Filter Forge Plugin for Adobe Photoshop Is Released
Alexandria, VA, USA (March 5th, 2007) – After a successful beta test, Filter Forge, Inc.,
a newcomer to the Photoshop plugin market, today announced the final release of its flagship product, Filter Forge, a high-end plugin for Adobe Photoshop allowing computer artists to build their own filters – seamless textures, visual effects, distortions, patterns, backgrounds, frames and more. The key features of Filter Forge include a
visual filter editor and a free online library of user-created filters to which anyone can contribute.

Introducing Corel® Painter™ X Curriculum
Austin,TX - Feb 07, 2007 Following this week's introduction of Corel® Painter X, Corel Corporation (NASDAQ:CREL; TSX:CRE) today unveils new curriculum for its industry leading painting and illustration software. The first components of this new visual arts curriculum, Digital Painting and Sketching Using Corel Painter X, are now available free from www.corel.com/paintercourseware and can be seen at the Corel booth (#949) at the TCEA 2007 event (Texas Computer Education Association) in Austin this week.

Corel Introduces Corel® Painter™ X
Ottawa - Feb 06, 2007 Corel Corporation (NASDAQ:CREL; TSX:CRE) today announced that Corel® Painter™ X, the world’s most powerful painting and illustration software, is now available for pre-order from www.corel.com/painterx. The latest version of Corel Painter continues its focus on giving professional artists, designers and photographers a natural painting and illustration experience that is unmatched by any other software.

XARA acquired by MAGIX
Xara announce that it has been acquired by German company, MAGIX AG who hold
the leading market position for the distribution of photo, music and video software in Germany and various other European countries, as well as being one of the three lead-
ing market players in the USA. The acquisition is good news for Xara and its customers.
The new financial resources that MAGIX provide together with the greatly increased distribution network for Xara products and technology will accelerate the development and market capture of the Xara products. Xara will trade as a subsidiary of MAGIX under the existing management. It will continue to develop the Xara products such as the highly successful Xara Xtreme, to be marketed under both Xara and MAGIX brands.

e frontier Announces Release of MotionArtist 4
Scotts Valley, CA, January 25, 2007 - e frontier today announced the release of Motion- Artist 4 for Windows, an upgrade to the company’s inexpensive and easy-to-use Flash animation software. MotionArtist 4 enables anyone to create banner ads, digital photo albums, website designs, presentations, greeting cards and web comics. Key features in this new version include: new wizards and templates, an improved timeline and text editing palette, a new browser preview, and additional clip art to choose from.

TVP Animation Pro released
Metz, France - December, 13th. 2006 - TVPaint Developpement, a bitmap graphic and 2D animation solution provider, is glad to announce the immediate release of TVP Animation Pro for both PC-Windows and Mac-Universal Binary platforms. TVP Animation Pro will push up the limits reached by the previous versions regarding the traditional animation tools and video edition. Thanks to the painting engine, one of the most powerful on the market, TVP Animation Pro is intended to be the ideal tool of the profesionnal animator. Combining the versatility of Mirage worldly known since 2003 and the major improve- ments brought by TVP Animation, the new features this new product will offer makes it the ultimate tool for the creation of motion graphics. TVP Animation Pro include all the painting, animation and video edition tools well known by the Mirage users, to which are added the latest painting and animation engine from TVP Animation and of course new features.

Corel Completes InterVideo Acquisition
OTTAWA, December 12, 2006 - Corel Corporation (NASDAQ:CREL; TSX:CRE) today announced the completion of its acquisition of InterVideo, Inc., a leading provider of digital media authoring and playback software with a focus on high-definition video and DVD technologies. Corel purchased InterVideo for $13.00 per share of InterVideo common stock resulting in an aggregate acquisition price of $198.6 million in an all-cash transaction. The acquisition substantially expands Corel's presence in the digital media software market by creating the industry's broadest portfolio of digital imaging and DVD video products. With the addition of InterVideo, Corel will deliver easier-to-use, multi-purpose high-definition video, imaging, and DVD creation products to consumers and enterprises worldwide while extending its presence in fast-growing Asian markets, such as China, Taiwan and Japan. InterVideo's comprehensive suite of advanced digital video and multimedia software products allow users to record, edit, author, distribute and play digital multimedia content on PCs and other devices. In 2005, InterVideo acquired a majority interest in Ulead, a leading developer of video imaging and DVD authoring software for desktop, server, mobile and Internet platforms, and the acquisition of the remaining interest in Ulead is expected to be completed before the end of 2006.

