PRESS RELEASE December 4, 2001

DV EXPO 2001, LOS ANGELES, California—December 4, 2001—Apple® today announced that Final Cut Pro®, Apple’s award-winning, professional video editing, compositing and special effects software, is rapidly becoming the preferred video editing system for companies creating trailers and commercials for Hollywood’s biggest movies. Four of the leading movie trailer companies—The Cimarron Group, Trailer Park, Aspect Ratio and New Wave Media—have switched the majority of their editing systems to Final Cut Pro this year, and have used Final Cut Pro to cut trailers for blockbuster movies such as Planet of the Apes, Lord of the Rings and Training Day.