Affordable Digital Video Editing Solution Available On the Desktop

NAB, Las Vegas (April 10, 2000) (Nasdaq: ADBE)--Continuing its leadership in creating and delivering world-class dynamic media content, Adobe Systems Incorporated is partnering with Pinnacle Systems (Nasdaq:PCLE) to provide video and broadcast professionals with a real time digital video editing system for the desktop.

Pinnacle Systems’ new TARGA 3000™ video board is being bundled with Adobe® Premiere® 5.1, Adobe’s award-winning digital video editing software, allowing professionals to create broadcast-quality video on their desktop. The solution offers simultaneous support for digital video editing in every video format from uncompressed HDTV to compressed streaming video for the Web.

"Premiere greatly enhances the awesome capabilities of TARGA 3000," states Mark Sanders, CEO of Pinnacle Systems. "This powerful and affordable combination gives customers an incredible platform from which to create video content for any broadcast medium, right from their desktop."

Infinite Video Editing Performance
Pinnacle Systems TARGA 3000’s powerful desktop editing, compositing and finishing solution supports true uncompressed video, MPEG-2 and DV, as well as a complete range of analog and digital input and output capabilities. With Adobe Premiere and the TARGA 3000, video professionals will now be able to utilize three streams of uncompressed video in a timeline, apply special effects and up to eight layers of graphics and video, and play back the video in real-time without rendering.

"For the first time, video professionals can purchase real-time broadcast performance for the desktop at a price one-tenth of competing solutions," said Bruce Chizen, president of Adobe. "Adobe is committed to providing its customers with high-quality, well-integrated software. By partnering with Pinnacle Systems, we can push the limits of what is possible in digital video editing, motion graphics and visual effects."

Pricing and Availability
Adobe Premiere 5.1 software for Windows® 98 and WindowsNT® 4.0 bundled with Pinnacle Systems’ TARGA 3000 will be available in the third quarter of 2000 at an estimated street price below US $6000 in the U.S. and Canada. For more information on the Pinnacle Systems TARGA 3000 bundle with Adobe Premiere 5.1, visit the Pinnacle Systems web site at http://www.pinnaclesys.com or an authorized Pinnacle reseller.

Adobe Premiere 5.1 can be purchased online from Adobe at an estimated street price of US $579 through the Adobe Store at http://www.adobe.com or from an authorized Adobe reseller. It is also featured in the Adobe Dynamic Media Collection with Adobe After Effects® 4.1, Adobe Photoshop® 5.5 and Adobe Illustrator® 9.0. The Dynamic Media Collection is available online through the Adobe Store at an estimated street price of US $1589.

About Adobe Systems Incorporated

Founded in 1982, Adobe Systems Incorporated (www.adobe.com) 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. Headquartered in San Jose, California, Adobe is the fourth largest U.S.-based personal software company, with annual revenues exceeding $1 billion.