Xara releases Xtreme Pro
28 Nov 2006 -Xara is pleased to announce the release of the most powerful member of the Xara X family - Xara Xtreme Pro which they believe to be the most versatile graphics software and it comes at a price to suit any Professional's pocket. This new release builds on Xara Xtreme, the world's highest performance graphics software, and adds new Flash creation facilities, multi-page support and pre-press capabilities among many other useful features for the pro designer.

PJW Productions announces DoggyFX video effects for PD Pro
Las Vegas, NV, October 28 2006 PJW Productions has announced the release of DoggyFX 1.0, a collection of fades, transitions, masking effects, utilities and miscellaneous special FX for video work under Project Dogwaffle Professional (PD Pro) versions 3 and 4. DoggyFX comes with variety of tools, filters, and special effects. One such category is transitions. DoggyFX offers 13 customizable transitions to get you from one scene to the next. Some of the transitions such as fades can have destinations other than other scenes. One example is the user can fade in filter effects such as greyscale, negative, blur, white noise (tv snow), and even fade to individual RGB color channels.

ArtRage 2.2 Released!
October 12, 2006 - Ambient Design Ltd today announced the release of a new version
of ArtRage, their award-winning natural painting software. ArtRage 2.2 is available for Windows XP/2K users, and a Universal Binary is available for Mac OSX users for both Intel and PowerPC. ArtRage 2.2 has been released in English, French, and German language versions. ArtRage 2.2 adds significant new features which will appeal to high-end artists as well as hobbyist and inexperienced artists. .

PD Pro 4 Released
Santa Clarita and San Diego, California - October 11, 2006 TheBest3D.com has announced the release of PD Pro 4, the newest major edition of Project Dogwaffle Professional, a PC paint and animation software developed by Hollywood special fx artist, animator and novelist Dan Ritchie. PD Pro version 4 is the successor to the acclaimed and award-winning PD Pro Digital Painter 3.x, also known as Project Dogwaffle Professional. Using PD Pro, it is possible to paint with animations over animations, such as digital video, as well as with natural media and particle brushes.

Quark releases QuarkXPress 7 update
AMSTERDAM - October 9, 2006 - Quark Inc. announced today the release of Quark XPress 7.02, the latest update to QuarkXPress 7, which includes the highest level of flexibility and reliability for QuarkXPress software users. The release will provide new, up-to-date functionality, including license-transfer features and typographic support for new languages as well as resolution of the most important issues reported by customers since the product shipped. The new features of QuarkXPress 7.02 will provide Quark customers around the world with the power and capability to easily upgrade to the latest version of QuarkXPress. In addition, this update adds typographic support to QuarkXPress Passport for a number of new languages.

TVP Animation Pro for November 2006
Metz, France - October, 6th. 2006 - TVPaint Developpement, a bitmap graphic and 2D animation solution provider, is glad to announce the release of TVP Animation Pro for November 2006 for both PC-Windows and Mac-Universal Binary platforms. TVP Animation Pro will push up the limits reached by the previous versions regarding the traditional animation tools and video edition. Thanks to the painting engine, one of the most powerful on the market, TVP Animation Pro is intended to be the ideal tool of the profesionnal animator. Combining the versatility of Mirage worldly known since 2003 and the major improvements brought by TVP Animation, the new features this new product will offer makes it the ultimate tool for the creation of motion graphics. TVP Animation Pro include all the painting, animation and video edition tools well known by the Mirage users, to which are added the latest painting and animation engine from TVP Animation and of course new features. A XSheet tool (Exposure sheet, see hereafter), the support of HD video cards, original drawing modes, new effects are on the list of the new features among other things...

The Plugin Site Released B/W Styler
October 2, 2006 - The Plugin Site (www.thepluginsite.com) released B/W Styler for Windows, which is another product in the PhotoWiz series. B/W Styler is a Photoshop plugin for B/W conversion, creating traditional B/W effects and styling B/W photos. B/W Styler works in dozens of graphics applications including Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, Photoshop Elements, Photo-Paint, Photo Plus, IrfanView and PhotoImpact. It supports 8bit and 16bit RGB images.

