Sonic Debuts DVD Producer™ Version 3.5

Latest DVD Authoring System Gives Professionals New Features and Advanced Functionality

Marin County, California (September 12, 2002) - Sonic Solutions [NASDAQ: SNIC] announced today that DVD Producer Version 3.5, the latest version of its leading professional DVD authoring system, will be featured this week at the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) in Amsterdam. With its extended pallet of new authoring and design features, DVD Producer 3.5 streamlines the process of creating advanced DVD titles and provides all-in-one convenience for producers of professional DVDs.

DVD Producer features real-time MPEG compression of video and Dolby Digital audio, powerful OpenDVD^®-compliant authoring, and Sonic’s exclusive JumpAnywhere™ automatic DVD navigation programming. In addition, DVD Producer’s Hollywood-proven DVD formatting engine creates the most compatible DVD discs and outputs to the widest range of DVD-recordable devices. DVD Producer is available in both a software-only version, or a version tightly integrated with Sonic’s acclaimed SD-series hardware video encoding solutions.

"When we wanted to begin communicating the Olympic experience through DVD, Sonic's world-class technology was the logical choice for us," said Andy Goyne, Post Production Editor for U.S. Olympic Entertainment Properties in Colorado Springs. "DVD Producer met the challenge of communicating the Olympic celebration with its impressive power and ease of use. Now with the extended set of new and powerful design tools included with DVD Producer Version 3.5, communicating the pageantry and passion of the Olympics with DVD is easier and more efficient than ever."

DVD Producer Version 3.5 incorporates important new capabilities, including powerful menu design technology to create DVD menus that would typically require the use of separate graphics and video editing applications. The new design engine enables the automatic creation of animated-motion buttons with drag-and-drop simplicity, and incorporates a familiar text tool for creating stylish button labels or menu headings with drop shadow effects. Version 3.5 also includes custom Jacket Picture creation, enhanced file transcoding functions, impressive speed enhancements, a unique manual-button routing function for tailoring complex DVD menus, and extended support for the widest range of DVD-recordable devices.

"Sonic DVD Producer is a very powerful way for creative professionals to join the rapidly expanding DVD production community," said Matt Palmer, Senior Product Manager for Sonic's Professional Products Group. "With a vast array of new features and capabilities, Sonic DVD Producer Version 3.5 is the most productive and cost-effective solution to make exciting DVD titles for communicating with customers and colleagues."

DVD Producer is the latest Sonic authoring application to create OpenDVD-compliant discs. OpenDVD is new technology that allows finished DVD-Video discs to be edited, to add or delete video and audio content. Menus and navigation can be changed or expanded, and the finished project written to DVD-Recordable media.

Sonic plans to release DVD Producer Version 3.5 in October 2002.

About Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC)
Based in Marin County, California, Sonic (http://www.sonic.com) is the world’s 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 two million copies of MyDVD and DVDit! have been shipped. Sonic DVD Creator®, Sonic Scenarist®, Sonic ReelDVD® and Sonic DVD Producer™ 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. Sonic’s AuthorScript® engine for DVD formatting and burning is licensed by leading software developers including Adobe, Microsoft and Sony. Sonic is a full voting member of the DVD Forum, the standards-setting body for the DVD format.

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