News: Automatic Duck Debuts Industry

Pro Export PPro Empowers Sound Designers with Industry-First Capability of Exporting Audio from Adobe Premiere Pro to 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 that Pro Export PPro 1.0 will make its debut this week at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) 2005 Conference in Las Vegas.

In its booth #SL760, Automatic Duck will demonstrate, for the first time, Pro Export PPro and its industry-unique capabilities for exporting audio files created in Adobe Premiere Pro directly into Digidesign Pro Tools, the industry standard for audio production.

Pro Import PPro represents the first solution in the industry to enable this kind of workflow for moving digital media sequences from Adobe Premiere Pro into Pro Tools.

Having earned a reputation for developing innovative, time-saving and highly productive timeline integration tools that simplify the digital media workflow for digital media artists and editors, Automatic Duck is now expanding its expertise to bring the same caliber of innovation and productivity to sound designers. Pro Export PPro is specifically designed for sound designers frustrated with tools that could not address the need to share audio files and visual media between disparate design systems.

“Digital media artists today are constantly pushing the boundaries of their design tools as they strive for newer, greater and more stunning creations – and we understand that digital media design is not just about creating evocative visual imagery,” said Wes Plate, president of Automatic Duck. “Our customers are intricately weaving sound design with visual design and they absolutely crave the tools that allow them to explore their talents to the fullest without having to even think about workflow and platform compatibility. Automatic Duck is pioneering the seamless integration of visual and sound design and we’re here at NAB to demonstrate to our customers just how easy and powerful it can be.”

Pro Export PPro v1.0 is the first solution on the market that enables digital media artists to send OMF files with embedded audio from Premiere Pro directly to Pro Tools while maintaining audio gain information, including key frames.

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
Automatic Duck Pro Export PPro v1.0 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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