News: Automatic Duck Extends Sound Design Capabilities To Leading Timeline Integration Tool For Final Cut Pro Users

Pro Export FCP 3.0 Enables Sound Designers to Export OMF Files from Final Cut Pro Directly Into Pro Tools

(SEATTLE, WA-April 18, 2005) Automatic Duck (www.automaticduck.com), the creators of Timeline Integration Engine software for digital media artists, today announced it has extended powerful new sound design capabilities to its industry leading timeline integration solution for Apple Final Cut Pro users, Pro Export FCP 3.0.

Formerly named “Pro Export,” Pro Export FCP 3.0 enables digital media artists to export OMF files from Final Cut Pro with embedded audio directly into Pro Tools, or any other digital audio workstation supporting OMF.

Pro Export FCP will debut at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) 2005 Conference this week in Las Vegas in its booth #SL760.

“We’re aggressively exploring all aspects of the digital media design workflow, with our efforts to simplify the creative workflow now extending to sound design,” said Wes Plate, president of Automatic Duck. “As more and more designers integrate complex sound design into their creations, the more they need a tool that seamlessly and easily integrates with their content creation platforms – and do so without compromising a single note or sound effect. Automatic Duck is pioneering a new direction in sound design and we’re here at NAB 2005 demonstrating how we’re reaching out to all platforms to enable this powerful capability for our customers.”

Pro Export FCP v3.0 delivers the most advanced solution on the market that enables digital media artists to send OMF files with embedded audio from Final Cut Pro directly to Pro Tools while maintaining audio gain information, including key frames, and offers a superior approach to the OMF export capability built into Final Cut Pro.

Automatic Duck will be demonstrating its newest solutions for sound design in its booth #SL760 during NAB 2005 this week in Las Vegas, as well, the Company will have on display its entire portfolio of timeline integration solutions for users of Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion, Adobe Premier Pro, Adobe After Effects, Avid and discreet combustion.

Pricing and Availability
Pro Export FCP v3.0 will be available this summer and will be priced at $495.00. For more information on ordering product, please visit www.automaticduck.com.

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, Adobe After Effects, combustion, Final Cut Pro, Motion and Premiere Pro via XML, OMF and AAF. For more information on Automatic Duck’s unique Timeline Integration Engine technology, please visit www.automaticduck.com.
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