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Magic Bullet Movie Looks Selected for Sony Vegas 5

San Francisco, CA, May 5, 2004 – Red Giant Software today announced that Sony Pictures Digital Networks selected Magic Bullet Movie LooksTM for bundling with its powerful new versions of Sony Vegas® 5 software and Vegas+DVD Production Suite. The bundle includes 10 custom-designed Movie Looks presets that allow editors to apply a Hollywood-style finish to their digital video projects—adding dramatic moods easily and affordably.

Modeled on the stylized treatments used in many major motion picture productions, Movie Looks alters the shading, contrast, and tints of scenes to mimic the rich look of film. With an easily accessible and intuitive menu, users can apply a range of effects such as adding glows, making a scene more distant or inviting, or simply applying rich tints to make their projects stand out.

“Magic Bullet Movie Looks expands the line up of professional plug-ins available to Vegas users,” said Dave Chaimson, vice president of marketing for Sony Pictures Digital Network’s Media Software and Services group. “We welcome the creative enhancements that this high-performance offering brings to our product and are proud to offer it to purchasers of Vegas 5 software and our Vegas+DVD Production Suite at no additional cost.”

“With the many professional-level effects available natively inside their editing environment, we created this plug-in to help Vegas software users add even more drama to their video projects,” said Sean Safreed, co-founder, Red Giant Software. “We know that they will find Movie Looks indispensable for finishing projects and are thrilled to be bundled with one of the top NLE software products available in the market today.”

Pricing and Availability

Magic Bullet Movie Looks is included free with Vegas 5 and the Vegas+DVD Production Suite from Sony Pictures Digital Networks. Vegas users can upgrade to Magic Bullet Editors, adding more than 40 additional Looks, as well as controls to customize and save their own treatments. The upgrade will be available by the end of May 2004 at an introductory price of $199 USD.

For additional product information visit, http://www.redgiantsoftware.com/vegasbullet.html

About Sony Pictures Digital Networks

Sony Pictures Digital Networks—a division of Sony Pictures Digital—is responsible for broadband video delivery and personal media software and services.

The Media Software and Services division manages the following media creation software titles: Sound Forge® software, Vegas® software, CD Architect™ software, DVD Architect™ software, ACID® PRO software, Loops for ACID™ music libraries, Sony Pictures Sound Effects™ Series, Noise Reduction™ Plug-In, Sony® Screenblast® Movie Studio software, Sony Screenblast ACID 4.0 software and Sony Screenblast Sound Forge software. The team also runs ACIDplanet® (www.ACIDplanet.com), a worldwide community for progressive musicians. For additional product information, please visit www.sony.com/mediasoftware.

Sony Pictures Digital Networks is committed to making information and entertainment available anywhere, anytime, on any enabled device. Sony Pictures Digital is a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment. For more information please visit www.sonypictures.com.

About The Orphanage

Founded by former Industrial Light + Magic visual effects artists Jonathan Rothbart, Stuart Maschwitz, and Scott Stewart, The Orphanage is focused on high-end VFX services and animation for features and broadcast, original motion picture and television production, and digital filmmaking technology development. Its first commercialized technology, the groundbreaking digital filmmaking software Magic Bullet Suite, was introduced at the 2000 National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas, Nevada.

About Red Giant Software

Red Giant Software LLC (www.redgiantsoftware.com) is a San Francisco-based company that develops professional tools for digital video production. Products are available as plug-ins for popular video editing and effects applications including After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Motion, Premiere Pro, and Avid. All tools are based on production-proven technology developed by visual effects veterans.

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