Discreet and Macromedia team up for interactive 3D web content

San Francisco, August 7, 2001-- Discreet, a division of Autodesk,Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) and Macromedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: MACR) have announceda strategic partnership that will accelerate the deployment ofinteractive 3D content to the web by uniting the worlds of 3D authoringand web design.

By bundling a complete version of Macromedia Director 8.5 with thestandard priced shipping version of its popular 3ds max animationsolution, Discreet will enable its large designer community to use the3D capabilities of the Macromedia Shockwave® Player, which isavailable on more than 200 million Web desktops worldwide. Theco-marketing partnership and bundle arrangement is for 3ds max 4 andMacromedia Director 8.5, beginning in mid-August 2001.

3ds max has tighter integration with Director 8.5 than any other 3Dsoftware, allowing artists, designers and management to create contentin 3ds max, add interactivity via Director 8.5 and then immediatelydeploy their 3D content to the web via the free, 3D-enhanced ShockwavePlayer. The Shockwave Player makes interactive, streaming 3Dcapabilities available through a widely deployed multimedia player forthe first time, bringing a standard way for mainstream audiences toexperience 3D within such web content as bandwidth-friendly interactivegames, entertainment, education and online shopping.

"Discreet’s 3ds max is one of the leading 3D animation tools,with an exporter that provides the greatest level of integration withDirector to build 3D-enhanced Shockwave content, which is setting thebar for magnetic web experiences since its release in April," saidPeter Goldie, vice president and general manager, Macromedia. "Thissoftware bundle will bring the power of Macromedia Director and thereach of Shockwave Player to a large community of 3D developers."

"Macromedia Director 8.5 allows 3ds max artists to add richinteractivity to their 3D content and deliver it to millions of Webviewers via the Shockwave Player," says Phillip Miller, vice presidentof product management, Discreet.

For more information, please visit Discreet at:www.discreet.com/web and Macromedia at www.macromedia.com/director, orcall Discreet at: 800-869-3504 or 514-393-1616.