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Northridge, CA - June 24, 2002
— Sonic Desktop Software, the leader
in soundtrack creation technology, today
announced a co-marketing agreement with
eZedia™ Inc., a leader in digital media
software technology. SmartSound® Movie
Maestro™ will be offered through eZedia's
Zoom-ed™ program, allowing educators
to purchase Movie Maestro for a limited
time at a special educational price. Movie
Maestro will be included in eZedia's Zoom-ed
Classroom Resource website and corporate
website, e-newsletter and direct marketing
communications. As well, the two companies
will jointly distribute product literature
and demonstration software.
"The eZediaMX™ product shares
a common goal with our SmartSound family
of software – to help visual media
creators communicate with more creativity
and impact. With eZedia multimedia authoring
software and SmartSound soundtrack creation
software, anyone can create great-sounding,
dynamically rich multimedia presentations
with little or no learning curve,"
said Kevin Klingler, president and CEO of
Sonic Desktop. "By partnering with
eZedia, we're helping to provide media educators
with one of the most complete multimedia
authoring solutions on the market."
"Movie Maestro is an ideal tool for
students and educators to enhance the audio
component of any multimedia project,"
added eZedia's president and CEO, Stefan
Embleton. "eZedia’s Zoom-ed
program not only makes our eZediaMX software
more economical and accessible, but it is
committed to providing useful resources,
such as Movie Maestro. Our partnership with
Sonic Desktop offers educators the most
powerful video, image and sound experience
available to their students in a very easy-to-learn
and easy-to-use package."
About eZedia Inc.
eZediaMX revolutionizes cross-platform
multimedia authoring and editing with a
unique visual linking environment and intuitive
interface. It combines superior media handling
with innovative interactivity tools and
easy-to-use logic elements that will unleash
one's imagination and enhance their digital
lifestyle. eZediaMX can be used to quickly
and easily create digital portfolios, business
presentations, multimedia slide shows, web
videos, animations and interactive CD-ROM
projects.
Utilizing the latest technologies from
QuickTime™, Java™ and OpenGL™,
eZediaMX provides advanced features such
as movie and media masking, non-destructive
video editing, animation, text to speech,
sound mixing and fading and full control
of VRs all without any programming or scripting.
Its provides a powerful, yet intuitive tools
allow users to combine and edit all media
formats including video, graphics, animation,
sound, MP3s, VRs and text.
Founded in 1994 by Stefan Embleton, eZedia
Inc. has grown from a full-service interactive
digital media development organization to
a leader in digital media software technology.
The company derives its name from the phrase
"easy media" which underscores
its corporate focus on the delivery of easy-to-use
and easy-to-learn digital media authoring
and development products. More information
about eZedia Inc. is available on the Company's
web site at www.ezedia.ca.
About Sonic Desktop, Inc.
Sonic Desktop Software, The Soundtrack
Company™ is the developer and marketer
of the SmartSound family of audio software
products—the world leader in soundtrack
creation technology for visual content creators.
SmartSound technology is available for Windows
98 or newer and Macintosh OS 9.0 or newer.
The products include the SmartSound
For Multimedia, SmartSound
Sonicfire® Pro and SmartSound Movie Maestro soundtrack creation software
and the Audio
Palette, Sound Palette, The Edge and
Movie
Music series of music and sound effects
add-on CDs. The company is headquartered
in Northridge, California, and can be reached
by phone at 818-920-9122, by fax at 818-920-9152
or via their website at www.smartsound.com.
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