Shelby Township, MI - August 31, 2000 — Aurora Video Systems announced today that all Igniter™ and Fuse™ video capture cards will be shipped with SmartSound software included, effective immediately.

SmartSound®, the top-selling soundtrack creation software, allows video producers to create high quality, professionally edited soundtracks to fit their videos precisely, in just minutes.

"By partnering with Aurora to include SmartSound® as a part of every Igniter and Fuse product, we're helping them offer one of the most complete Digital Video editing solutions on the market," said SmartSound President and CEO Kevin Klingler. "This is a home run for the customers and brings extraordinary power and quality to the average computer user."

In addition to the software SmartSound offers 26 CDs of additional music and sound effects that work with its patented soundtrack creation technology.

"Our commitment to providing our customers with video editing solutions is ongoing," said Aurora CTO Timothy McMahon. "We will continue to offer our users the best in software and hardware to enhance their desktop system, by creating partnerships like this."

For more information, please visit Aurora Video Systems at http://www.auroravideosys.com, and SmartSound® at http://www.smartsound.com.

ABOUT AURORA
Aurora Video Systems is based in Shelby Township, MI, and is dedicated to producing the highest-quality video editing products exclusively for the Mac. Aurora's Igniter™ video capture card makes the hottest high-end video processing options available at a price that toasts the competition. Designed exclusively for Mac applications, this card has a 13.3 MB per second data rate, is fully QuickTime™ MJPEG-A compatible, has unsurpassed image quality, and offers upgrades such as Component I/O, SDI I/O and Uncompressed video.

PRESS CONTACT:
DARCY MCKINNON
415.977.1550