Sonic Licenses AuthorScript to Adobe; AuthorScript Engine Enables CD and DVD Burning in Photoshop Elements 3.0

Business Wire, Sept 20, 2004

NOVATO, Calif. -- Sonic Solutions (Nasdaq:SNIC) announced today that Adobe Systems Incorporated has licensed Sonic AuthorScript(R), the world's leading CD and DVD formatting and burning engine, for use within its new Adobe(R) Photoshop(R) Elements 3.0 software for Windows. By incorporating AuthorScript, Adobe has added key functions to Photoshop Elements 3.0, such as the ability to create photo slideshows on Video-CDs that can be played in most set-top DVD players and the archiving of photos to CD-ROMS and DVD-ROMs.

"Our relationship with Sonic allows us to combine Adobe's top-quality photo and imaging applications with Sonic's leading CD and DVD burning engine," said Tapan Bhat, group product manager, Adobe Digital Imaging. "AuthorScript will make it easier for our users to watch, share and archive their digital images on CDs and DVDs."

"Throughout the world, the name Adobe is synonymous with creativity and quality," said Jim Taylor, general manager of Sonic's Advanced Technology Group, "and we at Sonic are very pleased that Adobe has chosen AuthorScript as the core DVD and Video CD burn engine for Adobe's consumer photo and imaging applications."

About Sonic AuthorScript

Sonic AuthorScript is the world's leading DVD and CD creation engine. Comprised of modules for converting video and audio data into DVD and VCD-compliant data streams, formatting and burning DVD-Video and Video-CD projects, data mastering for CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs, music CD ripping and burning and DVD-Video and Video CD playback, the AuthorScript SDK (software development kit) makes it easy for third-party developers to add a broad range of DVD and CD creation functionality to their applications. AuthorScript's SilentSelect(TM) technology offers developers the unique advantage of automatically supporting new CD and DVD burner models as they become available without requiring an update or patch, reducing support costs and improving the user experience.

Licensed by industry-leading companies including Adobe, Avid, IBM, Microsoft, Sony, Time Warner and many others, Sonic AuthorScript also underlies Sonic's award-winning applications including RecordNow(TM), PrimeTime(TM), MyDVD(R) and DVDit(R) which are bundled by major OEMs such as Adaptec, Compaq, Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, IBM, Iomega, Lite-On, NEC, Panasonic, Pioneer, Sony, Toshiba, ViewSonic and others.

Design specifications and licensing programs for AuthorScript solutions are available now from Sonic at authorscript@sonic.com.

About Sonic Solutions (Nasdaq:SNIC)

Based in Marin County, California, Sonic Solutions (Nasdaq:SNIC) (http://www.sonic.com/) is the world's leading supplier of DVD creation software for professional, industrial and consumer applications. The majority of major film releases on DVD have been produced on Sonic's professional DVD authoring systems in studios around the world. Sonic's MyDVD(R) and DVDit(R) are the most widely-used DVD creation applications by consumers and video enthusiasts and are the solutions of choice among the key PC and after-market drive suppliers. Sonic's RecordNow(TM) is a leading solution for audio and data mastering. InterActual, a subsidiary of Sonic Solutions, is the leading provider of software and services that enable cutting-edge DVD interactivity in computers and next-generation home entertainment platforms. Sonic's AuthorScript(R), the DVD and CD formatting and burning engine that underlies Sonic's applications, is the most widely-deployed DVD software engine and has been licensed by Adobe, Microsoft, Sony and many others.

Sonic, the Sonic logo, Sonic Solutions, AuthorScript, AutoDVD, Backup MyPC, CinePlayer, DVDit, DVD Fusion, DVD Producer, Edit-on-DVD, HyperMux DL, InterActual, MyDVD, NoNOISE, OpenDVD, PrePlay, RecordNow, ReelDVD, Simple Backup, Sonic DVD Creator, Sonic JumpSafe, Sonic PrimeTime, Sonic Scenarist and Sonic SmartBalance are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sonic Solutions in the U.S. and/or other countries. Adobe and Photoshop are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. All other company or product names are trademarks of their respective owners and, in some cases, are used by Sonic under license. Specifications, pricing and delivery schedules are subject to change without notice.

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