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iView Releases MediaPro 3.1 for Windows and Macintosh (MacIntel Native)

New Notepad Feature Promotes Client Feedback and Interaction in Digital Workflow

Digital asset management leader iView Multimedia Ltd. today announced iView MediaPro 3.1, an upgrade of its award-winning, cross-platform digital asset management application. MediaPro is now a Universal application and runs natively on Intel-based Macs. Version 3.1 also features the new Notepad tool, designed to enable communication between creative professionals and their clients.

Notepad Tool

Notepad enables communication between a MediaPro user and his/her client. The client simply drags and drops selected catalog items onto the Notepad palette, adds comments and then e-mails the Notepad file. This Notepad file imports easily into the creative professional's original catalog where he or she can view the client's feedback and execute the appropriate actions.

Improved Catalog Reader

iView also announced an improved Catalog Reader, the free utility that allows MediaPro users to distribute and share iView catalogs with anyone using a Windows or Macintosh machine. The addition of Light Table functionality enables Catalog Reader users to view and compare up to 6 images on-screen and mark items with labels and ratings to aid the image selection process. iView Catalog Reader supports all 100+ media file formats of MediaPro, offers slide show and search functionality and supports Notepad.

iView customers can now include a MediaPro catalog and copy of Catalog Reader on a CD or DVD and their clients can launch and run the catalog directly from the disc, without installing an iView application.

Designed for creative professionals, iView MediaPro 3.1 also delivers features such as:

--  Increased maximum number of images on-screen in the Light Table to
    six.
--  Enhanced slide show support for more than 32,000 items.
--  Import/export of color label metadata in XML files.
--  Toolbar text searches are now asynchronous -- search results are
    displayed as they are found.
--  Improved overall performance on both Macintosh and Windows systems.
    

Pricing and availability

This upgrade is free to all owners of iView MediaPro 3.0. Minimum system requirements are Mac OS 10.3.9 and Windows 2000 or XP. MediaPro is available through local distributors and retailers in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, France, Austria, Switzerland, Canada, Australia and Japan. It is also available online at www.iview-multimedia.com. Customers of earlier versions of iView MediaPro and owners of competitive products are eligible for discounts. Please see www.iview-multimedia.com for details.

About iView Multimedia

iView Multimedia is a software development and publishing company based in London, U.K. Its flagship product, iView MediaPro, is the leading digital asset cataloging solution for creative professionals who need to streamline their processes, shorten time to market, and eliminate costs from the production cycle. iView MediaPro locates, captures, organizes, annotates, searches, retrieves and presents digital content, quickly and easily. The software integrates seamlessly into the creative professional's established workflow.

Since its first product release in 1996, iView has attracted a reputation for market-leading innovations in the digital asset management market. It continues to enhance this reputation, and its products are widely recognized as best-of-breed. More information is available at http://www.iview-multimedia.com.

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