, an update to its CD and DVD burning software for Mac OS X. Toast 6 offers ToastAnywhere, which enables the sharing of CD or DVD burners across a network or the Internet with other Toast 6 Titanium users; the ability to create Video CDs, Super Video CDs or DVDs with menus, buttons and chapters, and view them on a home DVD Player or computer, and Plug & Burn to create video discs from DV camcorder content with a single click; and drag & drop support for iPhoto. Toast 6 Titanium will be available for $100 in early September in North America and the UK.

Other new features of Toast 6 include Motion Pictures software that turns still photos into movies with Hollywood-style pan and zoom effects cross fades and soundtracks as well as a ompletely reengineered CD Spin Doctor 2, which helps users digitize vinyl records or tapes, or record live audio performances, and provides filters to reduce noise and enhance sound. Toast 6 also adds Universal Audio & Video Converters, allowing users to drag & drop any QuickTime audio, image, or video file format and create perfect audio CDs, enhanced audio CDs, Video CDs, Super VCDs and DVDs. Version 6 also includes a Toast It pop up menu in the Finder to save time and burn files or folders directly from the desktop. Users can also create CD and DVDs with an automatic back-up scheduler, data compression, 128-bit AES encryption and password protection.



Roxio will be celebrating the arrival of Toast 6 Titanium with "Don't Burn
It. Toast It." consumer launch events at several Apple Stores. These events
are open to the public and will feature product demos, how-to seminars, and
drawings for prizes. The first event will be on September 6, 2003 at the SoHo Apple Store inNew York City. Additional events are planned for The Grove Apple Store in Los Angeles on September 13, 2003 and the Apple Store in Palo Alto, California on September 20, 2003.



A free gift is available for all pre-orders (through September 6th), allowing users to choose a Roxio CD case, Toast t-shirt, or Koss headphones. A $20 upgrade mail-in rebate offer ends September 1, 2004. It will be available in in Europe and Asia in October.

by MacNN Staff