Sonic Foundry Offers Video Users Access to Creative Media Content

Sonic Foundry[R] Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFO), the leading developer and marketer of digital media and Internet software tools, services, and systems, today announced that it has established partnerships with leading online content providers enabling Sonic Foundry's customers to access new and creative audio and video media for use with its award-winning Vegas[R] Video and VideoFactory[TM] software products.

Users can access the media content via the 'Get Media' function found within the Vegas Video or VideoFactory application. Content includes stock video for broadcast, Internet and intranet broadcast, theme music, specialized music, various sound effects, 2-D and 3-D media, and 3-D models. Each partner site offers a variety of creative media content that is compatible with Sonic Foundry's video software line of products and offers fully downloadable media at a variety of price points.

"Sonic Foundry's 'Get Media' partners have all been selected based on quality, quantity, pricing, and availability of media content. The partnerships are extremely diverse providing the highest quality product for all client types from the high-end professional to the home user. One of our major goals is to provide our users with the best tools possible for creating innovative and creative media. All of our partners provide downloadable media giving users instant access to the media they need to produce compelling media projects," stated Jeff Conover, vice president of marketing for Sonic Foundry.

Partners

Artbeats, the leader in royalty-free digital stock footage provides thousands of high-quality, royalty-free video clips and still images. Over 70 digital video libraries are available—ranging from animals to photography to nature to backgrounds.

Loops for ACID[TM] are high-quality digital audio WAV files for creating royalty-free music in Sonic Foundry's ACID[TM] product family. Over 35 music libraries in different styles and genres are available.

Videometry provides high-quality stock footage video clips for multimedia and Internet content creation at an affordable price. The site enables users to search, purchase, and download clips by category, keyword, or in themed collections, and their specialty resides in images of people.

PBTM Library offers hundreds of music themes to complement any project with demonstration musical clips. Online since 1988, Professional Background Theme Music offers 20 categories of music with dozens of themes in each category.

VideoAnimation has a spectacular array of stock 3D animation for the professional or hobbyist. They offer hundreds of animations from special event to corporate themes.

INOIZ.COM enables customers to instantly search, select, preview, and purchase thousands of content files on the Internet. Users can select from music, sound effects, animation, 3D artwork and models, textures, wire frames, motion capture data, images, stock video, and film clips.

SOUNDDOGS.COM provides over 54,000 Hollywood Sound Effects and Production Music Tracks that are immediately downloadable in all popular sound file formats and sample rates. Sound Dogs is the first and largest online sound library, and has been in business since May 1, 1997.

IMUSIC.COM provides production music designed for advertising agencies, video producers, multimedia producers, radio, television, or anyone seeking top-quality background music for any production.