Press Release

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  US: Diana Lee
  UK: Liam Stacy
  JAPAN: Toshihide Miyata
  Germany and all other countries:  Joachim Heller

January 18, 2005

FREE CINEMA 4D PLUGIN FOR ALIENBRAIN STUDIO

MAXON and NXN deliver ideal teamwork solution

MAXON, January 18, 2005 - MAXON has kicked off the new year with the release of a new, free plugin that connects CINEMA 4D to Alienbrain Studio -- the professional asset management system from NXN / Avid. Thanks to the perfect integration of these two tools, it's now child's play to manage large-scale multi-user productions in CINEMA 4D.

The plugin allows the CINEMA 4D user to work directly with an installed Alienbrain server. Automated read/write access management for scenes and textures, project history and difference checking are all available directly from within CINEMA 4D, as are the Alienbrain tools for workflow and internal communication.

The Alienbrain client gives the project manager a complete overview of the current project status. Previews are generated automatically; messages and instructions can be sent directly to the CINEMA 4D artists working on the project.

The free plugin is available for Windows only and requires CINEMA 4D Release 9 or higher and Alienbrain Studio Version 7.1 or higher. It can be downloaded from MAXON's website at www.maxon.net.

About Avid Technology, Inc.
Avid Technology, Inc. is the world leader in digital nonlinear media creation, management and distribution solutions, enabling film, video, audio, animation, games, and broadcast news professionals to work more efficiently, productively and creatively. For more information about the company's Oscar®, Grammy®, and Emmy® award-winning products and services, please visit: www.avid.com.

About MAXON Computer
MAXON Computer is the developer of professional 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions. Its award-winning products have been used extensively in the film, television, science, architecture, engineering and other industries. MAXON products have been used for and in Beowulf, all three Spider-Man films, Surf's Up, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Ghost Rider, Open Season, all three Pirates of the Caribbean films, Monster House, Eragon, Superman Returns, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Serenity, War of the Worlds, Polar Express, The Flight of the Phoenix, Van Helsing, King Arthur, Star Wars: Episode II - The Attack of the Clones, the On-Air Packages for TMZ T.V., Comedy Central, Monday Night Football, Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, ESPN, NFL Network, TiVO, NBC, DirecTV, CBS NFL, Smart House, Fox and many more. MAXON has offices in Friedrichsdorf (Germany), Newbury Park (CA, USA), Bedford (UK) and Tokyo (JP).