Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC), the leader in digital media software, announced today that it has entered into a worldwide licensing agreement with Lucidiom, a leading provider of intelligent, networked digital photo solution centers. Reinforcing its adaptability and broad appeal, Sonic AuthorScript® enters a new market, powering fast, reliable DVD creation in Lucidiom’s award-winning Automated Photo Machine (APM) kiosks. The AuthorScript-enabled capabilities will allow APM users to easily preserve their photos on disc for safekeeping and quickly produce DVD photo slideshows that can be enjoyed on TV via a set-top DVD player.

Designed to be as easy to operate as an ATM, the Lucidiom APM is a self-serve photo kiosk that enables consumers to produce high-quality prints as well as a range of other photo products including enlargements, passport images, and scrapbooks. Lucidiom APM kiosks are deployed in retail outlets and independent photofinishing stores worldwide and produce millions of prints each month.

“We are very excited to be working with Sonic Solutions to extend the functionality of our photo kiosks with features that present new revenue opportunities to our retail partners,” said Steve Giordano Jr., president, Lucidiom. “CD and DVD burning has become a must-have for consumers working with digital photos and as such is an ideal extension to the compelling range of easy-to-use capabilities offered in our APM kiosks.”

Sonic AuthorScript is the industry standard for a broad range of developers requiring a quick and easy solution for integrating robust DVD and CD recording and playback capabilities into their products, including hardware and software applications, music download sites, consumer electronics devices, and products incorporating the next-generation high-definition DVD formats. AuthorScript provides its users the assurance that their DVDs are of the highest quality and are compatible with virtually all of the world’s more than one billion DVD players. Sonic has also developed AuthorScript® DVD on Demand™ to power the electronic sell-through of movies and television content. The innovative technology was recently incorporated into the MCP-100 DVR with DVD Recorder/Player from Scientific Atlanta.

“We are extremely pleased that AuthorScript has once again been recognized for its efficient design and proven dependability,” said Mark Ely, executive vice president of strategy, Sonic Solutions. “Our agreement with Lucidiom represents a tremendous new opportunity for AuthorScript and demonstrates the versatility and flexibility of our technology, as well as the ubiquity of the optical disc as the world’s choice for media management and enjoyment.”

For more information on AuthorScript visit: http://www.sonic.com/products/Developer/Authorscript/

About Lucidiom
Based in Vienna, Va., Lucidiom Inc. is the worldwide provider of more than 15,000 intelligent, networked digital photo solutions and creator of the original Automated Photo Machine (APM) - a self-service digital photofinishing kiosk. Lucidiom's advanced APM Network™ equips retailers with flexible, customizable photo category products and services that allow individual business visions to become profitable consumer realities. Businesses large and small, Fortune 100 companies and independent photofinishers, rely on Lucidiom for APM Network data and millions of prints each month. More information about how Lucidiom is bringing business into focus is available online at http://www.lucidiom.com.

About Sonic Solutions

Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC; http://www.sonic.com) is the leader in digital media software, providing a broad range of interoperable, platform independent software tools and applications for creative professionals, business and home users, and technology partners. Sonic’s products range from advanced DVD authoring systems and interactive content delivery technologies used to produce the majority of Hollywood DVD film releases, to the award-winning Roxio- and Sonic-branded CD and DVD creation, playback and backup solutions that have become the premier choice for consumers, prosumers and business users worldwide.

Sonic products are globally available from major retailers, online at Sonic.com and Roxio.com, and are bundled with PCs, after-market drives and consumer electronic devices. Sonic’s digital media creation engine is the de facto standard and has been licensed by major software and hardware manufacturers, including Adobe, Microsoft, Scientific-Atlanta, Sony, and many others. Sonic Solutions is headquartered in Marin County, California.

Sonic, the Sonic logo, Sonic Solutions, Roxio and AuthorScript are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sonic Solutions or its subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries. All other company or product names are trademarks of their respective owners and, in some cases, are used by Sonic Solutions under license.