Avid:

NAB 2006, Las Vegas (Booth #SL701) ? April 23, 2006 ? Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID) today announced version 5.5 of Avid® Studio Toolkit, which delivers significant enhancements to a set of tightly integrated, industry-leading software applications, including Avid 3D, Avid FX, and Avid DVD by Sonic?. Ideal for any content creator using Avid Xpress® Pro software ? as well as any system in the new Media Composer® family (announced today in a separate release: www.avid.com/company/releases/2006/060423_mediacomposer_avid.html) ? Avid Studio Toolkit delivers new creative toolsets and user interfaces for Avid FX and Avid 3D, as well as enhanced authoring options, including support for the revolutionary Blu-ray? Disc format. With Avid Studio Toolkit, film and video professionals can create more compelling graphics, composites, titles, and effects; distribute completed projects to tape, DVD, or the Web; and ultimately expand the creative services they offer to their customers.