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CyberLink Brings AI Biometric Capabilities to VIVOTEK’s Video Management Platform VAST 2, Creating New Cutting-edge Integrated Security Solutions

Taipei, Taiwan—September 30, 2020—CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW), a pioneer of AI and facial recognition technologies, collaborates with VIVOTEK (3454.TW), the global leading IP surveillance solution provider, to integrate CyberLink’s FaceMe® Security, an AI-based authentication solution into VIVOTEK’s VAST 2 easy to use IP video management software (VMS). The new partnership creates a single platform combining IP camera management, identity verification, time and attendance tracking and more for a wide range of security applications.

Face biometrics is an emerging technology among IoT applications, with surging demand for smarter, ethical security deployments. Through cooperation, the enhanced VMS enables facial verification in an edge-server hybrid environment for identification, and provides precise real-time alerts on the basis of pre-configured blocklists and VIP notifications while simultaneously recording employee time and attendance record.

The integrated solution streamlines the management process, allowing security operators to centrally configure and monitor IP cameras in any facility, enabling a safer and easy-to-use AI facial security experience.

“CyberLink and VIVOTEK are providers of best-in-class software that, when combined, are capable of meeting the nuanced demands of facial authentication and integrated smart security solutions worldwide,” said Dr. Jau Huang, CEO of CyberLink. “We think there is an incredible opportunity for both us, and our customers around the world.”

After forging an alliance in early 2020, CyberLink and VIVOTEK are now bringing the integrated solution to commercial customers worldwide. In the coming months, CyberLink will co-host a series of online webinars with VIVOTEK in Taiwan, Japan, Latin America and the United States to demonstrate how this technology can be implemented and used across industries.

For more information about CyberLink FaceMe® Security, please visit:https://www.cyberlink.com/faceme/solution/security

For more information about VIVOTEK’s facial recognition solution, please visit https://www.vivotek.com/solutions/facial-recognition .

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Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, different vertical industries, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.

About CyberLink
Founded in 1996, CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW) is the world leader in multimedia software and AI facial recognition technology. CyberLink addresses the demands of consumer, commercial and education markets through a wide range of solutions, covering digital content creation, multimedia playback, video conferencing, live casting, mobile applications and AI facial recognition.  CyberLink has shipped several hundred million copies of its multimedia software and apps, including the award-winning PowerDirector, PhotoDirector, and PowerDVD.  With years of research in the fields of artificial intelligence and facial recognition, CyberLink has developed the FaceMe® Facial Recognition Engine. Powered by deep learning algorithms, FaceMe® delivers the reliable, high-precision, and real-time facial recognition that is critical to AIoT applications such as smart retail, smart security, and surveillance, smart city and smart home. For more information about CyberLink, please visit the official website at www.cyberlink.com

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VEGAS Creative Software Launches VEGAS Pro 18; Unveils Extensive Plans for Cloud-Based Media Management and Collaborative Workflows

Significant Upgrade to VEGAS Pro Adds GPU-Accelerated Workflows, Advanced Motion Tracking, Enhanced HDR Support and Improved Plug-In and Color Grading Workflow Support

VEGAS Creative Software (www.vegascreativesoftware.com) announced today a substantial new update to VEGAS Pro, the Company’s signature video/audio editing, color grading and effects platform designed for professional editors, filmmakers, YouTubers and social media creators.

With this announcement, VEGAS Pro 18 adds a breadth of new features and major feature improvements to enhance workflow performance, including AI-driven effects, GPU-accelerated workflows, advanced motion tracking, HDR support, sophisticated color grading tools and plug-ins ideally suited for video professionals in post-production facilities of all sizes and requirements.

VEGAS Creative Software also announced today detailed plans to provide extensive, cloud-based media management, file transfer and backup and collaboration capabilities that link VEGAS Pro 18 users with our content management systems as well as remote collaborators. All VEGAS Pro 18 cloud-based media management and collaboration tools will be offered as free services to VEGAS Pro 18 subscription customers. Pricing for cloud-based services for perpetual licence customers will be announced when the services become available beginning in October 2020.

New Features in VEGAS Pro 18

In addition to the extensive, high-value cloud-based media management and collaboration tools coming, VEGAS Pro 18 adds a significant number of new features and workflow enhancements available immediately, including:

  • Professional multi-channel audio editing with SOUND FORGE Pro 14 is now included with VEGAS Pro 18.  SOUND FORGE Pro integrates tightly with VEGAS Pro enabling users to send audio files directly from the VEGAS Pro timeline into SOUND FORGE Pro, make their edits and return to VEGAS Pro where all changes are instantly and automatically updated in the timeline;
  • Artificial intelligence driven effects including Colorize and Style Transfer;
  • GPU Driver detection and update utilities and automatic GPU configuration for hardware acceleration;
  • New Motion Tracking Panel;
  • VEGAS Capture enhancements, including a new capture folder configuration and new audio encoder;
  • HDR improvements, including hardware encoding available for HDR presets and automatic selection of IDTs based on metadata;
  • Support for Open FX plug-ins for optimal flexibility;
  • The addition of a variety of new plug-ins, including:
  • – Flicker Reducer
  • – Black Bar Fill
  • – Denoise
  • Significant Color Grading improvements, such as:
  • – Dockable Color Grading Panel
  • – Logarithmic Exposure Tool (“Camera Exposure”)
  • – Improved Auto Contrast
  • – Skin-Tone Line for Vectorscope
  • – Combined RGB Display for RGB Parade scope
  • Optional trim handles for timeline events;
  • Timeline cursor location storage saved with project files;
  • Video engine performance improvements;
  • New presets and animations for Titles and Text

VEGAS Pro Cloud-Based Services: What’s Coming

In the coming months, VEGAS Creative Software will unveil a comprehensive family of media management and collaboration tools to connect the VEGAS Pro community, including:

VEGAS Hub, The Central Information Depot

The VEGAS Pro 18 cloud-based workflow revolves around the VEGAS Hub, which provides teams with secure file storage and centralized media file access. Built on the Microsoft Azure platform, VEGAS Hub acts as the central repository of control and information, enabling VEGAS Pro and other applications to communicate directly with the Hub for file download and upload, collection creation and management, and more. Additionally through the Hub, individual applications will communicate with each other, and the system will continue to evolve into a critical centralized file organizational tool and a remote collaboration center.

VEGAS Transfer

For video and still images captured on a mobile device, VEGAS Transfer will be available as iOS and Android apps, and serve as the entry point into the VEGAS Hub environment. Users can quickly transfer media files from a mobile device into the Hub cloud storage. Uploaded files can be organized into Collections to organize files, and enable direct access from VEGAS Pro and VEGAS Prepare. Upload files with VEGAS Transfer, organize them further with VEGAS Prepare, and then download them directly into VEGAS Pro from anywhere to start editing.    

VEGAS Prepare

With VEGAS Prepare, users will be able to wrangle out-of-control herds of media files with three efficient levels of organization. Users can create a library with all media organized according to the structure that makes sense for the user, the team, and their workflow. Users can then further organize files into custom collections that make it easy to target a media category or classification to find precisely what is needed. Finally, add tags to individual files for quick filtering and sorting. Each level of organization is tied into local databases or the VEGAS Hub for collaboration, and can be accessed directly from inside VEGAS Pro for editing.

VEGAS Pro Hub Explorer

All of the the custom collections created in VEGAS Prepare show up instantly inside VEGAS Pro, whether working online or offline. When users create and manage collections directly inside VEGAS Pro, they automatically update in VEGAS Prepare so the two remain in sync, and changes made in VEGAS Prepare instantly appear in VEGAS Pro. Users can download files from cloud storage on the Hub for use on the VEGAS Pro Timeline, and upload files to the Hub from right inside VEGAS Pro. The Hub Explorer window is the portal for remote collaboration, file sharing, and organizing collections.

Also Coming Soon: Live Streaming

Later this month, VEGAS Creative Software will also launch VEGAS Stream, a new live streaming platform designed to serve the needs of content creators and broadcasters in multiple markets. VEGAS Stream provides a professional-caliber live streaming feature set within a tightly integrated VEGAS ecosystem. When a live stream event is complete, users will be able to send recorded events to VEGAS Pro 18 or VEGAS POST Suite, with all visual effects, graphics, and titles in place for further editing and on-demand delivery. Additional details will be announced later this month.

Pricing and Availability

VEGAS Pro 18 is available immediately as a monthly subscription or as a perpetual license. For more information on subscription pricing plans, please visit https://vegascreative.hk/. For more information on purchasing a perpetual license and for complete details and information, please visit https://vegascreative.hk/product-category/vegaspro.

All VEGAS Pro 18 cloud-based media management and collaboration tools will be offered as free services to VEGAS Pro 18 subscription customers. Pricing for cloud-based services for perpetual licence customers will be announced when the services become available beginning in October 2020.

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Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, different vertical industries, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.

About VEGAS
Today, millions of VEGAS Pro and VEGAS Movie Studio users benefit from global industry-leading video editing technologies. Now, VEGAS launches into a new era. In May, 2016, MAGIX acquired the multiple award-winning VEGAS Pro and VEGAS Movie Studio product lines, along with other video and audio products. VEGAS Creative Software stands poised to take video editing to a new level. Our development teams in the US and Germany are working on innovative solutions to old problems, and building tools that push the boundaries of what’s currently possible. The VEGAS Creative Software mission: to make VEGAS software faster, more efficient, and even more intuitive. Our goal: to provide users at all levels–from video editing amateurs to creative professionals–tools that are perfectly suited to their needs and demands.