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Pinnacle Studio version 12 Provides New MovieBox Products with More Formats, Control and Creativity

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., August 26, 2008?Pinnacle Systems, Inc., the consumer division of Avid Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVID), today announced the latest releases of Pinnacle Studio MovieBox® Plus and Pinnacle Studio MovieBox Ultimate, enhanced with full versions of Pinnacle Studio? Plus and Studio Ultimate version 12 consumer video editing software. The powerful combination of Pinnacle Studio? version 12 software and the MovieBox plug-and-play USB 2.0 video capture device gives consumers an end-to-end solution for capturing, editing, or publishing videos in all of the most popular formats. The proven software/hardware combination also works seamlessly together to preserve the pristine quality of the video from original source through final output.