Adobe Introduces Director 11.5

Multimedia Authoring and Game Development Platform Supports New Audio, Video and
3D Capabilities
SAN FRANCISCO--(Business Wire)--
At the Game Developer Conference, Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today
announced a new version of Adobe Director software offering game developers,
multimedia authors, and e-learning professionals a host of new features for
creating immersive gaming and multimedia applications. With support for a new
audio engine, high-definition (HD) video and advanced 3-D features, Adobe
Director 11.5 provides a rich and flexible platform to create applications for
both online and desktop worlds.

The new features in Director 11.5 include a new audio engine that allows
developers to deliver 5.1 channel surround sound and create audio effects using
real-time mixing capabilities. With support for the H.264 format and RTMP-based
streaming, users are able to deliver HD video content. Developers can also
create and import 3-D assets through Google SketchUp and SketchUp 3-D Importer.
In addition, advanced physics capabilities based on the NVIDIA PhysX engine help
users create games and simulations that model real-world gravity and other
life-like effects.

"Director 11.5 is a significant milestone in our mission to deliver an advanced
set of audio and video features for game developers and multimedia application
authors," said Naresh Gupta, senior vice president, Print and Publishing at
Adobe. "With the brand new audio engine in Director 11.5 along with high quality
video, developers can now create 3-D online gaming experiences that are simply
unparalleled in this space."

"Adobe Director is a powerful platform for creating compelling and exciting 3-D
Shockwave games, which play a significant role in establishing our leadership
position in the rapidly growing 3-D online casual gaming space," said Rob Small,
CEO of Miniclip, the largest online games Web site and largest distributor of
the Adobe Shockwave plug-in. "With all our 3-D games being developed with Adobe
Director, the new version enables us to deliver the kind of rich gaming
experience that online gamers worldwide are demanding today."

In addition to the new features, Director 11.5 also supports Mac OS X 10.5
Leopard and continues to support both JavaScript and Lingo - the native
scripting language of Director - while providing additional functionalitythrough
enhanced scripting performance, an easy-to-use user interface, and a wide
variety of third-party add-ons that create an extensible multimedia authoring
environment.

Pricing and Availability

Adobe Director 11.5 is expected to be available by the end of March 2009 and is
priced at US$999 for the full product and US$299 for an upgrade from the prior
versions of Director. Educators can purchase Director 11.5 for US$299. The
product runs on multiple operating systems, including Microsoft Windows XP with
Service Pack 2, Windows Vista and Mac OS X version 10.5 on Intel-based Macintosh
systems. The Adobe Shockwave player runs on all of those systems as well as Mac
OS X 10.4 on PowerPC-based Macintosh systems. For more information please visit
www.adobe.com/products/director.

About Adobe Systems Incorporated

Adobe revolutionizes how the world engages with ideas and information - anytime,
anywhere and through any medium. For more information, visit www.adobe.com.

© 2009 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe, the Adobe logo,
Director, Flash and Adobe Shockwave are either registered trademarks or
trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other
countries. Mac OS and Macintosh are trademarks of Apple, Inc. registered in the
United States and other countries. Intel is a trademark or registered trademark
of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and other countries.
PowerPC is a trademark of International Business Machines in the United States,
other countries, or both. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows Vista are either
registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United
States and/or other countries. PhysX is a trademark or a registered trademark of
NVIDIA Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks are the
property of their respective owners.

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