Adobe Systems Announces Adobe Premiere 4.2 For Macintosh and Power
Macintosh

Integrates CD-ROM Movie Maker Plug-in, Adds QuickTime 2.1, Power
Macintosh-Native Sound Manager 3.1 and Specular LogoMotion Software

Mountain View, Calif. (September 18, 1995) (Nasdaq: ADBE) - Adobe Systems
Incorporated today announced Version 4.2 of Adobe Premiere for Macintosh,
an update to the leading non-linear digital video editing program. Version
4.2 integrates Adobe's new CD-ROM Movie Maker Plug-in, adds QuickTime 2.1
and Adobe Type Manager (ATM) Version 3.8.3 and improves performance on
Power Macintosh computers with Power Macintosh-native Sound Manager 3.1.
In addition, the Deluxe CD-ROM includes Specular LogoMotion, a 3D logo
software program from Specular Inter-national, Ltd. for animating text and
logos in QuickTime, PICS and numbered PICT files. Adobe is also including
sample files and documentation in the Adobe Portable Document Format
(PDF).

"Adobe did its homework with Adobe Premiere 4.2 for Macintosh. By
integrating the CD-ROM Movie Maker Plug-in, Adobe has provided a solid
tool that is phenomenally important for the production of CD-ROMs," said
Paul Lundahl, a partner at eMotion Studios, a digital filmmaking company
in Sausalito, Calif. "In Against All Odds and AdHoc Interactive's CD-ROM
project Passage to Vietnam, we performed a great deal of video
compositing, editing and compression. Having access to the CD-ROM plug-in
would have saved us more than a month of processing and over 25 gigabytes
of archival storage. Now, with the Adobe Premiere 4.2 program, we have one
program that lets us go through the entire process from start to finish,
including the ability to capture, edit and compress movies for CD-ROM."

New Features CD-ROM Movie Maker Plug-in

This new plug-in allows CD-ROM developers to optimize movies for CD-ROM
from directly within Adobe Premiere, eliminating the need for a
third-party utility. Multimedia developers can now use Adobe Premiere
software to capture, edit and compress movies for smooth playback at low
data rates.

The CD-ROM Movie Maker Plug-in also lets users: 

* Limit and smooth a movie's data rate for improved playback; 
* Crop and filter movies to resize and reduce noise;
* Build CD-ROM optimized movies in batches;
* Generate a specific color palette to optimize playback on 8-bit
  systems or attach an existing optimized palette;
* Set keyframes at markers or edits to increase image quality and
  speed of interactivity;
* Batch-process a series of CD-ROM movies or projects, and
* Troubleshoot movies with a new data rate analysis tool.

Improved Performance

Version 4.2 now provides faster response time when working on projects with
many clips. Improved timecode support now allows users to specify timecode
in the Construction Window and output that timecode to Edit Decision Lists
(EDLs) or to the QuickTime timecode track for synchronization with
external devices. Updated Windows

The Construction Window now incorporates new tools and shortcuts, and the
Transition Window can be customized to display only user-specified
transitions. The Batch Capture Window allows hori-zontal resizing as well
as drag and drop to other Batch Capture Windows or to the Movie Capture
Window and more.

New Audio Filters

Adobe Premiere 4.2 for Macintosh also includes new audio filters such as
downsample and pan and swap left and right. In addition, QuickTime 2.1
integrates the multimedia tuner and provides improved system stability and
a memory manager. Sound Manager 3.1, now fully native for Power Macintosh
computers, will boost audio performance on the Power Macintosh.

Price and Availability

Adobe Premiere 4.2 for Macintosh is expected to be available in October
1995. Registered users of Adobe Premiere 4.x for Macintosh will
automatically receive a free CD-ROM version of the applica-tion with an
offer to purchase the Deluxe CD-ROM for $29, which includes Specular
LogoMotion software, a $179 retail value. Registered users of versions
prior to 4.0 may upgrade to the Version 4.2 on Deluxe CD-ROM for $149.
Customers who purchase Adobe Premiere 4.0.1 for Macintosh after September
18, 1995, which retails for $795, will receive a free Deluxe CD-ROM
upgrade with Specular LogoMotion. For more information, customers may call
1-800-833-6687 or check Adobe's World-Wide Web site at http://www.
adobe.com.

System Requirements

Minimum system requirements for Adobe Premiere 4.2 software include a
680x0-based Macintosh computer with 4 megabytes of application RAM or a
Power Macintosh with 6 megabytes of applica-tion RAM, an 80-megabyte hard
drive and a CD-ROM drive, System Software 7.0 or greater, and QuickTime
1.6.1 or greater (Adobe Premiere 4.2 for Macintosh ships with QuickTime
2.1). For opti-mal performance, Adobe recommends QuickTime 2.1, 6 to 20
megabytes of application RAM, a color monitor, a QuickTime capture card
and a 500-megabyte or greater hard drive. Adobe Systems Incorporated,
founded in 1982, is headquartered in Mountain View, California. Adobe
develops, markets and supports computer software products and technologies
that enable users to create, display, print and communicate electronic
documents. The company licenses its technology to major computer, printing
and publishing suppliers, and markets a line of applications software and
type products for authoring visually rich documents. Additionally, the
company markets a line of powerful, but easy to use, products for home and
small business users. Adobe has subsidiaries in Europe and the Pacific Rim
serving a worldwide network of dealers and distributors. Adobe's 1994
revenue was approximately $598 million.
 
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