Las Vegas, Nevada (January 12, 2000) -- Sonic Solutions announced today that Sonic DVDit! was named the "Most Innovative Product of the Year" by the editors of Video Systems magazine, the premier resource for information on video tools, techniques and technologies for the creative video professional. The award, and Sonic DVDit!, are featured in the current issue of the magazine.

Every year Video Systems recognizes certain products that its editors and writers have selected as the most innovative new product to be introduced to the video market, and which they believe bring important new capabilities to the video production industry. Some 85 products are nominated for the award, and 13 Video Systems editors and writers cast their votes to select the final winners.

"In our opinion, of all the DVD authoring tools that hit the market this past year, Sonic DVDit! stood out from the crowd for its high quality and low cost," said Stephen Porter, editor of Video Systems. "It is no surprise that DVDit! is rapidly gaining support from such vendors as Avid, Matrox, Media 100 and NEC, all of which have chosen to bundle their own products with this powerful and practical DVD tool."

"Sonic DVDit! makes publishing on DVD a very intuitive process. The simplified interface packs tremendous power," said Thomas Giebink, Founder of NoNothing Arts, a video and digital media production company based in Austin, Texas and a Matrox DigiSuite DTV user. "With DigiSuite DTV and DVDit! we have been able to rapidly turn our videos into DVD, or short duration 'DVD on CD-R'. The improvement in video and audio quality over VHS cassette is eye and ear boggling! Clearly, DVD is the future and it's here - now! DVDit! has enabled us to catch the wave and we're riding to substantial business success. It's a flat-out great product."

"We're excited that Sonic DVDit! has been recognized as the most innovative product of the year," said James Manning, DVDit! Product Marketing Manager at Sonic Solutions. "Customer response to DVDit! has been nothing short of phenomenal, and it's very rewarding to be recognized with this critical acclaim, as well."

About Sonic DVDit!
Sonic Solutions' DVDit! is the easiest way to publish on DVD. Combining a simple and straightforward user interface with Sonic's award-winning DVD multiplexing 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 video files, allowing users to incorporate virtually any video content - from DV to D1 - into DVDit! projects. With a simple drag-and-drop interface, building DVD titles is as easy as selecting a menu background and then dragging and dropping an AVI file. DVDit! automatically builds buttons and interactivity, transcodes video to MPEG-2, multiplexes and formats content for playback in consumer set-top DVD players or DVD-equipped PCs.

The first version of DVDit! to ship - DVDit! LE (Limited Edition) - is now used with some of the world's leading nonlinear video editing systems as a way to create exciting, simple-to-use DVD titles. DVDit! SE builds on this technology and is available either as an upgrade to DVDit! LE users or for purchase as a separate product. DVDit! SE offers additional functionality to that available in DVDit! LE including multiple menus and integrated MPEG-2 software transcoding from AVI files.

Sonic has also announced DVDit! PE (Professional Edition), which will build on DVDit! SE, adding features previously found only on authoring systems costing five to ten times as much including: multi-angle video, multiple audio streams, motion-video menus and an integrated timeline for easy video and audio editing. Sonic has also added integrated DVD-R support into all versions.

Sonic DVDit! LE began shipping in August of this year. Sonic DVDit! SE has a suggested U.S. list price of $499 and is currently shipping. Sonic DVDit! PE adds a rich set of features to the elegantly straightforward DVDit! SE user interface, making professional DVD production approachable in a way never before possible. DVDit! PE will carry a suggested retail price of $2,999 and is scheduled to ship in the first quarter of 2000.

About Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC)
Based in Marin County, California, Sonic Solutions designs and manufactures DVD publishing and audio editing systems used by video, audio and multimedia professionals around the world. Sonic's product lines include DVD Creator, the leading system for producing DVD titles; DVD Fusion for Macintosh, the first DVD publishing system designed for non-linear video editors; DVDit!, the easiest way to publish on DVD and the first DVD publishing application for consumers; and SonicStudio HD, the leading digital audio workstation to prepare recorded sound for release on DVD and CD. Sonic is a leader in advancing DVD-Video and DVD-Audio technology and is a full voting-member of the DVD Forum, the standards-setting body for the DVD format.