Pinnacle Upgrades Impression DVD-Pro

Pinnacle Systems Inc. has released its Impression DVD-Pro 2.2, the newest version of its timeline-based professional DVD authoring software.

The system provides an extensive list of features and now has direct output to 4.7 GB DVD-R, DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs, in addition to hard drives, DLT and CDs. The import options have been expanded to include DV AVI files, which can be converted to MPEG-1 or 2 files for DVD or CD publishing.

Features include:

* Any number of menus or submenus can be assigned for navigation;
* Multiple video angles;
* Multiple audio track support.
* Multiple subtitle support;
* Dolby Digital support for DVD titles with up to 6 channels of AC-3 audio.