Canopus Chooses Sonic DVDit! for Nonlinear Editing and MPEG Encoding Solutions.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

NOVATO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 17, 2001

Sonic Solutions (Nasdaq:SNIC), the leading manufacturer of DVD publishing solutions, and Canopus Corporation, makers of award-winning, digital video editing systems, today announced that Sonic DVDit!(R) is bundled with Canopus' line of digital video editing and MPEG encoding solutions. Combined with Canopus' products, DVDit! gives video professionals and enthusiasts an easy way to create and publish interactive content for DVD.

"Sonic DVDit! is an excellent addition to our realtime editing products and is the perfect complement to the Canopus Amber MPEG video encoder," said Hiro Yamada, Canopus President and CEO. "Combining the advanced DVD publishing features found in DVDit! with the high performance of our video editing solutions creates a powerful, highly-productive editing and DVD authoring environment."

"We're delighted that Canopus has chosen Sonic DVDit! for its line of DV editing and encoding solutions," said Bob Doris, President of Sonic Solutions. "The addition of DVDit! provides Canopus users with a powerful, yet easy solution for creating professional-quality DVDs on their desktop."

Canopus DVRex RT Professional, Amber and DVBooster Pack include DVDit! SE. The DVStorm SE Plus, DVRex RT Mega Bundle and EZDV are bundled with DVDit! LE, and the popular DVStorm SE and DVRaptor-RT come with a trial version of DVDit! SE.

About Sonic DVDit!

Sonic DVDit! is the easiest way to publish on DVD. Combining a simple and straightforward user interface with Sonic's award-winning DVD formatting technology, DVDit! gives video professionals, graphic designers, artists and video enthusiasts the power to create stunning interactive DVD content on their PC.

DVDit! is compatible with AVI and QuickTime video files, so that virtually any video content -- from DV to D1 -- can be incorporated into a DVDit! project. With an intuitive interface, building DVD titles is as easy as selecting a menu background and then dragging and dropping an AVI, QuickTime or MPEG video file.

DVDit! automatically builds buttons and interactivity, multiplexes and formats content, and records to CD-R or DVD-R for playback in consumer set-top DVD players or DVD-equipped PCs. DVDit! can create interactive titles in DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, and cDVD(TM) formats.

Sonic DVDit! has been honored with awards by many of the video industry's leading trade publications including Millimeter magazine's Tommy Award, Television Broadcast's Pick of Show, DV Magazine's Award of Excellence, a perfect score review in PC Magazine, and Authoring Product of the Year from Videomaker Magazine.

The Canopus Family

Canopus' line of realtime, nonlinear editing solutions for video professionals and enthusiasts include DVRaptor-RT(TM), the most cost-effective, realtime NLE solution on the market; DVStorm SE(TM) and DVStorm SE Plus(TM), which deliver render-free, realtime digital video editing, realtime DV and analog (S-Video and Composite video) input and output; and DVRex RT Professional(TM), the company's full-featured, professional-level NLE that boasts extensive realtime capabilities and advanced features required by video professionals, such as component video I/O, balanced audio I/O and RS-422 analog deck control and a professional 19" rack-mount breakout box.

To give Adobe(R) Premiere(R) 6.0 users the flexibility, creativity and productivity gains Canopus customers have long prized, the company offers DVBooster Pack(TM). Compatible with any system that supports Adobe Premiere 6.0, DVBooster Pack combines Canopus' advanced DV CODEC, SoftMPG Encoder(TM), Web Video Wizard(TM), Xplode Basics(TM) effects package and an impressive collection of the company's optimized video filters into one cost-effective package.

EZDV(TM) is a video capture and nonlinear editing package for consumers that lets them easily transfer video from a DV or Digital8 camcorder to the PC (via IEEE 1394 connection), then efficiently arranges clips, add titles, transitions and a soundtrack. EZDV reflects the strong engineering and product stability found in Canopus' professional level video products, but at a low suggested retail price.

The company also offers Amber(TM), a high quality MPEG-2 encoding solution that encodes analog footage in realtime using Main Profile at Main Level MPEG-2, with variable and constant bit rate options, to deliver the high-quality video and audio MPEG-2 output essential for DVD authoring.

About Canopus Corporation

Based in San Jose, California, Canopus Corporation manufactures award-winning, nonlinear video editing products for video professionals and enthusiasts. Canopus' DV editing, MPEG-2 encoding and 3D DVE products combine innovative hardware and software designs to set new standards. Canopus Corporation's parent company, Canopus Co., Ltd., with headquarters in Kobe, is Japan's largest maker of video editing and graphics products. For more information contact Canopus at [phone] or visit their Web site at www.justedit.com.

About Sonic Solutions (Nasdaq:SNIC)

Based in Marin County, California, Sonic (http://www.sonic.com) is the leading manufacturer of solutions for DVD publishing. Sonic DVDit!(R) (www.dvdit.com) is the first application for DVD authoring targeted at videographers and corporate video producers, and is bundled with major video editing, capture, encoding and media production systems. Sonic MyDVD(TM) (www.mydvd3.sonic.com) is the first DVD authoring application for consumers, making it easy to capture "your life on DVD." Sonic DVD Creator(R), Sonic Scenarist(R), Sonic ReelDVD(R) and Sonic DVD Fusion(R) are the most widely-used systems for professional DVD publishing, and are installed worldwide at major studios, post production facilities and in corporate marketing departments. SonicStudio(R) HD is the leading digital workstation for preparing audio for release on CD and is the first for creating content for the new DVD-Audio format. Sonic is also a full voting member of the DVD Forum, the standards-setting body for the DVD format.

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