Automatic Duck now shipping Pro Import C3

New plugin for Discreet Combustion allows you to import timeline and effects information from Avid, Premiere, and Final Cut Pro

New York, NY (July 12,2004) — Automatic Duck, the creators of Timeline Integration Engine software for digital media artists, today announced that Pro Import C3 will make its formal debut at DV Expo East 2004 at the Jacob Javitz Convention Center in New York City. Automatic Duck Pro Import C3 is the industry's first Timeline Integration software that seamlessly and instantly translates highly-designed, effects-laden Avid or Final Cut Pro editing timelines directly into Discreet combustion 3 desktop compositing and motion graphics software.

"Automatic Duck Timeline Integration tools have quickly emerged as a critical tool for every digital media designer's tool box. We're here in Manhattan, one of the creative capitals of the world, to demonstrate to the industry's most elite digital media designers and post production houses how Automatic Duck streamlines and simplifies their most complex workflow environments," said Wes Plate, president of Automatic Duck.

About Pro Import C3

Pro Import C3 intelligently reconstructs users' Avid or Final Cut Pro timelines, instantly importing all media and clips while accounting for layer placements and digital media effects - all in a single step. Discreet combustion 3 is the digital media design industry's award-winning solution for creating effects and motion graphics for video, film, DVD and the web.

Pro Import C3 for Discreet combustion 3 provides digital media artists with a fast and simple process for reconstructing their creations completed in Avid or Final Cut Pro systems. Whether users are creating complex, multilayered creations, or simply treating single shots, Pro Import C3 provides a seamless extension from the NLE timeline directly into combustion 3. With Pro Import C3, all user media is imported and referenced in the workspace, enabling users to slip and trim shots directly in combustion 3 without having to go back into Avid or Final Cut Pro to re-edit and repeat the export process again. This unique approach eliminates disruptions to the creative workflow process, and enables digital media artists to focus on their work and not the workflow.

Pricing and Availability

Automatic Duck Pro Import C3 is available immediately and is priced at $495.00. For more information or to order, contact Audio Intervisual Design, your complete Automatic Duck reseller.

About Automatic Duck

Automatic Duck is the pioneer of Timeline Integration Engine technology and leads the content creation marketplace with powerful solutions for seamless, comprehensive timeline translation capabilities between Avid, After Effects, Boris Red 3GL, combustion, Final Cut Pro and Quantel via OMF and AAF. For more information on Automatic Duck's unique Timeline Integration Engine technology, please visit www.automaticduck.com.

About Audio Intervisual Design

Audio Intervisual Design builds a complete range of professional video, film and audio workstations, including powerful realtime video editing and compositing systems using products from Adobe, Apple, Avid, Boris, and Discreet. Complete systems are available for demonstration by appointment at their Hollywood offices. For over 20 years, Audio Intervisual Design has been a reseller, integrator, and consultant to Production and Post-Production professionals in the Television, Motion-Picture, and Recording industies. Email us today or call (323) 845-1155 so we can discuss your questions and specific needs, arrange a demonstration, and customize a system for you.