San Jose, Calif., (July 21, 1999) (Nasdaq:ADBE)--Today, Adobe Systems Incorporated announced the availability of an enhanced version of Adobe® Premiere® 5.1 software, providing Apple® Power Macintosh® G3 computer users with an even easier and more cost effective way to incorporate video content and creation into their everyday work. The Adobe Premiere 5.1 software update is available at no additional charge to registered Mac customers on the Adobe Web site at http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/main.html.

The enhanced version of Adobe Premiere 5.1 software delivers a seamless digital video (DV) editing solution to Mac G3 customers, allowing them to plug in a DV camcorder to a new G3 shipping with FireWire and begin editing high quality video from the desktop without the need for additional hardware. By providing support for NTSC and PAL Digital Video, Adobe Premiere provides users with the ability to directly control DV cameras, to capture and export DV, and to simultaneously playback video from both Adobe Premiere and through the DV camera.

Today, the proliferation of powerful desktop computers, combined with affordable digital video cameras and professional digital video editing software, is helping customers bring their work to life with more motion, sound and interactive experiences in video and on the Web. Adobe Premiere 5.1 enables small video studios, industrial video professionals, event videographers, and multimedia and Web developers to create video and easily output it across mediums, from videotape to multimedia and the Web.

The enhanced version of Adobe Premiere 5.1 also takes advantage of other DV and QuickTime 4 enhancements that make it easier than ever to distribute digital video. QuickTime 4 allows users to instantly view video on the Web without downloading to their disk. With support for QuickTime 4, Adobe Premiere users can now easily edit video in a supported format like MJPEG or DV, and then export it as a "hinted" streaming QuickTime movie for the Web. In addition, Adobe Premiere software users can take advantage of greater than 2GB file support, offering the ability to capture video files that were previously inaccessible due to size limitations.

"Adobe Premiere now allows customers using an Apple G3 to create QuickTime streaming movies for the Web by providing the best of DV, FireWire and QuickTime 4 support," said Ron Okamoto, senior director of product marketing for Adobe Systems. "When Premiere is used in conjunction with Adobe's complete family of award winning professional and motion graphics software applications including Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator--G3 users reap the benefits of a completely integrated Dynamic Media solution."

Pricing and Availability
The new update to Adobe Premiere 5.1 is now available at no charge to registered Macintosh users. It can be downloaded from the Adobe Web site at http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/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.