Adobe Delivers Performance Gains with the Immediate Availability of Photoshop 7.0 on Microsoft Windows XP.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 16, 2002

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE), the leader in network publishing, and Microsoft Corp. have announced that photographers, Web and graphic designers using Adobe(R) Photoshop(R) 7.0 software on the Windows platform can now take advantage of performance and image processing gains. With Windows(R) XP support and Intel Pentium 4 processor optimizations built in to both Photoshop 7.0 and Photoshop Elements, Adobe is providing customers with the highest quality digital imaging solutions on the leading computing platforms.

"Microsoft and Adobe have worked together to deliver superior digital imaging performance for Windows customers," said Rogers Weed, corporate vice president for Windows at Microsoft Corp. "By running Photoshop 7.0 on the Windows platform, users have an integrated digital imaging experience, as well as a great solution for editing their digital images with professional results."

Adobe Photoshop 7.0 is "Designed for Windows XP," a designation that identifies software products that have passed testing to ensure they are easy to use, stable, and take full advantage of the stable architecture provided by the Windows platform. The Windows platform and the Intel Pentium 4 processor are ideally suited to deliver strong performance for demanding applications like Photoshop. In addition to Windows XP, Adobe Photoshop 7.0 also runs on other popular Microsoft platforms including Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000 and Windows NT(R).

"Intel and Adobe have collaborated to optimize the performance of key Photoshop functionality to allow users to capitalize on the power of the Pentium 4 processor," said John Davies, vice president of Intel's Solutions Market Development Group. "As a result, users will enjoy a more responsive experience and improved image processing performance."

"With Windows XP, Microsoft has developed its strongest operating system to date, with enhancements that will be attractive to Photoshop users, particularly photographers and creative professionals," said Bryan Lamkin, senior vice president of Adobe's Graphics Business Unit. "Windows XP is great for customers because it integrates rich media capabilities directly into the operating system and provides a more unified computing experience, increased stability, and performance gains with Intel's Pentium 4 processors."

Adobe Photoshop is the professional image-editing standard for creating, editing, and retouching images that can be used in all media, including print, the Web and wireless devices. It empowers users to meet tight deadlines and exceed client expectations--or simply meet their own demanding standards--with the highest-quality results. Photoshop 7.0 is tightly integrated with Adobe Illustrator(R), Adobe InDesign(R), Adobe GoLive(R), Adobe LiveMotion(TM), Adobe Premiere(R), Adobe After Effects(R) and Adobe Acrobat(R) software. It also integrates with Adobe AlterCast(R), the company's dynamic imaging server software, to streamline the management and updating of large image libraries.

About Adobe Systems Incorporated

Founded in 1982, Adobe Systems Incorporated (www.adobe.com) builds award-winning software solutions for network publishing, including Web, ePaper, print, video, wireless and broadband applications. Its graphic design, imaging, dynamic media and authoring tools enable customers to create, manage and deliver visually-rich, reliable content. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., Adobe is the second-largest PC software company in the U.S., with annual revenues exceeding $1 billion.

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