World Standard Image Editing Software is Now the First Integrated Solution for Web and Print

San Jose, Calif., (June 17, 1999) (Nasdaq:ADBE)--Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced the newest version of Adobe® Photoshop®, the world's leading professional image editing software. Photoshop 5.5 software once again sets the standard--providing the first integrated solution for professionals who need to produce the highest quality images for both Web and print. Photoshop 5.5 includes Adobe ImageReady® 2.0 software, the cutting-edge Web production component that interacts seamlessly with Photoshop software to provide a complete creative environment. This eliminates the need for customers to use multiple applications, which restricts both creativity and productivity. Adobe Photoshop 5.5 is part of Adobe Systems' complete family of digital imaging products, which includes Adobe Photoshop LE, Adobe PhotoDeluxe®, and Adobe ActiveShare.™

Adobe will demonstrate its unique line-up of digital imaging products--which serves the entire range of users including Web and graphics professionals, business professionals and consumers--at next week's PC Expo in New York City (Booth #4334).

Adobe Photoshop is already the most frequently used professional Web graphics software application today*, and version 5.5 significantly extends its Web functionality. Whether designers are optimizing Web images with Web-safe colors or taking advantage of powerful slicing and JavaScript rollover capabilities, Adobe Photoshop 5.5 software delivers the ideal balance of creativity and productivity tools.

Consistent Adobe Tools
Based on the Adobe standard user interface, Adobe Photoshop 5.5 software allows users to move smoothly and quickly between environments without breaking the creative flow. Photoshop now includes a set of advanced features for optimizing and compressing Web graphics. For more advanced Web graphics tasks, such as JavaScript rollovers, animation, and image slicing, a "jump to" button quickly transfers the image to Adobe ImageReady.

"Photoshop 5.5 really helps me transport my print designs to the Web," said Andy Makely, a Senior Graphic Designer for USWeb/CKS in Atlanta. "With one click, my design jumps from Photoshop into ImageReady and I'm ready to slice it up, optimize the images and save everything as HTML. Being able to preview my work in a browser from ImageReady is the icing on the cake. This kind of integration really streamlines the Web design process."

Create Superior Web Graphics
Adobe Photoshop 5.5 provides new tools for creating and optimizing the most advanced Web graphics. Multiple LiveView panels in Photoshop 5.5 software's new Save for Web window let designers quickly find the best compression options, translating into shorter image download times and higher quality Web graphics. The new Lossy GIF feature dramatically reduces file size, as much as 10-50% smaller than previously possible, with minimal loss of image quality. Advanced Web features are available in the Adobe ImageReady software component, where designers can slice large graphics into HTML tables with the new Slice tool and create powerful JavaScript rollovers without writing a line of code. Layer-based animations and image maps make these a snap.

Expand Creative Possibilities
Adobe Photoshop 5.5 software addresses the tedious and time-consuming task of image-masking with the new Background Eraser and the Extract Image command. Users can quickly create instant transparency with the color decontamination capabilities of these tools so images can be cleanly composited on another background, saving hours of working with complex selections. Photoshop 5.5 software's new creativity features extend even further with the new Art History Brush, which allows users to create an entirely new genre of images by interactively applying realistic paint strokes.

Adobe Photoshop 5.5, when paired with Adobe GoLive® software, provides a complete professional Web solution. Photoshop also features tight integration with the family of award-winning Adobe solutions--including Adobe After Effects®, Adobe Illustrator®, Adobe InDesign®, and Adobe Premiere®--to enable users to create compelling designs, digital imagery and motion graphics for the Web, multimedia and print.

Pricing and Availability
Adobe Photoshop 5.5 is expected to ship in July for an estimated street price of $609 (U.S.). Registered Photoshop 5.0 and ImageReady 1.0 users in North America will be able to upgrade for the special estimated promotional price of $129 (U.S.) after rebate until May 2000. All other registered users of previous versions of Adobe Photoshop will be able to upgrade for an estimated street price of $199 (U.S.). For more information customers can call 1-800-492-3623 or visit http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/main.html.

About Adobe Systems Incorporated

Founded in 1982, Adobe Systems builds award-winning software solutions for Web and print publishing. Its graphic design, imaging, dynamic media, and authoring tools enable customers to create, publish and deliver visually-rich content for various types of media. The company's products are used by Web and graphic designers, professional publishers, document-intensive organizations, business users, and consumers. Adobe is the fourth largest U.S.-based personal software company, with annual revenues approaching $1 billion. It employs over 2,400 employees worldwide and has operations in North America, Europe, the Pacific Rim, Japan and Latin America. Adobe's worldwide headquarters are in San Jose, California and its web site is located at www.adobe.com.