James Delahunty
23 Mar 2008 18:35
CyberLink Corp. announced earlier this month that the latest update to the company's multimedia disc authoring software, PowerProducer Ultra 5, was ready to create high-definition compilations for Blu-ray players. Supporting authoring of Blu-ray Disc (BD) compilations and AVCHD, PowerProducer Ultra 5 lets users create high quality discs from their HD recordings that have significant hardware support.
With support for the AVCHD video format, users can also create DVDs featuring highly compressed high-definition content. In version 5 CyberLink has made major improvements to product usability, providing a simpler, re-stylied interface, and new design tools for creating customizable disc menus with imported photos and videos.
"Now with the release of CyberLink PowerProducer 5, it is not only the Hollywood studios that can produce high-quality discs like Blu-ray Discs and AVCHD DVDs," said Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink. "By offering easy-to-use features and the latest format support, PowerProducer 5 lets consumers quickly author and burn their high-definition home videos with professional-looking results."
The new version is BD-R 3.0 certified, can create customizable menus, supports Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio and more. The Ultra version costs $79.95 in the U.S. and €74.99 in Europe while the DVD standard version costs $49.95 in the U.S. and €44.99 in Europe.