Best-Selling Consumer Video Software
Makes it Easy to Deliver High-Impact
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Adobe Elements Press Release
What's New about Adobe Premiere
Elements
SAN JOSE, Calif. —
September 24, 2007 — Adobe Systems
Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today
announced the immediate availability
of Adobe® Premiere® Elements 4, a
major upgrade to the best-selling
consumer video-editing software.
Available for Windows®, Adobe
Premiere Elements software offers
easy and flexible ways to create
home movies with amazing video and
audio effects in just minutes, and
then share them on DVDs, via mobile
devices or upload them directly to
YouTube and other social networking
sites. Adobe Premiere Elements
includes a wealth of new
functionality, including an
Organizer to help find and sort
video clips, one-click movie themes
and an improved easy-to-use
interface.
In addition, Adobe
today announced Adobe Photoshop®
Elements 6 software, a complete
photo-editing solution (see separate
press release). Available separately
or together in a single retail
package, Photoshop Elements & Adobe
Premiere Elements give photo and
video enthusiasts more creative ways
to organize, edit, create and share
digital photos and home movies.
“Social networking
sites inspired a heightened interest
in creating and sharing videos,”
said John Loiacono, senior vice
president of Creative Solutions at
Adobe. “Video editing is a part of
that process and users demand ease,
speed and the ability to make
professional-quality movies that
grab the attention of viewers. With
the ability to upload movies to the
Web in Adobe Flash® Player
compatible video, the ‘YouTube
ready’ format, Premiere Elements'
new user experience does all the
heavy lifting, with templates and
drag-and-drop effects that will
leave a lasting impact.”
Create Movies with Amazing Style and
Effects
Adobe Premiere
Elements 4 includes new features for
creating rich movies in just
minutes. Tight integration with
Photoshop Elements and a shared
Organizer, with a common database
accessible from either application,
allow users to sort video clips and
still photos - with visual tagging
options for categorizing by people,
places, or events. Once the clips
are chosen, consumers can apply
event- or style-based movie themes
to turn a sequence of scenes into a
polished movie in just a few clicks.
Background music and sound effects
help underscore emotion, add
emphasis, or create a mood. The new
Audio Mixer works just like a mixing
board in a recording studio,
allowing the adjustment of relative
volumes with sliders so audio can
still be heard if and when desired.
Adobe Premiere Elements
automatically detects the tempo of
the musical soundtrack and syncs the
beginning and end of each scene with
the beats for more dynamic
slideshows and engaging movies. All
of these new features are available
within a clean, easy-to-use, updated
interface for creating a polished
movie fast.
Share Your Movies Virtually Anywhere
The new Sharing
Center centralizes many ways to show
off videos. Consumers can upload and
share videos in multiple ways
including on disc, the Web, and
mobile devices such as the Apple
iPhone. Videos can be exported in
Adobe Flash Player compatible video
to Web sites without requiring any
special encoding. Video enthusiasts
can also take advantage of the
latest technology and enjoy movies
in high definition, including Blu-ray
Disc. Adobe Premiere Elements 4
takes care of optimizing and
formatting for the specific
destination so movies always look
great.
Adobe Offers Complete Line of
Products for Every Level
Adobe offers video
products that meet the needs of
every individual: Adobe Premiere
Elements for the video enthusiast
who wants to create a movie in just
15 minutes and Adobe Premiere Pro
for the professional or advanced
amateur videographer. Adobe is also
pioneering new ways to deliver its
industry leading video technologies
with Premiere Express, a video remix
and editing tool available on
popular Web sites such as MTV.com,
Photobucket and YouTube.
Pricing and Availability
Adobe’s digital
imaging and digital video products
are available immediately at
www.adobe.com and online retailers
including, Amazon.com. The products
will also be available at Best Buy,
Staples, Costco, Fry’s, Circuit
City, Office Max, Office Depot,
Microcenter, J&R, Buy.com and
NewEgg.com. Adobe Photoshop Elements
6 and Adobe Premiere Elements 4 for
Windows are available separately for
an estimated street price of
US$99.99 each. Adobe Photoshop
Elements 6 & Adobe Premiere Elements
4 for Windows is available as a
bundle at an estimated street price
of US$149.99. Photoshop Elements 6
for the Macintosh platform will be
available in early 2008. Information
about the other language versions,
as well as pricing, upgrade and
support policies for other countries
is available on
www.adobe.com/go/pre4 . For more
information, customers can call











1-800-492-3623
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