New York, New York (June 25, 2002) ­ Sonic Solutions [NASDAQ: SNIC], the leader in DVD creation software, today introduced MyDVD 4 at PC Expo. MyDVD 4 is the latest version of Sonic's leading application software for personal DVD creation. With a host of new features, including support for photo slideshows on DVD or CD, motion menus like those found on Hollywood movies, and a new streamlined user interface, Sonic MyDVD 4 makes it easier than ever to convert home videos and now photos into professional-quality DVDs that can be shared with family and friends. MyDVD is the consumer DVD solution of choice among leading manufacturers of PCs, DVD drives and graphics cards including Adaptec, Compaq, Dell, Fujitsu, HP, NEC, Nova, Panasonic, Philips, Pioneer, Sony and many others. MyDVD 4 is debuting at PC Expo and will ship in July.

"Pioneer has long been a strong partner of Sonic Solutions, and we have been extremely pleased with the added value that MyDVD has provided to our DVD recording solutions," said Andy Parsons, Senior Vice-president of Industrial Video/Mass Storage Sales and Marketing, Pioneer Electronics (USA), Inc. "The significant new features in MyDVD 4, such as Hollywood-style motion menus and DVD slideshows, allow users to realize more creative potential when making their own DVDs."

MyDVD 4 is the only application that provides a full suite of DVD creation capabilities: recording of a DVD directly from a camcorder, creating motion menus, DVD-based slideshows with photos and sound, and automatic photographic archives. Version 4 is also OpenDVD^® compliant, enabling previously-burned DVDs to be opened, re-edited, updated with new video content, and re-burned to recordable DVD media. MyDVD 4 adds OpenDVD support for the new slideshow and motion menu capabilities, as well.

"MyDVD 4 represents the culmination of significant behavioral and user research ­ we not only worked with MyDVD users to determine what they most wanted to share on DVDs, but analyzed how they worked with their digital video and photos, as well," said Mark Ely, General Manager, Desktop Products Group at Sonic. "The end result is an application which we believe sets new standards for both functionality and ease in sharing video and pictures similar to the advent of desktop publishing."

New MyDVD 4 features include:

- Motion Menus ‹ A high-performance, video compositing engine allows full-motion video to be used for menu backgrounds and buttons, simply by selecting a motion menu style or using movies from a camcorder or the Internet. MyDVD 4 also includes a selection of professionally-designed motion menu backgrounds.

- DVD Slideshows ­ MyDVD 4 enables users to create slideshows using scanned photos or pictures from a digital camera. Taking advantage of the slideshow capabilities of the DVD-Video specification, MyDVD slideshow images are progressively encoded and displayed at high bitrates, resulting in a superior-quality image. Motion-video transitions can easily be added between slides as well as music or voice narration. Like DVD-videos, photo slideshows created with MyDVD are OpenDVD compliant and can be re-edited and updated at any time.

- Photo Archives ­ Using Sonic's advanced implementation of the new OpenDVD standard, MyDVD automatically stores original JPEG images on the DVD, enabling users to access and print high-resolution images of any picture in their slideshow. This provides the user with the convenience of creating a slideshow for DVD playback as well as a high-resolution JPEG archive on a single disk.

- Enhanced User Interface ­ Incorporating feedback from user focus groups and human interface researchers, MyDVD 4's user interface is more intuitive and the workflow more efficient, yielding the best possible experience for consumers as they create their DVD and Video CD titles.

MyDVD 4.0 also incorporates and refines technology pioneered by the MyDVD 3 family of products, including:

- OpenDVD support ­ MyDVD version 4 creates OpenDVD-compliant discs, DVD titles which can be opened, changed and edited, making it possible to directly capture video to DVD, watch the DVD on a TV or PC, and then put the disc back into a DVD writer to add more video clips, rename chapters, change menu graphics, or delete unwanted scenes.

