Integrated workflow and asset management solution smooths publishing process

Seybold San Francisco, August 28, 2000 (Nasdaq:ADBE)--For commercial publishers managing high volume, complex workflows, Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced Adobe® InScope™, an integrated and highly customizable, Web-based publishing system for workflow and asset management. From preliminary planning through final handoffs, InScope supports every stage of creative development with the asset and workflow management tools commercial publishers need to maximize productivity, improve quality and reduce costs.

Adobe InScope joins other key tools from Adobe, including Adobe InDesign®, Adobe InCopy® and Adobe Photoshop® software, to deliver the industry’s most comprehensive solution for collaborative publishing, providing commercial publishers with unprecedented agility to outpace the rate of change in the industry. InScope integrates directly with other popular Adobe publishing applications, such as InDesign and InCopy, allowing the seamless exchange of assets among different teams. This collaborative process enables creative teams to work both independently and in parallel with each other, eliminating bottlenecks and last minute crises.

"Commercial publishing today involves scores of people pulling together to deliver high quality work under shrinking deadlines that leave little margin for error," said Bryan Lamkin, senior vice president of professional publishing solutions for Adobe Systems Incorporated. "InScope represents a major advance for managing publication creation because it takes this entire process into account. Adobe will continue to set the agenda for publishing by providing total solutions that facilitate the publishing workflow from desktop publishing to the Web and beyond."

"We needed a publishing solution that could handle the complexity of modern digital magazine production – one that gives us a clear understanding of both the creative and logistical processes each step of the way," said Damien Creavin, director of advanced technology at Time Inc. "Adobe InScope will be the platform for a next-generation publishing system that we intend to deploy at Fortune magazine. We anticipate significant efficiency and productivity gains, that will translate into tangible improvements for our readers and advertisers."

Adobe InScope: A Complete Creative Ecosystem

Adobe InScope provides tremendous levels of extensibility and control for managing digital assets and streamlining the workflow without compromising the creative process. While other publishing systems are built around layout workflows, Adobe InScope has a more expansive vision of the publishing process and encompasses all aspects of this process to provide a comprehensive system.

Built-in support for managing any kind of digital content makes cross-media publishing easy. Asset categories let publishers specify the exact purpose of each content element, which allows users to decide how to repurpose assets to different types of media. Similarly, the internal asset organization in InScope provides details about which assets belong to which sections and stories. This eases the process for outputting individual stories or even entire publications to alternate media while maintaining the intended organization and layout.

Finally, unlike proprietary solutions that require publishers to re-engineer their systems and processes, InScope is a standards-based tool that adapts and operates within existing publishing environments, providing immediate and measurable results.

Pricing and Availability

Adobe InScope for Mac OS 8.5, 8.6, and 9.0; Windows® 98, Windows 2000 and Windows NT® 4.0 will be available worldwide in September 2000 from qualified InScope system integrators. Pricing for Adobe InScope depends on individual implementation and will be determined by the system integrator. For more information and a list of system integrators, visit http://www.adobe.com/products/inscope.

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 third largest PC software company in the U.S., with annual revenues exceeding $1 billion.