ANIMATED FONTS FOR LIVETYPE -------------------------------------------------------------------- ScreenCaffeine.com, an Austin, Texas based company, has released its first products, four animated fonts for use with Apple®'s Final Cut Pro® LiveType video editing and titling program. SCREENCAFFEINE.COM ANNOUNCES THE IMMEDIATE AVAILABILITY OF THE FIRST ADD-ON ANIMATED FONTS FOR APPLE'S FINAL CUT PRO LIVETYPE by SCREENCAFFEINE.COM Austin, Texas, October 7, 2003 -- Final Cut Pro continues to revolutionize digital video editing, placing professional quality movie and video editing within reach of almost everyone. The recently released version 4 of Final Cut Pro includes a broadcast quality titling program called LiveType, which gives the user the ability to easily create high quality, high impact titles. One of the most exciting features of LiveType is animated fonts. Not only can users utilize standard titling effects such as scrolls, crawls and fly-ins through LiveType's effect's palette, they can also use fonts that feature a unique, built-in animation. These animated fonts are part of a new standard for fonts called LiveFonts. ScreenCaffeine.com proudly announces the first availability of third party LiveFonts for use with LiveType: four exciting display fonts that showcase styles from slow undulation to brilliant animated lights. Examples of these fonts can be found at ScreenCaffeine.com, along with information and suggestions for using them. There is also a link to the company¹s online store. The Live-Fonts from ScreenCaffeine.com are available exclusively through the company website (http://www.screencaffeine.com). «LiveFonts give you a quick, easy and cost-efficient way to add visual excitement to your Final Cut Pro film or video project.» says Rick Ligas. ScreenCaffeine.com is an Austin, Texas-based company conceived specifically to create new add-on products for Final Cut Pro's suite of editing tools. Undulator, Marquee, Poolside and Circus are its first fonts, with many more in production. Continuous releases of new ScreenCaffeine.com fonts are planned every few weeks. The company also has plans to create and market other products to assist video and film makers in creating interesting, attractive and ambitious effects. ScreenCaffeine.com is the creation of an Austin, Texas team of four video and graphics professionals: - Sjon Ueckert is the company¹s Final Cut Pro and LiveType specialist; - Rick Ligas has experience in creating and marketing graphic products; - Anita Pantin is an internationally recognized artist and animator; - Laura Ruggeri, a third generation Italian typographer, is the company¹s font specialist and designer. MORE INFO - Apple Computer: http://www.apple.com - Final Cut Pro: http://www.apple.com/finalcutpro/ - LiveType: http://www.apple.com/finalcutpro/livetype.html - ScreenCaffeine.com: http://www.ScreenCaffeine.com GLOSSARY - Final Cut Pro: Apple¹s digital non-linear video and film editing system. - LiveType: a new titling program from Apple that is a component of Final Cut Pro 4. - LiveFonts: a new class of high resolution animated fonts. - ScreenCaffeine.com: an Austin, Texas-based company founded to create add-on products for users of Final Cut Pro's suite of editing software. Apple and Final Cut Pro are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. ©2003 ScreenCaffeine.Com -------------------------------------------------------------------- *** CONTACT INFO ScreenCaffeine.com 4701 Monterey Oaks Blvd. #1026 - Austin, TX 78749 Rick Ligas, email to: rick@ScreenCaffeine.com Sjon Ueckert, email to: sjon@ScreenCaffeine.com *** RELEASE DATE October 7, 2003 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE