FOCUS ENHANCEMENTS INC
S-3, 1997-12-24
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    As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 24, 1997

                                                  Registration No. 333- _____

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
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                                    FORM S-3
             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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                            FOCUS ENHANCEMENTS, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


           Delaware                      1-11860                 04-3186320
(State or other jurisdiction           (Commission               (IRS Employer
     of incorporation)                  File Number)           Identification
                                                                   Number)

                                 142 North Road
                          Sudbury, Massachusetts 01776
                                 (781) 371-2000
    (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
                  of registrant's principal executive offices)


                                Harry G. Mitchell
                             Chief Financial Officer
                            FOCUS Enhancements, Inc.
                                 142 North Road
                          Sudbury, Massachusetts 01776
                                 (781) 371-2000
      (Name, address, including zip code, telephone number, including area
                          code, of agent for service)


                                    Copy to:
                             John A. Piccione, Esq.
                            Sullivan & Worcester LLP
                             One Post Office Square
                           Boston, Massachusetts 02109
                                 (617) 338-2800
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         Approximate  date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:  From
time  to  time or at one  time  after  the  effective  date of the  Registration
Statement as determined by market conditions.
         If the only securities  being registered on this Form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest  reinvestment plans, please check the following
box. |_|
         If any of the  securities  being  registered  on  this  Form  are to be
offered  on a  delayed  or  continuous  basis  pursuant  to Rule 415  under  the
Securities Act of 1933,  other than  securities  offered only in connection with
dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. |X|
         If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the  Securities  Act,  check the following box and
list the Securities Act registration  statement number of the earlier  effective
registration statement for the same offering. |_| _____________
         If this  Form is a  post-effective  amendment  filed  pursuant  to Rule
462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities
Act  registration   statement  number  of  the  earlier  effective  registration
statement for the same offering. |_| _____________
         If delivery of the  prospectus  is expected to be made pursuant to Rule
434, please check the following box. |_|
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                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
                                                                                       Proposed               Amount of
  Title of Each Class of Securities to        Amount to                                 Maximum             Registration
              be Registered                 be Registered     Price to Public       Offering Price             Fee(2)
<S>                                          <C>                  <C>                <C>                    <C>

Common Stock, par value $.01 per              2,162,869            $3.50             $7,570,041.50            $2,233.16
share(1)
<FN>

(1)      The Common  Stock being  registered  consists  of: (i)  732,869  shares
         issued to  stockholders of TView Inc. which was acquired by the Company
         effective  September 30, 1996;  (ii)  1,000,000  shares issued to Smith
         Barney  Fundamental  Value Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") in connection with a
         private  placement in September  1997 (the  "September  97  Offering");
         (iii)  330,000  shares  issuable  to the Fund  upon the  exercise  of a
         warrant  that  may be  issued  to the  Fund;  and (iv)  100,000  shares
         issuable upon the exercise of warrants issued to the placement agent in
         connection  with the  September  97  Offering,  all as described in the
         "SELLING  STOCKHOLDERS"  and  "PLAN OF  DISTRIBUTION"  sections  of the
         Prospectus.

(2)      The  registration  fee is  calculated  pursuant  to Rule  457(c) of the
         Securities  Act of 1933 by  taking  the  average  of the bid and  asked
         prices of the registrant's  Common Stock,  $.01 par value per share, on
         December 23, 1997 as reported on the NASDAQ SmallCap Market.
</FN>
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         The Registrant hereby amends this  Registration  Statement on such date
or dates as may be necessary to delay its  effective  date until the  Registrant
shall file a further amendment which specifically  states that this Registration
Statement shall  thereafter  become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of
the Securities  Act of 1933 or until this  Registration  Statement  shall become
effective on such date as the Commission,  acting pursuant to said Section 8(a),
may determine.




                                      (ii)

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                              Subject to Completion
                 Preliminary Prospectus Dated December 24, 1997

PROSPECTUS

                            FOCUS ENHANCEMENTS, INC.

                        2,162,869 Shares of Common Stock

         This Prospectus  relates to 2,162,869 shares of Common Stock,  $.01 par
value per share (the "Common  Stock" or the  "Shares"),  of FOCUS  Enhancements,
Inc., a Delaware  corporation (the  "Company").  The Common Stock offered hereby
consists  of:  (i)  732,869   shares   isssued  to   stockholders   (the  "TView
Stockholders")  of TView,  Inc.,  which was  acquired by the  Company  effective
September 30, 1996;  (ii)  1,000,000  Shares issued to Smith Barney  Fundamental
Value Fund,  Inc.  (the "Fund") in a private  placement  in September  1997 (the
"September 97 Offering");  (iii) 330,000  Shares  issuable by the Company to the
Fund upon the exercise of warrants  (the  "Investor  Warrants")  issuable to the
Fund; and (iv) 100,000 Shares  issuable upon exercise of warrants  issued to the
placement  agent in  connection  with the  September  97 Offering  (the  "Broker
Warrants" and together with the Investor  Warrants are referred to herein as the
"Warrants").  The  Investor  Warrants  are  issuable  to the  Fund if  prior  to
September 10, 1998,  the last sale price of the  Company's  Common Stock is less
than $3.00 per share for 20  consecutive  trading days. If issued,  the Investor
Warrants  would be  exercisable  at a price of $3.00  per  share for a period of
seven years.  Each Broker Warrant is exercisable to purchase one share of Common
Stock at a price  of $6.00  per  share.  To the  extent  that the  Warrants  are
exercised,  the Company will receive proceeds equal to the exercise price of the
Warrants.  The Common Stock  offered by the selling  stockholders  listed herein
(the "Selling  Stockholders") and the Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of
the Warrants is registered  hereunder for resale purposes only. The Company will
not receive any proceeds  from the sale of Common  Stock  offered by the Selling
Stockholders. See "SELLING STOCKHOLDERS AND PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION."

         The Common Stock offered by the Selling Stockholders may be offered and
sold from time to time by the Selling  Stockholders,  or by pledgees,  donees or
transferees   or   other   successors-in-interest,   in   privately   negotiated
transactions  directly or through  brokers,  or in the  over-counter  market and
otherwise at prices and on terms then prevailing.  In connection with any sales,
the  Selling  Stockholders  and any  broker  participating  in such sales may be
deemed to be "underwriters" within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.

         The Common  Stock is traded on the Nasdaq  Small-Cap  Market  under the
symbol FCSE. On December 23, 1997,  the last sale price of the Company's  Common
Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Small-Cap Market was $3.50.
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          THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE
           SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
               COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COM-
                MISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED
                      UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS
                      PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE
                         CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
                             ----------------------

                 AN INVESTMENT IN THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY
               INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK. SEE "RISK FACTORS"
                              AT PAGES 5 THROUGH 7.
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                The date of this Prospectus is December 24, 1997.

                                                      

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         No person has been  authorized to give any  information  or to make any
representations  other than those contained or incorporated by reference in this
Prospectus in connection  with the offer  contained in this  Prospectus  and, if
given or made, such  information or  representations  must not be relied upon as
having  been  authorized  by the  Company  or  the  Selling  Stockholders.  This
Prospectus  does not constitute an offer to sell or  solicitation of an offer to
buy securities in any  jurisdiction to any person to whom it is unlawful to make
such offer or solicitation. Neither the delivery of this Prospectus nor any sale
made hereunder shall, under any circumstances,  create an implication that there
has been no change in the  affairs of the  Company  since the date hereof or the
information contained or incorporated by reference herein is correct at any time
subsequent to the date hereof.


                              AVAILABLE INFORMATION

         The  Company  is  subject  to  the  informational  requirements  of the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as amended  (the  "Exchange  Act"),  and, in
accordance therewith, files reports, proxy statements and other information with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission").  Such reports,  proxy
statements and other information filed by the Company with the Commission can be
inspected and copies obtained at the public reference  facilities  maintained by
the  Commission  at  Judiciary  Plaza,  Room  1024,  450  Fifth  Street,   N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20549, and at the following regional offices of the Commission:
Chicago Regional Office,  Citicorp Center, 500 West Madison Street,  Suite 1400,
Chicago,  Illinois 60661- 2511; and New York Regional Office,  Seven World Trade
Center,  Suite 1300,  New York,  New York 10048.  Copies of such material can be
obtained at prescribed rates from the Public Reference Section of the Commission
at its principal office at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington,  D.C. 20549. Such
materials may also be accessed  electronically by means of the Commission's home
page at http://www.sec.gov.

         The  Company  has filed  with the  Commission  a Form S-3  Registration
Statement (herein, together with all amendments and exhibits, referred to as the
"Registration  Statement")  under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended (the
"Securities  Act"). This prospectus,  which constitutes part of the Registration
Statement  filed by the Company with the  Commission  under the  Securities  Act
omits certain information contained in the Registration  Statement in accordance
with the rules and  regulations of the  Commission.  Reference is hereby made to
the  Registration  Statement  and the  exhibits  relating  thereto  for  further
information with respect to the Company and the securities  offered hereby.  Any
statements  contained  herein  concerning  provisions  of any  documents are not
necessarily  complete,  and, in each instance,  reference is made to the copy of
such  document  filed as an exhibit to the  Registration  Statement or otherwise
filed with the  Commission.  Each such statement is qualified in its entirety by
such reference.


                 INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

         The  following  documents,  which have been  filed with the  Commission
pursuant to the Exchange Act, are hereby  incorporated  in this  Prospectus  and
specifically made a part hereof by reference: (i) the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-KSB/A-1 for the year ended December 31, 1996; (ii) the Company's Current
Report on Form  8K/A-1  filed on  January  6,  1997  relating  to the  Company's
acquisition  of TView , Inc.;  (iii) the  Company's  Current  Report on Form 8-K
filed on  January  16,  1997  relating  to the sale of  securities  pursuant  to
Regulation  S; (iv) the  definitive  Proxy  Statement  dated  February  18, 1997
provided to  stockholders  in connection  with a Special Meeting of Stockholders
held March 18, 1997; (v) the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March
3, 1997  relating to the sale of  securities  pursuant to Regulation S; (vi) the
definitive  Proxy  Statement  filed  with the  Commission  dated  June 20,  1997
provided to  stockholders 

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in connection  with the Annual  Meeting of  Stockholders  held on July 25, 1997;
(vii) the Company's  Quarterly  Report on Form  10-QSB/A-1  for the period ended
March 31, 1997; (viii) the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB/A-1 for the
period ended June 30, 1997;  (x) the Company's  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-QSB
for the  period  ended  September  30,  1997;  and (x)  the  description  of the
Company's Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form SB-2 File
No.  33-60248-B  filed with the  Commission on March 29, 1993,  as amended.  All
documents filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a),  13(c), 14 or 15(d) of
the  Exchange Act  subsequent  to the date of this  Prospectus  and prior to the
termination of the offering of the securities  offered hereby shall be deemed to
be  incorporated  by reference into this Prospectus and to be a part hereof from
the respective dates of filing of such documents.

         Any statement contained herein or in a document  incorporated or deemed
to be  incorporated  herein  by  reference  shall be deemed  to be  modified  or
superseded  for  purposes  of this  Prospectus  to the extent  that a  statement
contained  herein  (or  in  the  applicable  Prospectus  Supplement),  or in any
subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated  herein
by  reference,  modifies or supersedes  such  statement.  Any such  statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded,
to constitute a part of this Prospectus.

         The Company hereby  undertakes to provide without charge to each person
to whom this  Prospectus is delivered,  upon the written or oral request of such
person, a copy of any and all of the information  that has been  incorporated by
reference  in this  Prospectus  (excluding  exhibits  unless such  exhibits  are
specifically incorporated by reference into the information that this Prospectus
incorporates).  Requests  for such  copies  should be made to the Company at its
principal  executive  offices,  142 North Road,  Sudbury,  Massachusetts  01776,
Attention: Harry G. Mitchell, telephone (781) 371-2000.



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                               PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

         The following  summary  information is qualified in its entirety by the
more detailed information appearing elsewhere in this Prospectus or incorporated
herein by reference and the financial  statements which are incorporated  herein
by reference.

THE COMPANY..........................  FOCUS Enhancements,  Inc. (the "Company"
                                       or "FOCUS") internally develops, markets
                                       and sells  worldwide a proprietary  line
                                       of PC-to-TV  video  conversion  products
                                       for   Windows(TM)  and  Mac(TM)OS  based
                                       personal   computers.    The   Company's
                                       proprietary  PC-to-TV  video  conversion
                                       products  include  video output  devices
                                       marketed  and sold  under the  Company's
                                       registered brand name, TView. All of the
                                       Company's PC-to-TV  conversion  products
                                       enable  users to transmit  at  low-cost,
                                       high quality,  computer generated images
                                       from  any DOS,  Windows  or Mac OS based
                                       personal  computer to any  television of
                                       any size with a standard  RCA or S-Video
                                       interface.  FOCUS's PC-to-TV  technology
                                       provides      sharp,       flicker-free,
                                       computer-generated images on televisions
                                       for  multimedia/business  presentations,
                                       classroom/training     sessions,    game
                                       playing  or even  collective  viewing of
                                       spreadsheets or internet  browsing.  The
                                       Company  markets  and  sells  its  FOCUS
                                       branded   consumer   products   globally
                                       through  a  network   of   distributors,
                                       volume  resellers,   mail  order,  value
                                       added  resellers  ("VARs")  and original
                                       equipment manufacturers ("OEMs").       
                                       
RISK FACTORS.........................  The Offering involves  substantial risk.
                                       See "RISK FACTORS".                     
                                       
SECURITIES OFFERED...................  2,162,869  shares of Common  Stock.  The
                                       Common Stock offered hereby consists of:
                                       (i) 732,869  shares  issued to the TView
                                       Stockholders;   (ii)  1,000,000   shares
                                       issued to the Fund; (iii) 330,000 shares
                                       issuable  to the Fund upon the  exercise
                                       of  the  Investor  Warrants;   and  (iv)
                                       100,000 shares issuable upon exercise of
                                       the Broker Warrants. See "DESCRIPTION OF
                                       SECURITIES."                

OFFERING PRICE.......................  All or part of the Shares offered hereby
                                       may be sold from time to time in amounts
                                       and on  terms  to be  determined  by the
                                       Selling  Stockholders  at  the  time  of
                                       sale.                                   
                                       
USE OF PROCEEDS......................  To the  extent  that  the  Warrants  are
                                       exercised,  the  Company  intends to use
                                       the net  proceeds  for  general  working
                                       capital   purposes.   The  Company  will
                                       receive no part of the proceeds from the
                                       sale of the shares  registered  pursuant
                                       to this Registration Statement.         
                                       
NASDAQ TRADING SYMBOL...............   FCSE

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                                  RISK FACTORS

         An investment in the Securities  offered hereby  involves a high degree
of risk and should only be purchased  by investors  who can afford to lose their
entire  investment.  The  following  factors,  in  addition  to those  discussed
elsewhere in the  Prospectus,  should be considered  carefully in evaluating the
Company and its business.

         Future  Capital  Needs.  At September 30, 1997, the Company had working
capital of  $5,160,342,  cash and cash  equivalents  of $2,492,705 and was fully
drawn on its line of credit (approximately  $750,000 at September 30, 1997) with
its  bank  and  its  $1.5  million  term  note  with  an  unaffiliated   lender.
Historically,  the  Company has been  required to meet its short- and  long-term
cash needs  through debt and the sale of Common Stock in private  placements  in
that cash flow from operations has been insufficient.
 During 1996, the Company received approximately $6,116,000 in net proceeds from
the exercise of warrants, stock options and the sale of Common Stock. During the
nine month period ended September 30, 1997, the Company  received  approximately
$5,783,174 in net proceeds from the exercise of warrants,  stock options and the
sale of Common Stock.

         The Company's future capital  requirements will depend on many factors,
including  cash flow from  operations,  continued  progress in its  research and
development programs,  competing technological and market developments,  and the
Company's ability to market its products successfully.  During 1997, the Company
may be required to raise additional  funds through equity or debt financing,  of
which there can be no assurance.  Any equity  financing could result in dilution
to the  Company's  then-existing  stockholders.  Sources of debt  financing  may
result in higher interest expense. Any financing, if available,  may be on terms
unfavorable to the Company. If adequate funds are not available, the Company may
be required to curtail its activities significantly.

         Reliance on Major  Customers.  For the nine months ended  September 30,
1997,  approximately  22% of the  Company's  revenues were derived from sales to
Ingram Micro D  ("Ingram"),  a national  distributor,  approximately  19% of the
Company's  revenues  were  derived  from  sales to SCI  Systems,  Inc.  ("SCI"),
approximately  12% of the  Company's  revenues  were derived from sales to Apple
Computer,  Inc. ("Apple"),  and approximately 11% of the Company's revenues were
derived from sales to Zenith Electronics,  Inc.  ("Zenith").  Management expects
that sales to Ingram,  SCI and Zenith will  continue to represent a  significant
percentage  of the  Company's  future  revenues.  In October  1996,  the Company
entered into a two-year exclusive agreement with Zenith, under which Zenith must
purchase at least  $12,000,000  of PC-to-TV  conversion  products in 1997 and at
least  $30,000,000 of these  products in 1998 in order to maintain  exclusivity.
For the nine months ended September 30, 1997, the Company shipped  approximately
$1,987,000  of PC-to-TV  products to Zenith and  projects  that total  shipments
through December 31, 1997 will be less than the $12 million contract minimum. As
a result, under the terms of the Agreement, Zenith has ceased to be an exclusive
OEM for the Company's PC to TV products in the television market.

         History of  Operating  Losses.  The  Company  has  experienced  limited
profitability  since its inception and at September 30, 1997, had an accumulated
deficit of $19,763,443. Although the Company reported net income of $662,089 for
the nine-month  period ended September 30, 1997,  there can be no assurance that
the Company will remain profitable during the remainder of 1997.

         The  Company's   independent  auditors  have  included  an  explanatory
paragraph in their report on the  Company's  financial  statements  for the year
ended December 31, 1996 to the effect that the Company's  ability to continue as
a going  concern is contingent  upon its ability to secure  financing and attain
profitable 
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operations.  In addition,  the Company's  ability to continue as a going concern
must  be  considered  in  light  of the  problems,  expenses  and  complications
frequently  encountered  by  its  entrance  into  established  markets  and  the
competitive environment in which the Company operates.

         Limited Availability of Capital under Credit Arrangements with Lenders.
The Company  maintains a line of credit with Silicon Valley Bank which was fully
drawn as of  September  30,  1997.  At  December  31,  1996,  the Company was in
violation of certain  debt  covenants  relating to the line of credit.  In March
1997,  the Company  received a waiver of the covenants from the bank, a revision
of the loan  covenants  and an agreement to extend the line until March 1998. As
of September 30, 1997, approximately $750,000 is owed to the bank under the line
of credit.

         In October 1994, the Company  borrowed  $2,500,000 from an unaffiliated
lender to help finance its  inventory and accounts  receivable  under its Master
Purchase  Agreement with Apple. The Company issued to this  unaffiliated  lender
its term note in the aggregate  principal  amount of  $2,500,000.  The term note
accrues interest at the revolving rate of prime plus 2%, is payable quarterly in
arrears at the end of December, March, June, and September, and was due February
1, 1996. In January 1996,  the Company  repaid  approximately  $1 million of the
amount owed under the term note.  On June 28, 1996,  the Company  negotiated  an
amendment  to the term note with the  lender to extend  the due date of the term
note to March 31,  1997.  Pursuant to the  amendment,  the  Company  granted the
lender a second security interest in all the assets of the Company.  The Company
is currently negotiating an additional extension with the lender, however, there
can be no assurances  that the term note will be extended on terms  favorable to
the Company.

         Market  Acceptance.  The  Company's  sales and  marketing  strategy  is
targeted to sales of its PC-to- TV video-graphics  products to the Windows,  MAC
OS markets,  including computer  manufacturers,  VGA graphic card developers and
VGA  chip  developers,  as well as to  television  manufacturers.  Although  the
Company has to date experienced success in penetrating these markets,  there can
be no  assurance  that the  Company's  marketing  strategy  will  continue to be
effective  and  that  current  customers  will  continue  to buy  the  Company's
products.  Market acceptance of the Company's current and proposed products will
depend upon the  ability of the Company to  demonstrate  the  advantages  of its
products over other PC-to-TV video- graphics products.

         Reliance on Single Vendor. In the nine months ended September 30, 1997,
approximately 68% of the components for the Company's  products were secured and
manufactured  on a turnkey basis by a single vendor,  Pagg  Corporation.  In the
event that the vendor was to cease  supplying the Company,  management  believes
there are  alternative  vendors for the components  for the Company's  products.
However,  the Company would experience  short-term delays in the shipment of its
products.

         Dependence on Timely  Delivery of the FOCUS Scan 300 Chip. In the third
quarter of 1997, the Company  completed  development of an ASIC called the FOCUS
Scan 300 Chip which the Company will incorporate into all of its next generation
PC-to-TV video-graphics products. The Company is relying on an outside vendor to
manufacture its  requirements for the Chip that it intends to ship in the fourth
quarter of 1997. A significant portion of the Company's anticipated revenues and
gross margins for 1997 are dependent on timely delivery of sufficient quantities
of the FOCUS Scan 300 Chip in order to fill  pending  orders.  In the event that
the Company does not receive  sufficient  quantities of the Chip to fill orders,
the Company's revenues and profitability for 1997 could be adversely effected.

         Technological  Obsolescence.   The  Windows  and  MAC  OS  markets  are
characterized  by extensive  research and  development  and rapid  technological
change resulting in product life cycles of nine

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to eighteen months. Development by others of new or improved products, processes
or technologies may make the Company's products or proposed products obsolete or
less competitive. The Company will be required to devote substantial efforts and
financial  resources  to  enhance  its  existing  products  and to  develop  new
products.  There can be no  assurance  that the Company  will succeed with these
efforts.

         Competition.  The Windows and MAC OS markets are extremely competitive.
The Company  currently  competes with other  developers  of PC-to-TV  conversion
products  and with  video-graphic  integrated  circuit  developers.  Many of the
Company's  competitors  have greater market  recognition and greater  financial,
technical,  marketing and human resources than the Company. Although the Company
is not currently aware of any announcements by its competitors that would have a
material impact on the Company or its operations, there can be no assurance that
the Company will be able to compete  successfully  against existing companies or
new entrants to the marketplace.

         Component Supply Problems.  The Company purchases all of its parts from
outside  suppliers and from time to time  experiences  delays in obtaining  some
components or  peripheral  devices.  The Company  attempts to reduce the risk of
supply interruption by evaluating and obtaining  alternative sources for various
components or peripheral devices. However, there can be no assurance that supply
shortages  will not occur in the future which could  significantly  increase the
cost,  or delay  shipment  of,  the  Company's  products,  which  in turn  could
adversely affect its results of operations.

         Protection of Proprietary  Information.  Although the Company has filed
three patents and expects to file two  additional  patents in the fourth quarter
of 1997 with respect to its PC-to-TV  video-graphics  products, the Company does
not  currently  have any  patents.  The  Company  treats its  technical  data as
confidential  and  relies  on  internal  nondisclosure   safeguards,   including
confidentiality  agreements with employees, and on laws protecting trade secrets
to protect its  proprietary  information.  There can be no assurance  that these
measures  will  adequately   protect  the   confidentiality   of  the  Company's
proprietary  information or that others will not independently  develop products
or technology that are equivalent or superior to those of the Company.  While it
may be necessary or desirable in the future to obtain  licenses  relating to one
or more of its products or relating to current or future technologies, there can
be no  assurance  that  the  Company  will  be  able  to  do so on  commercially
reasonable terms.


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                                   THE COMPANY

         FOCUS   Enhancements,   Inc.  (the  "Company"  or  "FOCUS")  internally
develops,  markets and sells  worldwide  a  proprietary  line of PC-to-TV  video
conversion  products for  Windows(TM)  and Mac(TM)OS  based personal  computers.
Based on an  independent  survey by PC Data  Corp.,  the  Company is an industry
leader in the  development  and marketing of PC-to-TV  conversion  products that
make personal computers "TV- ready" and televisions "PC-ready".

         The Company's  proprietary  PC-to-TV video conversion  products include
video output  devices  marketed and sold under the  Company's  registered  brand
name, TView. All of the Company's PC-to-TV  conversion  products enable users to
transmit at low-cost,  high  quality,  computer  generated  images from any DOS,
Windows or Mac OS based  personal  computer to any television of any size with a
standard RCA or S-Video interface.  FOCUS's PC-to-TV  technology provides sharp,
flicker-free,  computer-generated  images on televisions for multimedia/business
presentations,  classroom/training  sessions,  game  playing or even  collective
viewing of spreadsheets or internet browsing.

         The  Company  markets  and sells its FOCUS  branded  consumer  products
globally through a network of distributors,  volume resellers, mail order, value
added resellers ("VARs") and original equipment manufacturers ("OEMs"). In North
America,   the  Company  markets  and  sells  its  products   through   national
distributors  such as Ingram Micro D, D & H, Academic and Nuvo;  national volume
resellers such as CompUSA,  Computer City,  Micro Center,  Staples and Egg Head;
and through third party mail order  companies such as  MicroWarehouse,  Multiple
Zones, Global, PC Connection and Tiger Direct.

         In addition,  the FOCUS branded PC-to-TV products have been selected by
leading  personal  computer  manufacturers  to be marketed with the use of their
select brand of personal computers.  Compaq, Toshiba and Apple have included the
Company's  PC-to-TV  products on their selected market price lists,  and promote
the FOCUS PC-to-TV products in their box materials.

         The Company also markets and sells its products internationally in over
30 countries by  independent  distributors  in each country.  These  independent
distributors market and sell the FOCUS branded products to retailers, mail order
companies, and VARs in their respective countries.

         In addition to the FOCUS branded products,  the Company markets,  sells
or licenses its proprietary PC-to-TV technology to television manufacturers such
as Zenith  Electronics,  and to personal  computer  manufacturers  such as Apple
Computer.  The  Company  is  currently  in  discussions  with  several  other PC
manufacturers,  television  manufacturers,  VGA  chip  developers  and VGA  card
developers globally.

         The  Company  was  founded  in  December   1991,  as  a   Massachusetts
corporation and was  reincorporated in Delaware in April 1993. In December 1993,
the  Company  acquired  Lapis  Technologies  Inc.  ("Lapis"),   a  developer  of
high-quality,   low-cost  Macintosh  multimedia  graphics  products.   Effective
September 30, 1996, the Company  consummated the  acquisition of TView,  Inc., a
developer of PC-to-TV video conversion technology. This acquisition has played a
major strategic role in allowing FOCUS to gain a major  technological  lead over
competitors in the video scan conversion  category and has positioned FOCUS as a
leader in PC-to-TV video conversion technology.

         The  Company's  principal  executive  offices  are located at 142 North
Road,  Sudbury,  Massachusetts  01776.  Its research and  development  center is
located at 9275 SW Nimbus Drive, Beaverton, Oregon 97008. The Company's European
sales and marketing office,  FOCUS  Enhancements B.V., is located at Schipholweg

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118,  Kantorenhuis,  2316 XD Leiden,  The  Netherlands.  The  Company's  general
telephone   number  is  (781)   371-2000  and  its   worldwide  web  address  is
http://www.focusinfo.com.


                                 USE OF PROCEEDS

         The  Company  will not  receive  any  proceeds  from the  resale by the
Selling Stockholders of the Shares.

         The gross  proceeds to be received by the Company from  exercise of the
Warrants  (assuming  that the Warrants are issued to the Fund and exercised) are
$1,590,000,  and  management  intends to use such  proceeds for general  working
capital  purposes  including  expenditures in connection  with the  development,
sales and marketing of future products for the Company.

                              SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

         The following  table sets forth  information  concerning the beneficial
ownership of Shares of Common Stock by the Selling  Stockholders  as of the date
of this  Prospectus  and the  number of such  shares  included  for sale in this
Prospectus  assuming the exercise of Warrants  held by the Selling  Stockholders
and the sale of all Shares being offered by this Prospectus.  To the best of the
Company's  knowledge,  none of the Selling  Stockholders have held any office or
maintained any material  relationship  with the Company or its  predecessors  or
affiliates  over the past three years,  except as set forth  below.  The Selling
Stockholders  reserve the right to reduce the number of Shares  offered for sale
or to otherwise decline to sell any or all of the Shares  registered  hereunder.
The  calculation  of the number of Shares owned after the Offering  assumes that
all of the Shares offered hereby are sold.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          Shares to be Sold in Offering
                                                          -----------------------------
                                                        Shares Owned
                                                          Prior to             Shares         Shares Owned
            Name of Selling Stockholder                   Offering             Offered       After Offering
            ---------------------------                 ------------           --------      --------------
<S>                                                       <C>                  <C>                <C>
TView Stockholders(1)

Thomas M. Hamilton (2)                                      69,642               69,642             0
Steven R. Morton (3)                                        69,642               69,642             0
Mark D. Lieberman                                           69,642               69,642             0
David L. Brinker                                            34,821               34,821             0
Robert Bailey, Inc.                                          4,513                4,513             0
Kenneth A. Boelke(4)                                        14,657               14,657             0
Brian Keith Greeney(4)                                       9,161                9,161             0
Donna Nakano                                                10,993               10,993             0
Dave Schilling(5)                                            7,329                7,329             0
Carolyn Benedict(6)                                          2,748                2,748             0
Olympic Venture Partners III, L.P.                         202,637              202,637             0
Sutter Hill Ventures, a California limited partnership     159,576              159,576             0
Ken Willet                                                  14,185               14,185             0



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<CAPTION>
                                                          Shares to be Sold in Offering
                                                          -----------------------------
                                                        Shares Owned
                                                          Prior to            Shares            Shares Owned
            Name of Selling Stockholder                   Offering            Offered          After Offering
            ---------------------------                 ------------       ------------        --------------
<S>                                                       <C>               <C>                   <C>
OVP III Entrepreneurs Fund                                     10,132           10,132              0
Tow Partners, a California limited partnership                  8,175            8,175              0
The Younger Living Trust U/A/D 1/25/95                         10,192           10,192              0
Anvest, L.P.                                                    5,946            5,946              0
Sanders Holdings, L.P.                                          8,494            8,494              0
Wells Fargo Bank, Trustee SHV m/p/t FBO David L. Anderson       5,945            5,945              0
Wells Fargo Bank, Trustee SHV m/p/t FBO Ronald L. Perkin        1,274            1,274              0
G. Leonard Baker, Jr.                                           3,397            3,397              0
Tench Coxe                                                      6,795            6,795              0
Paul G. Lego                                                    1,699            1,699              0
Paul G. Koontz                                                    849              849              0
Sherryl W. Hossock                                                425              425              0

September 97 Offering

Smith Barney Fundamental Value Fund, Inc.(6)                1,330,000       1, 330,000              0
Brian G. Swift(7)                                              60,001           60,001              0
Roger L. Batty(7)                                              13,333           13,333              0
John J. Early(7)                                               13,333           13,333              0
Jay L. Hayes(7)                                                13,333           13,333              0
<FN>

(1)      Each of the Selling  Stockholders  listed was  formerly a  stockholder  of TView,  Inc.  which was  acquired by the Company
         effective September 30, 1996. The shares listed for each Selling Stockholder  represents the Shares received by the Selling
         Stockholder in exchange for the shares of TView, Inc. owned by the Selling Stockholder.

(2)      Does not include 80,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options held by Mr.  Hamilton,  of which
         options to purchase 26,667 shares are exercisable within 60 days of the date of this Prospectus.  Mr. Hamilton is currently
         Vice President of Business Development of the Company.

(3)      Does not include  80,000 shares of Common Stock  issuable upon the exercise of stock options held by Mr.  Morton,  of which
         options to purchase 26,667 shares are exercisable  within 60 days of the date of this  Prospectus.  Mr. Morton is currently
         Vice President of Research & Development of the Company.

(4)      Does not include  11,000 shares of Common Stock  issuable upon the exercise of stock  options.  This person is currently an
         employee of the Company.



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(5)      Does not include  3,000 shares of Common Stock  issuable  upon the exercise of stock  options.  This person is currently an
         employee of the Company.

(6)      Does not include  1,000 shares of Common Stock  issuable  upon the exercise of stock  options.  This person is currently an
         amployee of the Company.

(7)      Includes 330,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Investor Warrants. The Investor Warrants are issuable
         to the Fund if prior to September 10, 1998, the last sale price of the Company's  Common Stock is less than $3.00 per share
         for 20 consecutive  trading days. If issued, the Investor Warrants would be exercisable at a price of $3.00 per share for a
         period of seven years.

(8)      Represents  shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of Broker Warrants,  each exercisable at a price of $6.00 per
         share for a period of five years from the date of issuance, which warrants were issued to the placement agent in connection
         with the September 97 Offering.  Does not include Shares issued or issuable to the Selling Stockholder upon the exercise of
         warrants that may have been previously issued to the Selling Stockholder.

</FN>
</TABLE>


                              PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

         Of the 2,162,869 Shares being registered herein for sale by the Selling
Stockholders,  (i)  732,869  shares  were  issued to the Tview  Stockholders  in
connection with the  acquisition of TView,  Inc.  effective  September 30, 1996;
(ii) 1,000,000 shares were issued to the Fund; (iii) 330,000 shares are issuable
to the Fund upon the exercise of the Warrants;  and (iv) 100,000 shares issuable
upon exercise of the Broker Warrants.  All Shares to be registered hereby are to
be offered by certain  security  holders  of the  Company,  and,  other than the
exercise  price of the  Warrants,  the Company will receive no proceeds from the
sale of Shares offered hereby.

         The  Selling  Stockholders  may sell the  Common  Stock  registered  in
connection  with this Offering on the NASDAQ  market system or otherwise.  There
will  be  no  charges  or  commissions  paid  to  the  Company  by  the  Selling
Stockholders  in connection  with the issuance of the Shares.  It is anticipated
that usual and customary brokerage fees will be paid by the Selling Stockholders
upon sale of the Common  Stock  offered  hereby.  The Company will pay the other
expenses  of this  Offering.  The  Shares  may be sold  from time to time by the
Selling Stockholders, or by pledgees, donees, transferees or other successors in
interest.  Such  sales  may  be  made  on  one  or  more  exchanges  or  in  the
over-the-counter  market, or otherwise at prices and at terms then prevailing or
at  prices  related  to  the  then  current  market  price,   or  in  negotiated
transactions.  The  Shares  may be sold by one or more of the  following:  (a) a
block  trade in which the broker so engaged  will  attempt to sell the Shares as
agent but may  position  and  resell a  portion  of the  block as  principal  to
facilitate the transaction; (b) purchases by a broker or dealer as principal and
resale by such broker or dealer for its account pursuant to this Prospectus; (c)
an  exchange  distribution  in  accordance  with the  rules of  NASDAQ;  and (d)
ordinary brokerage transactions.  In effecting sales, brokers or dealers engaged
by the  Selling  Stockholders  may  arrange  for other  brokers  or  dealers  to
participate.  Brokers or dealers will  receive  commissions  or  discounts  from
Selling Stockholders in amounts to be negotiated prior to the sale. Such brokers
or dealers  and any other  participating  brokers or dealers may be deemed to be
"underwriters"  within the meaning of the Act in connection  with such sales. In
addition,  any  securities  covered by this  prospectus  which  qualify for sale
pursuant to Rule 144 of the Act may be sold under Rule 144 rather than  pursuant
to this Prospectus.

         The Company has agreed to indemnify certain of the Selling Stockholders
against certain liabilities,  including certain liabilities under the Act, or to
contribute to payments  which a Selling  Stockholder  may be required to make in
respect thereof.


                                  LEGAL MATTERS

         The  validity of certain of shares of Common Stock  offered  hereby was
passed upon for the Company by Sullivan & Worcester LLP,  Boston,  Massachusetts
02109. John A. Piccione,  Esq.,  Secretary of the Company,  is also a partner at
Sullivan & Worcester LLP. Mr.  Piccione holds options to purchase  45,000 shares
of Common Stock and warrants to purchase 27,740 shares of Common Stock.



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                                     EXPERTS

         The consolidated  financial statements of the Company as of and for the
year ended  December 31, 1996  appearing in the Company's  Annual Report on Form
10-KSB/A-1  for the year ended  December 31,  1996,  have been audited by Wolf &
Company,  P.C.  independent  accountants  as set forth in their report  thereon,
which report includes an explanatory  paragraph  regarding the Company's ability
to continue as a going  concern,  included  therein and  incorporated  herein by
reference.  Such financial  statements are  incorporated  herein by reference in
reliance  upon such report  given upon the  authority of such firm as experts in
accounting and auditing.

         The consolidated financial statements of FOCUS Enhancements, Inc. as of
and for the year ended December 31, 1995,  included in the Annual Report on Form
10-KSB/A-1  of the Company for the fiscal year ended  December 31, 1996 referred
to above have been audited by Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P., independent accountants,
as set forth in their report dated April 11, 1996, which included an explanatory
paragraph  related to the  Company's  ability to  continue  as a going  concern,
accompanying such financial statements, and are incorporated herein by reference
in  reliance  upon the  report of such  firm,  which  report is given upon their
authority as experts in accounting and auditing.


                      DISCLOSURE OF COMMISSION POSITION ON
                 INDEMNIFICATION FOR SECURITIES ACT LIABILITIES

         Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Act may be
permitted to  directors,  officers  and  controlling  persons of the  Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing  provisions,  or otherwise,  the  Registrant  has been
advised that in the opinion of the Commission  such  indemnification  is against
public policy as expressed in such Act and is, therefore,  unenforceable. In the
event that a claim for indemnification  against such liabilities (other than the
payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling  person of the Registrant in the  successful  defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,  officer or controlling person
in connection with the Shares being  registered,  the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit  to a  court  of  appropriate  jurisdiction  the  question  whether  such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in such Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


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         No dealer,  salesman or other  person has been  authorized  to give any
information  or make any  representation  other  than  those  contained  in this
Prospectus.  If given or made, such information or  representations  must not be
relied upon as having been  authorized by the Company.  This Prospectus does not
constitute  an offer to sell or the  solicitation  of an offer to buy any of the
securities other than the specific  securities to which it relates,  or an offer
or  solicitation  to any  person  in any  jurisdiction  where  such an  offer or
solicitation would be unlawful.

                                                                           
                     TABLE OF CONTENTS
                                                      Page

Available Information....................................2
Incorporation of Certain
  Documents by Reference.................................2                 
Prospectus Summary.......................................4
Risk Factors.............................................5                 
The Company............................................. 8                 
Use of Proceeds..........................................9
Selling Stockholders.....................................9
Plan of Distribution....................................11                 
Legal Matters...........................................11
Experts.................................................12
Disclosure of Commission Position on
  Indemnification for Securities Act
  Liabilities ..........................................12



                        2,162,869 Shares of Common Stock
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                            FOCUS ENHANCEMENTS, INC.
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
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                                   PROSPECTUS
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                               December |X|, 1997
                                       
                                       
                                           
                                       
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                                     PART II

                     INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution

         The expenses in connection  with the issuance and  distribution  of the
Common Stock to be  registered  are  estimated  (except for the  Securities  and
Exchange  Commission  filing fee) below.  All such  expenses will be paid by the
Registrant.


Registration Fee Under Securities Act   $    2,223.16
Blue Sky Fees and Expenses                   5,000.00
Legal Fees and Expenses                     15,000.00
Accounting Fees and Expenses                 8,000.00
Printing and Mailing Costs                   1,000.00
Miscellaneous Fees and Expenses              2,000.00
                                        -------------
            Total Expenses              $   33,223.16
                                        =============



Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers

         Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law empowers a Delaware
corporation  to indemnify,  subject to the  standards  therein  prescribed,  any
person in connection with any action,  suit or proceeding  brought or threatened
by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director,  officer,  employee
or agent of the  corporation  or was  serving  as such with  respect  to another
corporation or other entity at the request of such corporation.

         The Delaware General Corporation Law, the Company's charter and by-laws
provide  for   indemnification  of  the  Company's  directors  and  officer  for
liabilities  and expenses  that they may incur in such  capacities.  In general,
directors  and officers are  indemnified  with respect to actions  taken in good
faith in a manner  reasonably  believed  to be in, or not  opposed  to, the best
interests of the Company, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,
actions that the  indemnitee  had no reasonable  cause to believe were unlawful.
Reference is made to the Company's Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation,
as amended and Restated By-laws incorporated herein by reference.

         The  Underwriting  Agreement  executed in connection with the Company's
initial public  offering  provides that the  underwriters  are obligated,  under
certain circumstances,  to indemnify directors, officers and controlling persons
of the Company  against certain  liabilities,  including  liabilities  under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"). Reference is made to the form of
Underwriting  Agreement  previously  filed  as  Exhibit  1.1  to  the  Company's
Registration Statement on Form SB-2, No. 33-60248-B.

         The Company has obtained directors and officers liability insurance for
the benefit of its directors and certain of its officers.

         Reference  is  made  to the  Underwriting  Agreement  described  above,
pursuant to which the Registrant  agreed to indemnify each  underwriter and each
person,  if any, who controls any underwriter  within the meaning of the Act, or
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, against certain types of civil

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liabilities arising in connection with the aforementioned Registration Statement
or the prospectus contained therein.

Item 16. Exhibits

         The following  documents have been previously filed as Exhibits and are
incorporated  herein  by  reference  except  those  exhibits  indicated  with an
asterisk which are filed herewith:

      Exhibit No.       Description

         2        Agreement  and Plan of Merger dated as of September  30, 1996,
                  by and among FOCUS Enhancements, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
                  FOCUS   Acquisition   Corp.,   a  Delaware   corporation   and
                  wholly-owned  subsidiary of FOCUS, and Tview,  Inc., a Delware
                  Corporation(1).
         3.1      Second  Restated  Certificate  of  Incorporation,  as amended,
                  incorporated  by reference to Exhibit No. 3.1 of the Company's
                  Registration  Statement on Form SB-2 [Reg. No. 33-60248-B] and
                  as an exhibit to the Company's  Form 10-QSB dated November 13,
                  1995.
         3.2      Restated By-laws of the Company(2).
         4.1      Specimen  certificate for Common Stock of the Company(2).  4.2
                  Subscription  Agreement  between the Company and the Purchaser
                  dated September 10, 1997(3).
         4.3      Form of Warrant  dated  September 10, 1997 issued to designees
                  of the Placement Agent(3).
         5.1      Opinion of Sullivan & Worcester LLP
         23.1*    Consent  of  Wolf  &   Company,   P.C.,   independent   public
                  accountants
         23.2*    Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
         23.3*    Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
         (1)      Filed as an exhibit to the  Company's  Current  Report on Form
                  8-K  dated  November  4,  1996,  and  incorporated  herein  by
                  reference.
         (2)      Filed as an exhibit to the Company's Registration Statement on
                  Form  SB-2,  No.  33-60248-B,   and  incorporated   herein  by
                  reference.
         (3)      Filed as an exhibit to the  Company's  Current  Report on Form
                  8-K dated  September  10,  1997,  and  incorporated  herein by
                  reference.


Item 17. Undertakings

(a)      The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1)      To file,  during any period in which offers or sales are being
                  made,  a   post-effective   amendment  to  this   registration
                  statement:

                  (i)      To  include  any   prospectus   required  by  section
                           10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

                  (ii)     To  reflect  in the  prospectus  any  facts or events
                           arising after the effective date of the  registration
                           statement   (or  the   most   recent   post-effective
                           amendment thereof) which,

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                           individually   or  in  the  aggregate,   represent  a
                           fundamental  change in the  information  set forth in
                           this  registration  statement.   Notwithstanding  the
                           foregoing,  any  increase  or  decrease  in volume of
                           securities  offered  (if the  total  dollar  value of
                           securities  offered  would not exceed  that which was
                           registered)  and any  deviation  from the low or high
                           end of the estimated  maximum  offering  range may be
                           reflected  in the form of  prospectus  filed with the
                           Commission   pursuant   to   Rule   424(b)   (Section
                           230.424(b)  of 17 C.F.R.) if, in the  aggregate,  the
                           changes in volume and price  represent no more than a
                           20% change in the maximum  aggregate  offering  price
                           set forth in the  "Calculation of  Registration  Fee"
                           table in the effective registration statement; and

             (iii)         To include any material  information  with respect to
                           the plan of distribution not previously  disclosed in
                           this registration statement or any material change to
                           such information in this registration statement;

         provided,  however, that subparagraphs (i) and (ii) do not apply if the
         information  required to be included in a  post-effective  amendment by
         those  paragraphs  is contained in the  periodic  reports  filed by the
         Registrant  pursuant to Section 13 or Section  15(d) of the  Securities
         and  Exchange  Act of 1934 that are  incorporated  by reference in this
         registration statement.

         (2)      That for the purpose of  determining  any liability  under the
                  Securities  Act of 1933,  each such  post-effective  amendment
                  shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
                  the  Securities  offered  herein,  and  the  offering  of such
                  Securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
                  fide offering thereof.

         (3)      To  remove  from  registration  by means  of a  post-effective
                  amendment  any of the Shares  being  registered  which  remain
                  unsold at the termination of the offering.

(b)      Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
         Act of 1933 may be permitted  to  directors,  officers and  controlling
         persons of the  Registrant  pursuant to the  foregoing  provisions,  or
         otherwise,  the  Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
         Securities  and Exchange  Commission  such  indemnification  is against
         public   policy   as   expressed   in  such  Act  and  is,   therefore,
         unenforceable.

(c)      The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:

             (1) For purposes of determining  any liability under the Securities
         Act of 1933, the information  omitted from the form of prospectus filed
         as part of this  Registration  Statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and
         contained in a form of prospectus filed by the Company pursuant to Rule
         424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the  Securities Act shall be deemed to
         be part of this  Registration  Statement as of the time it was declared
         effective; and

             (2) For purposes of determining  any liability under the Securities
         Act of 1933,  each  post-effective  amendment  that  contains a form of
         prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration  statement relating
         to the securities offered therein,  and the offering of such securities
         at that  time  shall be  deemed to be the  initial  bona fide  offering
         thereof.




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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the  requirements  for  filing  on  Form  S-3 and has  duly  caused  this
Registration  Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned  thereunto
duly  authorized,  in the Town of Sudbury,  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts,  on
December 24, 1997.

                                         FOCUS ENHANCEMENTS, INC.


                                         By:    /s/ Thomas L. Massie
                                              Thomas L. Massie
                                               Chief Executive Officer

                                                 POWER OF ATTORNEY

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Form S-3 relating to Common Shares has been signed by the following persons
in the  capacities  and on the dates  indicated.  Each  person  whose  signature
appears below hereby authorizes Thomas L. Massie and Harry G. Mitchell, and each
of them, to file one or more  amendments  (including  additional  post-effective
amendments)  to this  Registration  Statement,  which  amendments  may make such
changes as any of such persons deem appropriate,  and each person,  individually
and in each  capacity  stated  below,  hereby  appoints  each of such persons as
attorney-in-fact to execute in his name and on his behalf any of such amendments
to the Registration Statement.

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            Signature                                 Title                                        Date
<S>                                       <C>                                                <C>

 /s/ Thomas L. Massie                      President, Chief Executive Officer                 December 24, 1997
Thomas L. Massie                           and Director (Principal Executive
                                           Officer)

                                           Sr. Vice President, Chief Financial                December 24, 1997
 /s/ Harry G. Mitchell                     Officer and Treasurer (Principal
Harry G. Mitchell                          Financial and Accounting Officer)

 /s/ John C. Cavalier                      Director                                           December 24, 1997
John C. Cavalier

 /s/ William B. Coldrick                   Director                                           December 24, 1997
William B. Coldrick

  /s/ Timothy E. Mahoney                   Director                                           December 24, 1997
Timothy E. Mahoney

</TABLE>




                                      II-4


                                                                     EXHIBIT 5.1



                                SULLIVAN & WORCESTER LLP
                                ONE POST OFFICE SQUARE
                              BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02109
                                    (617) 338-2800
                                 FAX NO. 617-338-2880
    IN WASHINGTON, D.C.                                    IN NEW YORK CITY
1025 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, N.W.                              767 THIRD AVENUE
   WASHINGTON, D.C. 20036                              NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017
      (202) 775-8190                                         (212) 486-8200
   FAX NO. 202-293-2275                                    FAX NO. 212-758-2151






                                                              December 23, 1997





FOCUS Enhancements, Inc.
142 North Road
Sudbury, Massachusetts 01776

Gentlemen:

         We are familiar with the  Registration  Statement on Form S-3 (the "S-3
Registration  Statement")  to which this  opinion is an exhibit,  to be filed by
FOCUS  Enhancements,  Inc., a Delaware  corporation  (the  "Company"),  with the
Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The S-3  Registration  Statement  relates to the  proposed  public  offering  by
certain  securityholders  of the  Company of a total of  2,162,869  shares  (the
"Shares")  of the  Company's  Common  Stock,  $.01 par value per share  ("Common
Stock"),  consisting of (i) 732,869 Shares issued to  stockholders of TView Inc.
which was acquired by the Company  effective  September 30, 1996; (ii) 1,000,000
Shares  issued to Smith  Barney  Fundamental  Value Fund,  Inc.  (the "Fund") in
connection  with a  private  placement  in  September  1997 (the  "September  97
Offering");  (iii)  330,000  Shares  issuable to the Fund upon the exercise of a
warrant  (the  "Investor  Warrant")  that may be issued  to the  Fund;  and (iv)
100,000  Shares  issuable upon the exercise of warrants (the "Broker  Warrants")
issued to the  placement  agent in  connection  with the  September 97 Offering.
Hereinafter the Investor Warrant and the Broker Warrants shall be referred to as
the "Warrants".

         We have  acted  as  counsel  to the  Company  in  connection  with  the
preparation of the S-3 Registration  Statement,  and we have examined and relied
on  the  originals  or  copies,   certified  or  otherwise   identified  to  our
satisfaction  of all such  corporate  records  of the  Company  and  such  other
instruments   and  other   certificates  of  public   officials,   officers  and
representatives  of the  Company and such other  persons,  and we have made such
investigations of law, as we have deemed  appropriate as a basis for the opinion
expressed below. In making such examination, we


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FOCUS Enahncements, Inc.
May 12, 1997
Page 2

have assumed the  genuineness of all  signatures,  the legal capacity of natural
persons,  the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the
conformity to the originals of all  documents  submitted to us as copies,  which
facts we have not  independently  verified.  As to various facts material to the
opinions set forth herein, we have relied without independent  verification upon
certificates  of public  officials and upon facts certified to us by officers of
the Company.  We express no opinion herein as to any laws other than the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

         Based upon the  foregoing,  we are of the opinion  that the Company has
corporate  power adequate for the issuance of the Shares  issuable in the manner
set forth in the S-3  Registration  Statement  and  offered  pursuant to the S-3
Registration  Statement.  The Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants,
assuming  conversion or exercise on the date hereof (the "Relevant Shares") have
been duly  authorized  and  reserved  for  issuance.  Upon the  exercise  of the
Warrants into Shares and delivery of such Shares in accordance with the terms of
the Warrants,  the Relevant Shares so issued will be validly issued,  fully paid
and non-assessable.

         We hereby  consent to the  filing of this  opinion as an exhibit to the
S-3 Registration Statement.

                                                 Very truly yours,


                                                 /s/ SULLIVAN & WORCESTER LLP

                                                 SULLIVAN & WORCESTER LLP



                                                                    Exhibit 23.1





                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We consent to the incorporation by reference in this  registration  statement of
FOCUS  Enhancements,  Inc.  on  Form  S-3  of  our  report,  which  included  an
explanatory  paragraph  about  the  Company's  ability  to  continue  as a going
concern, dated March 14, 1997, except for Notes 8 and 16 as to which the date is
March 31,  1997,  and Note 2 as to which the date is October  20,  1997,  on the
consolidated financial statements of FOCUS Enhancements,  Inc. as of and for the
year ended December 31, 1996,  appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-KSB/A-1
of FOCUS  Enhancements,  Inc.  for the year ended  December  31,  1996.  We also
consent to the  reference to us under the heading  "Experts" in the  Prospectus,
which is part of this Registration Statement.





                                                  WOLF & COMPANY, P.C.

Boston, Massachusetts
December 24, 1997



                                                               Exhibit 23.2





                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We consent to the incorporation by reference in this  registration  statement of
FOCUS  Enhancements,  Inc.  on  Form  S-3  of  our  report,  which  included  an
explanatory  paragraph  about  the  Company's  ability  to  continue  as a going
concern,  dated  April  11,  1996,  on our audit of the  consolidated  financial
statements of FOCUS Enhancements,  Inc. as of December 31, 1995 and for the year
then ended,  which report is included in the Annual Report on Form 10-KSB/A-1 of
FOCUS  Enhancements,  Inc. for the year ended December 31, 1996. We also consent
to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts".





                                                       Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.

Boston, Massachusetts
December 24, 1997



                                                                    Exhibit 23.3





               Consent of Independent Certified Public Accountants

The Board of Directors
T.View, Inc.:


We consent to the  incorporation by reference in the  registration  statement on
Form S-3 to be filed by FOCUS Enhancements,  Inc.of our report,  dated September
13, 1996, with respect to the balance sheets of T. View, Inc. as of December 31,
1995 and 1994, and the related statements of operations,  stockholders'  equity,
and cash flows for the years  ended  December  31, 1995 and 1994,  which  report
appears in the Form 8-K/A-1 of FOCUS Enhancements, Inc., dated January 6, 1997.



                                                KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

Portland, Oregon
December 24, 1997


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