Light Crafts, Inc. Announces the New Tool for Advanced Photo Editing: LightZone 2
Light Crafts, Inc., a Palo Alto (CA) based photo editing software company, ushers in a new generation integrated digital workflow tool -- Lightzone 2.0 -- to be announced formally at Photokina Cologne, September 27, 2006. LightZone 2.0 is a new intuitive tool which extends the capabilities of professional and amateur photographers, based on Ansel Adams' Zone System. LightZone provides photographers with precise control over exposure, contrast and color, in a straightforward interface that streamlines workflow and dramatically saves time. With LightZone, photographers regain the use
of their intuition in processing their images.

Ulead Introduces PhotoImpact 12
Taipei, Taiwan - September 19, 2006 - Ulead Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of InterVideo Inc. today announced the release of Ulead® PhotoImpact® 12, Ulead's flagship image-editing software. The latest version adds innovative features that allow beginners to immediately enjoy success in editing their digital photos and sharing images in creative projects. "PhotoImpact does so many things in such an uncomplicated way, once users get started they never want to go back," said Steve Ro, Ulead chairman and president of InterVideo. "What we've done with this new version is open the door wider to enter the exciting world of digital imaging. We think users will find ExpressFix mode and the new photo projects invaluable additions to this award-winning product." Making Everyday Photo Tasks Easier ExpressFix mode and the SmartGuide task-oriented help system are two high-visibility enhancements designed to help introduce users to digital photography.

Corel Announces Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI
Corel Corporation (NASDAQ:CREL; TSX:CRE) today announced the release of Corel® Paint Shop Pro® Photo XI, a major new product release from its award-winning digital imaging portfolio. The new flagship digital imaging software package continues the tradition of providing easy-to-use, professional-quality editing software at an affordable price. Paint Shop Pro Photo XI is a complete digital photography toolkit that allows users to edit, manage and share their photos as well as create stunning photo projects. This release offers a range of versatile new features and enhancements that meet the needs of novices, photo hobbyists and professional photographers alike. In addition, business users will also find Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI an ideal solution for editing and enhancing photos used in a variety of corporate communications materials such as presentations, technical documentation, marketing collateral and emails.

Stone Design ships iMaginator
September 11, 2006 - Albuquerque, New Mexico – Stone Design, the original Mac OS X software house with over 19 years of experience, today announced immediate availability of iMaginator 3.0, a free upgrade of its powerful image processing and painting application. iMaginator provides an intuitive and easy to use interface for Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)’s Core Image technology, giving both home users and graphics professionals instant access to over 108 effects, transitions, and filters. With iMaginator, users can layer images, paint and text, and apply, modify, and re-order multiple effects to achieve subtle enhancements or astounding artistic results from any photo or image. Crop, scale, rotate, flip, skew, change exposure and brighten images in real time, and then save processed images as industry-standard TIFF or JPEG files, and even create QuickTime movies showing the effects changing over time.

onOne Software Introduces Mask Pro 4 at Photoshop World
Portland, OR. — September 7, 2006 — onOne Software, Inc., announces and demonst- rates today at the Photoshop World tradeshow in Las Vegas, NV, Mask Pro 4 — the long-awaited update to the company's popular digital image masking plug-in Mask Pro 3. Mask Pro 4 provides a complete collection of Photoshop® plug-in tools that allow users unprecedented flexibility when tackling the most challenging masking job. And this new version focuses on teaching the user how to best use each comprehensive toolset for masking a wide range of images.

WildPresenter Lite just released!
Los Angeles, CA, (Sept 6, 2006) – Wildform, Inc., today announced the release of a new, consumer priced “Lite” version of its popular presentation program, WildPresenter, which lets anyone easily create outstanding Flash slide shows, flow charts, ads, online lessons, and sales presentations. WildPresenter Lite is an ideal way to produce slide-based presentations. You can combine text, images, audio, artwork, and shapes as well as add hundreds of animations, slide transitions, and Flash features such as play controls, preloaders, links and mouse-overs. It is the only program that lets you import and then edit, combine and manipulate any Flash SWF and FLV file, without needing to learn any Flash programming.

e frontier Releases Anime Studio 5
Scotts Valley, CA, September 6, 2006 - e frontier, America Inc., today announced the release of Anime Studio 5, a 2D animation and cartoon creation software. Anime Studio utilizes a unique and revolutionary “bone rigging” system normally found only in 3D graphics software that streamlines the animation workflow, reduces production time, and saves money by requiring a smaller team of animators than normally used in animation. Powerful manipulation and drawing tools can be used with digital photos to create cut out animations similar to Jibjab.com and SouthParkStudios.com. Importing of drawings, movies and sounds to create high-quality and entertaining animations has also been made easy with Anime Studio.

