New York, NY (PRWEB via PRWebDirect) February 17, 2008 -- American International Toy Fair 2008 Booth #3370 - Planetwide Media, a pioneer in personalized media software, presents Windows Vista Compatible Comic Book Creator 2, extending the capabilities of the original award winning Comic Book Creator™ software. Comic Book Creator 2 is a personal media creation tool that empowers the "Mashup and YouTube Generation" to create and share their own video and graphic stories by sending to their social network web pages and blogs by utilizing Planetwide Media's "MashON Platform". Comic Book Creator 2 software allows users to create from their own digital photos, music, sound effects, narration, videos, animations, and from a vast library of Planetwide Media's licensed content from Speed Racer, National Geographic Kids, Marvel, TOKYOPOP, Paramount Pictures, and more. Users can also take full advantage of the superior features and functionality of Windows Vista in terms of visual experience, as well as graphic processing quality.
"Comic Book Creator 2 is a Digital Media suite of tools that were specifically designed for ease of use and interactive entertainment," stated Kevin Donovan, President of Planetwide Media. "Our technology, delivers the functionality of a powerful digital art, video and music studio, equipped with artwork, speech bubbles, animations, sound effects and videos. Users can edit personal digital photos, mix their own music and sound effects, or simply drag and drop videos from their library to customize their stories and comics with the newly embedded software applications."
The recent addition of embedded software program PD Particles serves as a comprehensive and self-contained painting tool with a focus on Particle Brushes. Users can easily create fascinating original artwork containing shrubbery, foliage, trees, grass and a variety of other effects based on painting with particles and bristles, such as magical lighting effects, hair, fireworks and waterfalls, etc. Another prominent addition to Comic Book Creator 2 is Audacity, a user-friendly audio editor and recorder that offers users the chance to record live audios and digitize recordings, and then include them in their comic book creations. Users will also be able to import sound files, edit and combine them with other files or new recordings.
Coupled with an easy-to-use drag and drop technology, participants can utilize more than 1,200 screenshots, caption boxes, clip art, audio clip and artwork into a selection of 100+ professional layout and design templates, and combine their creations with a personalized storyline to make their own comics. The completed creations can the be posted to blogs or social network sites such as MySpace and Facebook, emailed to friends, printed in comic book form or published to Planetwide's comic fans' online social network at http://www.HyperComics.com.
The retail box version is sells for $49.99 and is available at select Borders Books Stores nationwide, comic book stores, video game stores, mass market, electronics and online retailers across the United States and Canada. Comic Book Creator 2 can also be purchased as a digital download or box product at http://www.MashON.com and http://www.MyComicBookCreator.com .
About Planetwide Media
Planetwide Media provides a unique and patent pending, interactive, self-publishing personalized media platform for a wide audience of emerging consumers in the digital new media space. The company provides web enabled tools, software applications and video games that create personal interactivity. The company's signature product, Comic Book Creator™, is a best-of-breed digital media platform that embraces User Generated Content (UGC) and enables users to blend their creations into their social networks, their blogs and across the web. Comic Book Creator is an easy to use platform that provides the consumer with a richly enhanced interactive digital experience. Planetwide Media is currently combining the Comic Book Creator with technology through licenses with world-class entertainment, video game, sports, music and lifestyle brands worldwide. For licensing and brand partners, Comic Book Creator is a platform to extend their digital footprint into an interactive digital experience.
Visit http://www.MashON.com for more information.
Comic Book Creator TM & © 2008 Planetwide Games, Inc. All rights reserved.
Media Contact Information:
Mark Politi
Planetwide Media
Vice President - Licensing and Media Relations
310-409-5938
Mark @ MyPlanetwide.com
Christina Hwang
Terpin Communications, Inc.
(310) 821-6100 Ext. 104 Office
Christina @ Terpin.com
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