- Edit-on-DVD ­ Sonic MyDVD uses unique technology that allows changes made to OpenDVD-compliant discs to be virtually instantaneous without having to reload the original content to hard disc. - Video CD support ­ For users burning to CD, Video CD 2.0 support with interactive menus is standard in MyDVD, allowing users with CD burners to inexpensively create discs that are compatible with the large installed base of set-top DVD players.

- Adobe® Photoshop® Sonic Style Creator ­With its own custom Photoshop plug-in, Sonic has made it possible for anyone to create their own DVD styles using Adobe Photoshop, and is compatible with the new DSS 2.0 DVD Style Sheet Specification for DVD navigation. - Enhanced video editing with MyDVD Video Suite ­ With MyDVD 4 Video Suite, which includes ArcSoft ShowBiz, video clips can easily be moved between MyDVD and ShowBiz, where they can be edited, and then brought back into MyDVD.

MyDVD 4 is now available for OEM evaluation. Retail versions of MyDVD 4 and MyDVD 4 Video Suite will ship in July.

About Sonic MyDVD
Sonic MyDVD is the first-ever DVD recording and editing application for personal computers. With its ability to record analog and digital video (DV) in real-time into MPEG-2 for DVD, automatic creation of motion video menus, and advanced slideshow capabilities, MyDVD is the fastest and easiest way to share treasured video and photo memories on DVD with family and friends ­ from wedding videos to children's birthday parties and other special events. MyDVD allows users to capture their video to a DVD or CD, just like recording onto a VCR. It also includes built-in, faster-than-real-time¹ software transcoding that automatically converts all video formats into those compatible with DVD players, freeing the user from the headaches of determining DVD file compatibility.

With True DVD Slideshow capability, MyDVD enables photo enthusiasts to store and view thousands of digital images on a single DVD, and to add a soundtrack and custom transitions between slides. MyDVD also stores the original photo files in the DVD-ROM zone of the DVD, enabling users to create a photo archive and print high-resolution images from their slideshow.

Sonic MyDVD is the only application that records direct-to-DVD and creates DVDs that can be re-edited right on disc. Using Sonic's advanced Edit-on-DVD™ technology to create and edit discs that are compatible with the new OpenDVD format, which allows discs to be changed after they are initially created, MyDVD enables an entirely new generation of DVD applications such as video diaries, up-to-the-minute, customized sales presentations, compilations of family events, and more.

About Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC)
Based in Marin County, California, Sonic (http://www.sonic.com) is the worlds leading manufacturer of solutions for DVD creation. Sonic MyDVD™ (http://www.mydvd.com) is the first DVD authoring application for consumers, and is the leading DVD solution among DVD recorder and PC manufacturers. Sonic DVDit! ® (http://www.dvdit.com) is the leading DVD authoring application for videographers and corporate video producers; more than 1 million copies of DVDit! have been sold. Sonic DVD Creator®, Sonic Scenarist®, Sonic ReelDVD®, Sonic DVD Producer™ and Sonic DVD Fusion for Mac 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. AuthorScript®, based on the same Sonic technology that has become the Hollywood standard for commercial title production, is the industry's most widely adopted set of developer tools for integrating DVD, Video CD (VCD) and Super Video CD (SVCD) creation into video applications. Sonic is a full voting member of the DVD Forum, the standards-setting body for the DVD format.

¹ Based on performance tests conducted at Sonic Solutions on a single-processor Pentium 4 system running at 1.5GHz, on a 1 minute, full-frame, 30fps NTSC video file in AVI format.

Sonic Solutions, Sonic, the Sonic logo, Edit-on-DVD, MyDVD, OpenDVD, True DVD Slideshow and ReelDVD are trademarks of Sonic Solutions. AuthorScript, DVD Creator, DVDit! and Scenarist are registered trademarks of Sonic Solutions. All other company or product names are trademarks of their respective owners and, in some cases, are used by Sonic under license. Specifications, pricing and delivery schedules are subject to change without notice.