Adobe announce new Digital Negative Raw Standard

Adobe Adds Support for New Digital Negative Specification in Updated

Camera Raw Plug-in For Photoshop CS

.DNG Files and Raw Formats from New Batch of Pro Cameras Now

Accessible in Photoshop CS

SAN JOSE, Calif. ? Sept. 27, 2004 ? Adobe Systems Incorporated

(Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced an update to the Camera Raw Plug-in,

extending raw file support in Photoshop? CS to more than 65 digital

camera models and enabling Photoshop CS to handle files in the

new .DNG format, also announced today (see separate release).

Available as a free download from Adobe's Web site, the plug-in

builds on the raw file functionality already available in Photoshop

CS, adding new support for the latest digital cameras from leading

manufacturers, such as Canon, Epson, Fujifilm, and Nikon.

Raw files, which contain the original information captured by a

camera sensor prior to any in-camera processing, have become popular

in recent years, due to their promise of greater flexibility and

image quality. Adobe? Photoshop pioneered the integration of raw

files directly into digital imaging workflows through previous plug-

in releases and by integrating raw file functionality into Photoshop

CS. The company today also launched a free software tool, the Adobe

DNG Converter that translates the raw formats supported by Photoshop

CS and the Camera Raw Plug-in into the new .DNG file format (see

separate release). Adding .DNG support allows Photoshop CS users to

work with files created with the new DNG Converter - giving them a

single unified file format in which to archive their raw files.

"Raw formats are important to professional photographers and

Photoshop has been at the forefront of integrating raw files into

digital imaging workflows," said Bryan Lamkin, senior vice president

of Digital Imaging and Digital Video products at Adobe. "The latest

release of our Camera Raw Plug-in supports .DNG, a significant

development that will future-proof raw files for archiving and

further support raw files as a preferred workflow for creative

professionals who value precise control over images."

Pricing and Availability

The new cameras supported by the Camera Raw 2.3 Plug-in are the Canon

PowerShot S60, Epson R-D1, Fujifilm FinePix S20 Pro, and Nikon

Coolpix 5400. The plug-in supports Photoshop CS customers running Mac

OS X 10.2.4 and higher, Microsoft? Windows? 2000 with Service Pack 3,

and Windows XP. In addition, the recently announced Photoshop

Elements 3.0 directly supports all cameras included as part of this

announcement, as well as all previously announced camera models. The

new Camera Raw plug-in can be downloaded immediately, free of charge,

by going to the Adobe Web site at: www.adobe.com/cameraraw.

About Adobe Systems Incorporated

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world-leading digital imaging, design and document technology

platforms for consumers, creative professionals and enterprises.

Adobe's revenue in its last fiscal year exceeded $1.2 billion. For

more information about Adobe, visit www.adobe.com.

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