Celebrating its 15th Anniversary, Nero delivers a new release with three standalone products bundled into one multimedia suite: Nero Vision Xtra, Nero Burning ROM and Nero BackItUp & Burn
Nero today introduced Nero Multimedia Suite 10, providing a shift from previous offerings of 'all-in-one' integrated applications to a new multimedia bundle consisting of three standalone products. The three products that make up Nero Multimedia Suite 10 are Nero Vision Xtra, which is dedicated to media organisation, video editing and HD movie creation; Nero Burning ROM for disc burning and copying; and Nero BackItUp & Burn for backing up, synching and restoring data.
Nero Multimedia Suite 10 offers easy music, photo and video file management, advanced video editing which provides optimised HD performance with SmartEncoding and Blu-ray Disc authoring. Additionally, it delivers disc burning, backup technology and multimedia tools.
Nero Multimedia Suite 10 consists of the following products:
Nero Vision Xtra
The all new Nero Vision Xtra is a combination of two fully integrated applications: Nero MediaHub and Nero Vision.
Nero MediaHub is the home base for playback, management and simple editing of multimedia files. It features an easy-to-use interface that lets users organise, sort, search, play back and share music, photo and video files, organise music playlists, as well as create and edit slideshows with high quality Movie Themes - all from one place. From the same window, play back the most popular audio, video and photo formats such as AVCHD, MKV, FLV, FLAC, DVD, non-commercial Blu-ray, MPEG-4 AVC, (S)-VCD, AVCREC, audio CDs, as well as music playlists and slideshows. Easily publish music, slideshows and video projects to CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray Discs (including 24 progressive frame high quality cinema formats) or upload to social media communities, including YouTube, Facebook, MySpace, Flickr and the My Nero community.
Nero Vision provides advanced video editing and authoring tools for Standard and High Definition movies. It includes features such as true multi-track editing, advanced Picture-in-Picture and overlay effects with full key frame control, Pan & Zoom, Chroma Key, Image Matt, Lens Distortion, Sharpen, Edge Feathering, Earthquake and more. 60 Menu Templates can be used for creating disc menus (sports, kids & family, holiday, business and various other themes) including standard 2D, animated 2D and smart3D. To spruce up photos and videos, Nero Vision includes over 150 Clipart options like bubbles, lines, borders and frames.
Nero Vision also delivers high HD performance including SmartEncoding for MPEG 2 and AVCHD, as well as NVIDIA CUDA support for high-performance hardware accelerated H.264/AVC encoding. In addition, Nero Vision enables users to export to a large variety of file formats, including online, CDs, DVDs, AVCHD and Blu-ray Discs.
Nero MediaHub and Nero Vision work together to bridge between basic and advanced video editing. Users can start a slideshow or home video project in Nero MediaHub and transfer their project into Nero Vision by clicking on the "advanced editing" button.
Nero Burning ROM
When it comes to burning and copying CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray Discs, Nero Burning ROM delivers the industry's leading burning solution. Nero Burning ROM also integrates the recently announced SecurDisc 2.0 technology to increase the lifespan, reliability, security and integrity of user's burned content. Working with any optical recording drive, SecurDisc 2.0 now includes support for Blu-ray Discs, in addition to CDs and DVDs. Plus, Nero SecurDisc Viewer is automatically included with every burn and works without installation or drivers. Users can protect their confidential data from unauthorised access with password protection and encryption, while ensuring its authenticity with digital signatures.
Using the Nero DiscSpan and Nero DiscMerge utilities, users can burn oversized files to multiple discs or different types of media and then merge them back together again. Plus, Nero Burning ROM has also been enhanced with support for new burning compilations and now supports AVCHD for DVDs and AVCHD / BD-MV for Blu-ray Discs.
Nero BackItUp & Burn
Nero BackItUp & Burn is providing backup and recovery capabilities for personal photos, music, videos and documents. Easily back up files, folders, drives and the entire system in a few steps. Users can secure files and protect entire systems from the effects of hard drive crashes, system failures and virus attacks. Launch the one-click Autobackup function, select the target and it automatically backups files in the background without intrusion. In addition, it?s easy to schedule regular backups with various methods, compression and protection levels to secure files.
Nero BackItUp & Burn is not only about backup, recovery and restoration, but also about syncing data between computers and mobile devices for easy access to files and folders when on the go. With Nero BackItUp & Burn?s syncing features, files and folders can be synched directly to hard drives, laptops and USB flash drives or online.
PLUS Nero Multimedia Suite 10 ? Multimedia Tools
Besides all the new applications and features, Nero Multimedia Suite 10 also contains well-known tools like:
- Nero StartSmart - An updated GUI on this task-oriented command center makes it easy to access music, photo and video editing, burning, or backup applications. It includes an integrated Nero StartSmart Knowledge Center to increase user skills through online access to step-by-step tutorials and manuals, networking with the My Nero community, sharing blogs and tips with other Nero users and available add-ons and updates.
- Nero DiscCopy Gadget - Perform simple disc-copying operations from the desktop.
- Nero CoverDesigner - Create custom covers, labels and booklets for CD and DVD cases and more.
- Nero SoundTrax - Create 5.1 surround mixes and digitise music from vinyl records or cassette tapes.
- Nero WaveEditor - Edit music using various effects and sound enhancement tools.
- Nero Recode - Automatically convert and compress DVD-Video or video files while maintaining optimal playback quality.
- Nero Toolkit - Increase PC performance with tools to manage rights, analyze discs and display system information.
Pre-sale of Nero Multimedia Suite 10 starts today at www.nero.com for just £59.99 / €90. Starting April 12th, Nero Multimedia Suite 10 will be available in retail stores worldwide with a suggested retail price of £59.99 / €90.
Current Nero 9 users and previous version users can upgrade to Nero Multimedia Suite 10 at a special discounted price at www.nero.com.
New products such as Nero Vision Xtra (£49.99/ €75), Nero Burning ROM (£39.99 / €60) and Nero BackItUp & Burn (£29.99 / €45) will only be available for purchase and download online at www.nero.com beginning April 12th.