Ulead Systems announces DVD Workshop 2, the next version of its professional DVD authoring software. With DVD Workshop 2, Ulead maintains this straightforward, design-centric workflow, while offering more professional DVD authoring features for creating compelling DVDs for worldwide distribution. These features include multiple subtitle and audio tracks, playlists and professional output with support for Digital Linear Tape (DLT) and dual layer DVDs (DVD-9).

DVD Workshop 2 lets users include alternate music, languages, and commentaries in DVD projects with multiple audio and subtitle tracks. Playlist creation enables professionals to link a sequence of assets -- movies, menus, and chapter points -- to buttons without duplicating assets. This saves disc space and allows for intricate menu navigation. Replicating DVD titles is now possible with DVD Workshop 2's support for Digital Linear Tape (DLT), along with dual layer DVDs (DVD-9) for replicating discs with double the capacity for large projects. This new version also offers copyright protection with support for Macrovision and CSS formats, as well as region coding to control which geographic region can view DVD titles.

New features include eight multiple audio and 32 subtitle tracks for creating DVDs with different languages, music tracks, commentaries, subtitles, programming, and other messaging. Enhanced audio features give users the ability to control menu and audio track volume, with fade-in and out options, as well as encode (2 channel) and decode (5.1 channel) Dolby® AC-3 audio files.

Pricing and Availability

Ulead DVD Workshop 2 will be available in January for an MSRP of $495. Existing DVD Workshop users can upgrade to DVD Workshop 2 for $199. For more information go to www.unlead.com.