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VSO Software's logo. Click here to visit the VSO Software website! PRESS RELEASE: VSO Software announces the release of PhotoDVD 3, a major new version of its award-winning DVD slideshow software.


TOULOUSE, France (July 1st, 2009) – DVD Photo slideshows are now widely used to share pictures in an original way. But creating a slideshow can be a heavy and confusing process if one doesn’t use the right tool.

“Our aim was to create a simple, no-fuss application, combining at the same time the support of specialized formats to suit advanced photographers” explains Fabrice Meuwissen, Executive manager of VSO Software.

With a new design, playlist management, menu and chapter creation PhotoDVD 3 now offers all the options required to make a professional-looking slideshow:

  • A wizard-style interface to guide user through the steps of slideshow creation
  • Photo enhancement tools
  • Transitions, panning and zooming effects, Hotpoint...
  • 3 channels of text and music to create different atmospheres
  • Quick burning to DVD
  • A live preview to see slideshow during creation

The software creates a DVD-like video of your pictures and music, with a menu complete with chapters, audio and subtitles selection.

With PhotoDVD anyone can turn into the director of its own movie of memories! Wedding, Birthday, Holidays, Tribute, Business presentation, Real Estate

About the company
VSO Software is an innovative software editor located in the south of France (Toulouse). Famous for its burning applications, VSO Software is now focusing on the photography market, dedicated to producing high quality software with user friendly interfaces, such as VSO Image Resizer, PhotoOnWeb, PhotoDVD 3…

Key Features

  • Support picture formats and digital cameras: JPG, PNG, TIF,GIF, BMP, ANI, PCX, EMF, WMF, and more...
  • Support native RAW formats : Canon RAW .CR2, Nikon .NEF, .DNG, Minolta, etc
  • Supported audio formats for background music: MP3, WMA, OGG, MPC, WAV, APE, FLAC
  • Awesome automatic pan and zoom effects
  • Fullscreen (4:3) and Widescreen (16:9) output
  • DVD output on DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW media (Single or Double Layer)
  • Specify a focus point for each picture (highlighted by zoom techniques)
  • Picture editing (rotation, black and white, sepia, etc.)
  • Add your comments as subtitles tracks (3 tracks available)
  • Add audio playlists for different background music (3 tracks available)
  • Supports both PAL and NTSC formats
  • Fast and highgrade MPEG2 encoder
  • Burns automatically to DVD or hard drive
  • Fast preview module
  • Top filters for resizing (linear, lanczos, bicubic)
  • Advanced DVD-like menus with audio, chapter and subtitle selection
  • Optimized for Windows XP / Vista 32bits and 64bits/ Windows 7
  • Multilingual support, answer guaranteed within 24hours (48 hours on week ends)

System Requirements
Windows XP/ Vista / 7, a hard drive with at least 4,3 Go free space, a DVD burner, a graphic card compatible with DirectX 9

Available for immediate download in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, etc… on www.vso-software.fr


(First posted on Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 19:59 EDT)

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