Makes Sharing Photos over the Internet Fun and Easy

San Jose, Calif., (November 29, 1999) (Nasdaq:ADBE)--Adobe Systems today announced the availability of PhotoDeluxe Home Edition 4.0 for Windows, providing easier ways to share photos in e-mail or on the Web, offering new projects with more creative possibilities, and delivering new features for enhancing images.

"Our customers want easier ways to share photos with their friends and family over the Internet," said Kyle Mashima, Adobe vice president, consumer and online solutions. "With PhotoDeluxe Home Edition 4.0, Adobe greatly simplifies photo sharing and takes the experience a step further with a direct connection to Adobe ActiveShare.com."

ActiveShare.com is the destination site of choice for sharing photos with friends and family. Through Adobe ActiveShare.com, which was created with Adobe partner eCircles.com, PhotoDeluxe users can create their own eCircles — private Web communities for sharing photos and having threaded conversations with friends and family.

"For as long as I can remember, I've loved animals and photography," said Myra Kotrla of San Angelo, Texas. "I’ve had a lot of fun with the new Changeable feature in Adobe PhotoDeluxe 4.0, taking a photo of my friend’s black Labrador and changing his head to a lion’s head, or even adding a red rose. And with PhotoDeluxe 4.0, one click gets me to ActiveShare.com. I can easily share photos of my kids, all our animals, and let friends and family share in the fun by inviting them to join my eCircle."

Version 4.0 of PhotoDeluxe, the world’s best-selling consumer photo editing software with over 20 million units shipped, continues to provide simple step-by-step instructions on touching up and editing photos. It also provides guided activities that allow customers to combine their personal photos with professionally-designed templates to create everything from cards to calendars.

Users can easily import photos from digital cameras directly into PhotoDeluxe with FotoExplorer, technology from Fotonation. Once photos are imported into PhotoDeluxe, photo sharing and organizing in the new version of PhotoDeluxe is as simple as drag and drop. Users simply name albums or add comments to the back of photos and a powerful search capability lets users find photos by captions, names, dates or any other text in the comment sections.

A variety of fun features round out the enhancements delivered in PhotoDeluxe Home Edition 4.0, including new seasonal activities from Mother’s Day cards to back-to-school stickers, a new 3D activity, electronic postcards and puzzles, as well as an expanded assortment of Adobe Changeables — morphable pieces of clip art.

Availability
PhotoDeluxe Home Edition 4.0 for Microsoft Windows 95, 98 or Windows 4.0 NT is immediately available for $49 (U.S.). Upgrades for registered owners of earlier versions of PhotoDeluxe will be available for an estimated street price of $39 (U.S.). International English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, and Swedish versions of Adobe PhotoDeluxe 4.0 for Windows will be available in January 2000.

Complete Family of Digital Imaging Products
Adobe PhotoDeluxe 4.0 is the world’s most popular consumer photo-editing software with more than 20 million copies sold worldwide and is part of a complete family of digital imaging products for novices to professionals. Now, it is possible for all levels of users to participate in the digital imaging Web experience. Adobe’s family of digital imaging products includes Adobe ActiveShare, ActiveShare.com, Adobe PhotoDeluxe, Adobe Photoshop LE, Adobe Photoshop 5.5 and Kodak Picture CD with Adobe software. Adobe’s unique family of digital imaging products serves the full range of customers, from consumers of all skill levels, to business professionals, to Web professionals and graphic designers. Adobe solutions allow home users and professionals a seamless migration path through an integrated family of tools as their digital imaging demands grow.

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.