NewSoft announced the immediate availability of Presto! DVD PowerSuite, designed to provide consumers a fast solution for capturing, editing, authoring and burning high-quality DVDs.

Presto! DVD PowerSuite not only supports DVD ±R/RW recording formats, but DVD-RAM, DVD-Video and CD formats as well.

Initial testing has also shown the PowerSuite’s MPEG-2 codec to be very fast providing full video capture capabilities with real-time MPEG-2 encoding to all leading video file formats that can be burned on the fly to highly compatible discs. Users can also connect their camcorder or VCR direct to the notebook or PC's IEEE 1394 port or USB 2.0 port, to capture raw video footage direct to DVD±RW or DVD-RAM for immediate direct-to-disc editing. Using Presto! DVD PowerSuite, even inexperienced users can cut and remove unwanted scenes as well as add still or motion menu templates, titles, transitions, effects, background music, and DVD menus. For added convenience, the PowerSuite offers Real-time Preview enabling users to preview edits and revisions without waiting for the video to be rendered.

Presto! DVD PowerSuite can also be used to burn data, music, or simply make a personal back-up copy of non-copyright protected educational, multimedia and business software, music CDs, as well personal photo CDs and home video DVDs. In addition, an advanced video editing tool and a media player are included giving more advanced users the ability edit their video clips using either the storyboard feature or an advanced mode with five separate timeline tracks.

Availability

Compatible with Windows 98SE/Me/2000 and XP operating systems, boxed copies of NewSoft’s Presto! DVD PowerSuite are now available through www.newsoftinc.com with an estimated street Price (ESP) of $69.95.