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Softimage Releases Alienbrain 8.1 Digital Asset Management System

Munich, Germany – December 13th, 2007 – Softimage Co., a subsidiary of Avid Technology, Inc., today released Alienbrain® 8.1, a free upgrade for its digital asset management system which expands OS and application support.
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FREE 30-Day Trial of SOFTIMAGE|XSI 6.5 Software Available Now

Montréal, Québec – November 16th, 2007 –Softimage Co., a subsidiary of Avid Technology, Inc., today announced a new 30-day trial version of SOFTIMAGE®|XSI® 6.5, professional 3D modeling, character creation, animation and rendering software.
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Flashpoint, The Academy of Media Arts and Sciences Opens in Chicago— Offers SOFTIMAGE|XSI Training

Montréal, Québec – October 15, 2007 –Softimage Co., a subsidiary of Avid Technology, Inc., today announced that the new education institution, Flashpoint, The Academy of Media Arts and Sciences, is offering SOFTIMAGE®|XSI® training as part of its digital arts curriculum.
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SOFTIMAGE Ships Face Robot 1.8—Advancing Realistic 3D Facial Animation

Montréal, Québec – September 28, 2007 – Softimage Co., a subsidiary of Avid Technology, Inc., today announced the availability of its 3D character facial animation technology, SOFTIMAGE® Face Robot® 1.8.
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Now Shipping—SOFTIMAGE|XSI 6.5 Essentials for Artists and SOFTIMAGE|XSI 6.5 Advanced for 3D Production Facilities

Montréal, Québec – September 24, 2007 – Softimage Co., a subsidiary of Avid Technology, Inc., today announced the availability of its 3D animation software packages, SOFTIMAGE®|XSI® 6.5 Essentials, geared for artists, and SOFTIMAGE|XSI 6.5 Advanced, created for production facilities.
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Softimage Unleashes SOFTIMAGE|XSI 6 Mod Tool at Microsoft Gamefest

Seattle, Wash –Microsoft Game Fest — August 14, 2007 — Softimage Co., a subsidiary of Avid Technology, Inc. today unveiled the SOFTIMAGE®|XSI® 6 Mod Tool, a free 3D modeling and animation software for non-commercial game content creation and modification.
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Softimage Unveils SOFTIMAGE|XSI 6.5 and SOFTIMAGE|FACE ROBOT 1.8 Software at SIGGRAPH 2007

SIGGRAPH 2007, San Diego (Booth #503) – August 6, 2007 – Softimage Co., a subsidiary of Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVID), today announced the latest versions of its 3D animation software packages: SOFTIMAGE®|XSI® 6.5 and SOFTIMAGE|FACE ROBOT® 1.8. Softimage also announced plans to repackage its Essentials and Advanced versions of SOFTIMAGE|XSI 6.5 software to meet the specific needs of artists and studios, respectively.
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SOFTIMAGE|CAT 3 Now Available

Tewksbury, Mass – August 3, 2007 – Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID), today announced that Softimage has released SOFTIMAGE®|CAT™ 3, the latest version of the popular character rigging and animation plug-in for Autodesk® 3ds Max® software.
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SOFTIMAGE|XSI 3D Software is a Perfect Fit for My Virtual Model, Inc.

Tewksbury, Mass – July 31, 2007 – Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID), today announced that My Virtual Model, Inc (Montréal, Canada) has recently switched its 3D software technology to SOFTIMAGE®|XSI, enabling its customers to offer new interactive marketing techniques in the online retail apparel and fashion, home décor, weight loss, and entertainment industries.
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Softimage at SIGGRAPH 2007 San Diego

SIGGRAPH 2007, San Diego (Booth #503) – July 23, 2007 – In its 18th year at SIGGRAPH, Softimage® Co., a subsidiary of Avid Technology, Inc., today announced details of its events & activities for the upcoming SIGGRAPH 2007 conference in San Diego, CA (August 5-9).
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Softimage Launches Alienbrain 8: Asset Management Optimized for Artists

Tewksbury, Mass – May 15, 2007 – Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID), today announced the worldwide availability of Alienbrain® 8 software. Developed by Avid’s Softimage subsidiary, Alienbrain is an asset management system that enables CG artists to visually track, control versions, manage, and share any kind of digital document – from 3D game assets and models to complex visualization files.
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SOFTIMAGE|XSI Software Helps Advance Cinematic Artistry in 300 Film

Tewksbury, Mass—March 29, 2007—Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID) today announced that SOFTIMAGE®|XSI® software—the flagship 3D animation and character creation solution from its Softimage, Co. subsidiary—was used to produce key creative visual effects in director Zack Snyder’s (Dawn of the Dead) ground-breaking feature-film “300”.
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SOFTIMAGE at GDC 2007— 3D Solutions that ‘Play Together’ to Make Today’s Most Compelling PC and Console Game Titles

San Francisco, Calif.—March 5, 2007—Softimage, Co, a subsidiary of Avid Technology, Inc. begins the Game Developers Conference today in San Francisco at the Moscone Center West (Booth #618). Softimage will present its full line of 3D game development solutions including: SOFTIMAGE|XSI 6, the company’s flagship 3D animation and character creation software; Alienbrain, a game asset management system for artists; SOFTIMAGE|FACE ROBOT, the first production toolset for lifelike face animation; and SOFTIMAGE|CAT, a complete character animation plug-in for Autodesk 3ds Max.
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Noesis Interactive™ Expands the Mod Your World™ Product Line for Source® Powered Games at GDC 2007

San Francisco, Ca. (March 5, 2007)—Noesis Interactive ships three additional products for the award-winning Mod Your World™ product family for the Valve Source platform, “Advanced Source Level Design”, “Custom Props & Animation for Source Powered Games”, and “Advanced Character Animation for Gamers with SOFTIMAGE|XSI” at the Game Developers® Conference 2007 at the Moscone Convention Center.
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University of Southern California Selects SOFTIMAGE|FACE ROBOT for Performance Capture Course Instructed by Filmmaker Robert Zemeckis

Tewksbury, Mass—February 26, 2007—Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID), today announced that the USC School of Cinematic Arts has installed SOFTIMAGE®|FACE ROBOT®, its facial animation software, for use in a new Performance Capture graduate course.
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Digital-Tutors Releases Animation Training for SOFTIMAGE|XSI 6

Oklahoma City, OK—February 19, 2007—Digital-Tutors, today announced the availability of 'Animating Walk Cycles in XSI' – the newest release in an expanding library of interactive video-based training for emerging digital artists using SOFTIMAGE®|XSI® 6, a comprehensive 3D package for modeling, rendering and character animation.
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Create Magazine Announces the 2007 Create Awards Call for Entries

Feb. 2, 2007—The 2007 Create Awards—one of the top creative competitions for professionals and students in advertising, film and video, motion graphics, graphic communication, photography, printing, interactive media, and copywriting – announces its official call for entries: March 15.
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Softimage Develops New 3D Game Pipeline with EA Chicago

Tewksbury, Mass—January 29, 2007—Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID), today announced that its Softimage, Co. subsidiary is developing a 3D game development pipeline built on SOFTIMAGE®|XSI® software in close collaboration with Electronic Arts’ (NASDAQ: ERTS) Chicago studio.
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