CDi-O-Matic announced LipSync MX v2
Montreal, Canada - - August 29th, 2006 - - Di-O-Matic, a leading developer of character animations software, announced today the official release of LipSync MX v2, the newest version of the award winning lip synchronization assistant software. LipSync MX takes a single audio file and turns character drawings into talking character animations. The software analyzes the audio file and automatically animates the character in almost any language, including English, French, Japanese and German. LipSync MX is essential for Flash animators and web designers who wish to speed up their production and create quality lip synchronization animations.

Corel Corporation Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire InterVideo
OTTAWA & FREMONT, Calif., Aug 28, 2006 -- Corel Corporation (NASDAQ:CREL) (TSX:CRE) and InterVideo (NASDAQ:IVII) today announced that the two companies have entered into a definitive agreement for Corel to acquire InterVideo, a leading provider of multimedia DVD software, in an all-cash transaction at a price of $13 US
per share or approximately $196 M.

Alien Skin Software Releases Blow Up
Raleigh, NC (August 1, 2006) - Alien Skin Software today released Blow Up, an all-new plug-in for Adobe® Photoshop® and Photoshop Elements. Designed for both photo- graphers and graphic artists, Blow Up offers the highest quality image enlargement available. Blow Up simplifies and improves image enlargement, making it easy to convert web graphics to print and create large format and gallery prints from digital snapshots.

ACD Systems Introduces ACDSee Photo Editor
Monday, July 10, 2006 ACD Systems International Inc. (TSX: ASA), makers of ACDSee™ photo management software and Canvas™ technical illustration software, announced today the release of ACDSee Photo Editor -- an innovative photo editing application that offers memory keepers and photo enthusiasts the tools and guidance needed to turn their digital photos into something truly special and unique.

InterVideo Completes Acquisition of Ulead
FREMONT, CA - July 05, 2006 - InterVideo®, Inc. (NASDAQ: IVII) an industry leader in next-generation DVD and multimedia software, announced today that InterVideo Digital Tech, the firm's Taiwan-based company, has finalized the acquisition of Ulead Systems (TSE:2487). InterVideo previously acquired 60 percent of Ulead in April 2005. InterVideo Taiwan decided to acquire the rest of the shares of Ulead Systems Inc. The merger will enable InterVideo and Ulead to efficiently consolidate resources, reduce operational costs, and enhance operational efficiency. InterVideo currently owns 67% of Ulead and will pay NT$30 per share to buy back the rest 33% of shares from other Ulead shareholders.

Adobe Acquires Technology Assets of Pixmantec
SAN JOSE, Calif. — June 26, 2006 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced it has acquired the technology assets of Pixmantec ApS, makers of digital imaging software that provides advanced workflow management and processing capabilities for digital camera RAW files. The acquisition strengthens Adobe's leadership position in RAW processing.

Toon Boom releases Toon Boom Storyboard
Montreal (June 7, 2006) Emmy award-winning Toon Boom Animation Inc. today announced the release of Toon Boom Storyboard, the leading storyboarding system
for visual storytelling, perfectly suited to traditional and paperless methods. Truly completing the animation pipeline, Storyboard helps users take an idea and translate it into a visual story that will become a complete animation. Developed in conjunction with expert storyboard artists, Toon Boom Storyboard speeds up production planning and enables studios to reach new heights with increased production integration. Its advanced features make it the tool of choice to create an entirely digital storyboard.

ACD Systems Updates ACDSee 8 and ACDSee Pro Photo Manager
VICTORIA, British Columbia – April. 27, 2006 – ACD Systems International Inc. (TSX: ASA), today announced updates to its two flagship products, ACDSee 8 Photo Manager and ACDSee Pro Photo Manager. The enhancements are designed to improve speed, performance and productivity, and include advanced support for RAW formats that meet and exceed industry demands. “In our continued commitment to our customers, these updates allow them to take full advantage of the powerful capabilities that the RAW format offers,” said James Latham, vice president of marketing for ACD Systems. “Professional photographers depend on the latest RAW format support and feature improvements, while photo enthusiasts are just beginning to discover this format. These releases underscore our commitment to delivering the very best in product integrity and flexibility, and providing feature improvements that make the user experience and workflow both smoother and more enjoyable.”