TechSmith Upgrades EnSharpen Codec with Universal Support for Intel-based Macintosh Computers; High-Compression, High-Quality Screen-Recordings from EnSharpen are Playable via QuickTime on Windows and Macintosh Computers

Business Wire, March 21, 2006

OKEMOS, Mich. -- TechSmith Corp., the world's leading provider of screen capture and recording solutions, today introduced EnSharpen 1.1, enabling individuals with Intel-based Macintosh computers to compress screen recordings such as multimedia tutorials, presentations, screencasts, and animated content for cross-platform playback via QuickTime on Macintosh and Windows computers.

Once downloaded, EnSharpen integrates with Camtasia Studio, QuickTime Pro, Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro, Snapz Pro, iMovie and all other Macintosh and Windows authoring and editing tools that allow access to third-party video codecs for QuickTime. EnSharpen is an unprecedented lossless video codec that enables high-quality and small-file video playback.

"With the explosion of online video and broadband, individuals and organizations are delivering screen-recorded content more often than ever and viewers are demanding that the content load fast without sacrificing clarity," said Cindy Fuhrman, EnSharpen Product Marketing Manager at TechSmith. "The new generation of professional content creators running Intel-based Macs can use EnSharpen with its elegant and effortless delivery codec without having to choose between compression and quality."

A comparison of different QuickTime movies compressed with different codecs is available at: http://www.techsmith.com/codecs/ensharpen/compression.asp

EnSharpen is based on the TechSmith Screen Capture Codec (TSCC) found in the company's market-leading Camtasia Studio software and is the first delivery codec to provide Macintosh users with lossless quality and a high compression ratio. EnSharpen also enables all AVI video files encoded with the original TSCC codec to play in the QuickTime Player on the Macintosh and Windows platforms.

System Requirements and Availability

EnSharpen 1.1 supports Macintosh OS X 10.4 and higher. EnSharpen is available immediately for download at www.techsmith.com. The suggested retail price is $149.00 for a single license. The EnSharpen decoder is available at no charge at: http://www.techsmith.com/download/codecs.asp

About TechSmith Corporation

TechSmith Corporation was founded in 1987 and is located in Okemos, Michigan. TechSmith provides practical business software tools to capture and manipulate images, voice and video from Windows desktops. The company's flagship software packages, SnagIt and Camtasia Studio, enable customers to create visually enhanced content for teaching, training, Web sites, documentation, and business presentations. Morae is the first and only all-digital solution for recording and analyzing human-computer interaction. TechSmith products are used by 98 percent of the Fortune 500. For additional information, visit http://www.techsmith.com/products/studio/default.asp.> TechSmith, Camtasia, SnagIt, Rich Recording Technology (RRT), Morae, EnSharpen, Dubit, and Camtasia Studio are trademarks of TechSmith Corporation. All other trademarks and registered trademarks used in this document are the property of their respective companies.

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