ArcSoft announced the availability of ArcSoft ShowBiz® DVD, a complete DVD authoring and video creation application, providing users with everything they need to create easily DVD movies. ShowBiz DVD is a step-based program with video editing functionality, numerous video capture options and advanced DVD authoring features presented in an easy-to-use way. The application has thorough video capture and image acquisition options, along with features that allow users to fully customize their DVD menus.

ArcSoft's ShowBiz editor is integrated within the application, allowing the user to create and edit new video clips by combining still images, existing video clips, audio, scene transitions, text, and special effects. Additionally, ShowBiz DVD has a new "QuickDVD(TM)" option, an automatic DVD creation tool

ShowBiz DVD Features:

· Fun, step-based user interface
· DVD and VCD creation
· PAL and NTSC support
· Customizable menus, submenus, and chapter thumbnails
· Automatic scene detection for separating long video clips into individual chapters
· Manual chapter separation
· "QuickDVD" option

Pricing and Availability:
ArcSoft ShowBiz DVD will be generally available July 15, 2003 and can be purchased online at www.arcsoft.com for $99.95.