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Brian Quandt
President
HEURIS
800.923.9232
314.534.1514
quandt@heuris.com

HEURIS Releases MPEG Export Engine™

HEURIS releases QuickTime™ 3 component
that converts QuickTime files into MPEG-1 streams.

St. Louis, MO, August 24, 1998 -- HEURIS, makers of the most widely used professional MPEG encoder, today anounced that their MPEG Export Engine is now available for purchase over the web. The HEURIS MPEG Export Engine is a new QuickTime export component that will create MPEG-1 streams. It is for professionals who need to spec out jobs, demonstrate the quality of MPEG-1streams to their clients, and create video proofs of work in progress, without having to make a large speculative investment in an MPEG encoder. The HEURIS MPEG Export Engine is designed to introduce professionals to HEURIS’s award-winning MPEG encoding technology using a new, inexpensive component that is tightly integrated with their existing tools.

"Most professional video editors need to prove the technology and secure a paying client before they can consider buying a full-featured MPEG encoder," says Brian Quandt, President of HEURIS. "This product will make the first step into MPEG a smaller, less risky one."

The HEURIS MPEG Export Engine makes converting QuickTimeä files into MPEG-1 streams easy.  Users of QuickTime 3 Pro simply select File > Export from the main menu of the MoviePlayerä and then select "Movie to HEURIS MPEG" on the "Export File As:" dialog.  A range of options and templates are available on the "Options" screen. The HEURIS MPEG Export Engine will also be integrated with Terran Interactive’s Media Cleaner Pro 3.1 and will offer an extended range of encoding options.

"QuickTime brings together a wide variety of the latest multimedia tools," said Steve Bannerman, senior product manager for QuickTime at Apple Computer, Inc. "HEURIS’ MPEG Export Engine adds an inexpensive, high-quality MPEG-1 encoder to the QuickTime toolset."

"The MPEG Export Engine is a great way for professionals to get their feet wet with MPEG," said Brian Quandt, President for HEURIS. "It allows professionals to easily and inexpensively learn about MPEG. They can then purchase one of our full professional products when they are awarded a project or need MPEG-2."

The HEURIS MPEG Export Engine retails for $99 and is available for purchase over the web. Both Macintosh and Windows versions are available. The HEURIS MPEG Export Engine will also be bundled with version 3.1 of Terran Interactive’s Media Cleaner Pro, which is due out at the end of September as a free upgrade to existing Media Cleaner Pro users. Developers requiring additional functionality, including Avid OMF and Media 100 QuickTime file format support, batch encoding with interrupt and resume, and MPEG-2 support, can easily upgrade to HEURIS' MPEG Power Professional line of products.

ABOUT HEURIS

Located in St. Louis, Missouri, HEURIS is the developer of the most widely used professional MPEG encoder, MPEG Power Professional™. This award-winning software product is the first MPEG encoder to deliver the features and encoding quality demanded by professionals, without the expensive hardware. MPEG Power Professional™ is used by professional video editors and other creators of digital content to convert video, film, animation, special effect, and graphics clips into MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 streams. MPEG is used with CD-ROMs, DVDs, video kiosks, and over the Internet. HEURIS has been working with MPEG since 1991 and its customers include The Colorado Rockies, Sea World, The Mirage, Electronic Arts, IBM, Vanderbilt University, EDS, and the U.S. Military. HEURIS can be found at http://www.heuris.com.

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