12 Inch Design announces the release of Unit 01 and Unit 02 -- Available at NAB 2003

First ProductionBlox Units available to video professionals at NAB 2003.

Phoenix, Arizona-April 7th, 2003-12 Inch Design announced the release of the first two Units of its new product line, ProductionBlox.

Unit 01 and Unit 02 will be available for purchase at the 12 Inch Design booth at NAB 2003 (booth # SL 1437) in Las Vegas, April 7-10, 2003, and via their website at www.12inchdesign.com..

The first Units from the ProductionBlox library each contain 35 Blox -- full-screen animated backgrounds with matching static left, right and lower thirds. Blox static elements are provided in five variations (clean, blurred, drop shadow, blurred drop shadow and gradiated transparency), all with alpha channel. Each Unit also contains 5 CustoMattes and the unique ProductionBlox Catalog System. All elements are provided royalty free and can be used for any type of video production.

New Units will be released on a quarterly basis, with the next release, Unit 03 scheduled for July 2003.

In June 2003, 12 Inch Design will begin offering an Annual Subscription Plan that gives subscribers convenient annual billing and automatic delivery of new Units three months before they are publicly available.

John Gengl, Post Production Supervisor for MPH Entertainment (Burbank, CA) says ProductionBlox saves us hours of work every time we use them. They easily add a very polished and cohesive style to our productions. We look forward to every new release".
Susan Ulrich, Director of Sales & Marketing at Downtown Digital Post (Phoenix, AZ) adds We are always looking for something new and very creative. ProductionBlox offers us just that."

Pricing & Availability
Units 01 and 02 are available in Standard Definition (includes both NTSC & PAL), and High Definition (1080/24p). Both Units are available immediately in both formats.

Standard Definition Units are priced at $349 US per release. High Definition Units are priced at $999 US per release.

For further information, please visit the companys website at www.12inchdesign.com.

About 12 Inch Design
Based in Phoenix, AZ, the team at 12 Inch Design has more than 20 years of production and post-production experience creating content for domestic and international TV networks, Fortune 500 conglomerates, international events and many other businesses. Our work has aired on ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, WB, A&E, Discovery Channel, MTV, the BBC, Channel Four and other networks around the globe. Our award winning artists and editors have produced content for events such as the Nagano Winter Olympics and companies such as Acura, Steven Spielbergs Amblin Entertainment, DDB Needham, Hasbro Toys, MCA/Universal and Microsoft.

For further information please contact:

   Nicholas Napp
   Vice President, Sales & Marketing

Email:   pr@12inchdesign.com
Ph:   602 953 6650
Fx:   602 296 5580

12 Inch Design, the 12 Inch Design Logo, ProductionBlox, Blox, InstaBlox, CustoMattes, the ProductionBlox Catalog System, and Dont Just Edit. Design" are trademarks of 12 Inch Design, LLC. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders.
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