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On2 Technologies (www.on2.com) today announced the immediate availability of its Flix line of Flash Video authoring tools for creating high quality Flash video content for Macromedia®, Inc.’s newly-launched family of Flash Player 8 products. http://flix.on2.com/ With this announcement, On2’s entire line of Flix authoring tools for creating high quality Flash Video are widely available immediately to the more than one million-strong community of Flash developers and digital media designers anticipating general availability of Macromedia Flash Player 8, also announced earlier today.

On2’s VP6 compression technology – integrated in both Macromedia’s Flash Player 8 and On2’s Flix line of Flash Video authoring tools – delivers pristine quality Flash video imagery, unparalleled in the industry. Customers can experience “before and after” Flash video clips, demonstrating On2’s dramatic enhancements to image quality, by visiting http://www.on2.com/video_samples/flix-video-samples.


“Today marks the beginning of creative revolution, one in which we’ll begin to see the Internet come alive with an entirely new caliber of evocative and visually immersive imagery made possible by On2’s Flix line of Flash video authoring tools for Flash Player 8,” said Douglas McIntyre, chairman, president and chief executive officer of On2 Technologies. “This new line of Flash Video authoring tools is designed to unleash the creative potential of the million-strong community of Flash developers worldwide, and we’re proud of the role we’re playing in driving new innovations for these digital media artists.”

On2 has also published a technology white paper highlighting the technological advancements and image quality innovations of the VP6 codec. The white paper is available immediately for download by visiting http://www.on2.com/technology/library/.


On2 Flix Products for Creating High Quality Flash Player 8 Content

On2’s new VP6-enhanced Flix family of video compression technologies include:

• Flix Pro – a powerful Flash Video encoder that enables users to edit, crop, convert and post video to the web in minutes;
• Flix Engine – enables users to add Flix's Flash Video encoding capabilities to their software and enableswebsite visitors to convert their video, audio and image files to Flash. The Flix Engine also enables users to allow anyone within the intranetto have access to Flix solutions.

Pricing and Availability

The On2 family of Flix video authoring tools for Flash Player 8 is available immediately, with prices starting at $249 for Flix Pro, and can be purchased online at http://flix.on2.com/.