web has been Pinnacle’s vision for a long time,” said Jim Guerard, vice president and general manager of professional editing solutions at Pinnacle Systems.”Working together with Macromedia has turned our vision into reality especially for the enterprise, education, and government market. Providing our customers with easy to use and flexible tools isthe key in driving this development further.”
The Pinnacle XSend-to-Flash Video plug-in automatically converts clips and sequences directly into the Flash .flv format for immediate enhancements in either Macromedia Flash MX, Flash MX 2004 orFlash MX Professional 2004.
Availability
The Pinnacle XSend-to-Flash Video plug-in will be available for download at no cost from the Pinnacle website on September 12th, 2003. Check out your local stop on the Edition Fall Tour at www.pinnaclesys.com/ontheroad2003/editionroadshow.asp for a complete demo of this new and exciting feature.
