Extensis Ships Intellihance 2.0 for Adobe Photoshop; Automatic image enhancement plug-in is now available for Windows 95 and Win32s

Business Wire, July 1, 1996

PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 1996--Extensis Corporation, a leading supplier of application-enhancement software, including the award-winning PageTools 2.0 for Adobe PageMaker Windows, today shipped Intellihance 2.0, an intelligent, automatic image-enhancement plug-in for Adobe Photoshop running on Windows 95 or Win32s. Following the success of Intellihance 2.0 for the Macintosh, Extensis has brought identical performance and functionality to Windows-based PC users.

Intellihance 2.0's artificial intelligence engine utilizes algorithms to analyze and adjust image contrast, brightness, saturation, sharpness and despeckle in a single step. It works with any digital camera, scanned, stock or Photo CD image. By applying automated, artificial intelligence to the photo-enhancement process, Intellihance enables users to get great looking results with little or no intervention. Intellihance 2.0 is like having an image expert inside your computer.

Intellihance 2.0 provides new functionality and phenomenal time savings at a lower price

"Our goal with Intellihance 2.0 is to offer anyone who works with digital photos a tool that will dramatically increase their productivity," said Craig Barnes, Extensis Founder and President. "Intellihance 2.0 is a perfect complement for both novice and expert. The novice will get the enhanced image they want with one click of the mouse, and the expert will experience enormous productivity gains when working on larger projects requiring consistent, pleasing results. This is an excellent tool for large projects like yearbooks, newspapers and other image intensive publications."

Other features in Intellihance 2.0 include a completely revamped user interface which displays before and after side-by-side previews, user adjustable preference settings which allow modifications to the intelligent enhancement engine and before and after pixel value readouts. Also, users will benefit from the ability to work with CMYK, RGB and Grayscale images, a professional RGB to CMYK color separation table from PixelCraft and Fine Tune controls in a single dialog box for precision manual adjustments and control over tone, sharpness, saturation and despeckle. Intellihance 2.0 is a perfect complement to existing Color Management Systems, which only attempt to match monitor color to output color. It is also an excellent tool for enhancing photos before creating composite images, applying special effects or creating content for the World Wide Web.

Intellihance 2.0's value is unpreocedented in the plug-in marketplace. Developed originally by DPA Software, Extensis acquired the publishing rights and worked with DPA Software to improve the interface, functionality and documentation and then repackaged and priced it below the original cost. Extensis and DPA Software will continue to work together to further develop the product, while Extensis maintains sole responsibility for marketing, selling and supporting Intellihance 2.0.

Users and Reviewers confirm Intellihance's technology

Intellihance 2.0 has been tested and is in use by thousands of people employed in graphic arts. Everyone agrees that Intellihance is a proven time-saver. "The software reads your mind and adjusts your image!" stated David Claunch, in his April 1996 Publish Magazine review of Intellihance 2.0. "This Photoshop plug-in has the remarkable ability to quickly and painlessly transform raw scans into expertly corrected images."

Pricing and availability

Intellihance 2.0 for Windows is available on for an estimated street price of $99.95. Intellihance 2.0 is available direct from Extensis at (800) 796-9798, or through PC Connection, PC Zone, MicroWarehouse, The World-Wide Power Company and other major software resellers. Intellihance 2.0 requires Photoshop 3.0.4 or later and runs on Windows 95 or Windows 3.1 with Win32s. Intellihance 2.0 is also compatible with Corel Photo-Paint 6 (Grayscale and CMYK only) and Adobe PageMaker 6.0. Extensis Corporation, founded in 1993, develops, markets and distributes application-enhancement software solutions that enable users to get more from the software they are already using. For a more detailed look at Extensis please visit the Extensis web site at: http://www.extensis.com.

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Note to Editors: Extensis, DrawTools, QX-Tools and PageTools are trademarks of Extensis Corporation. Intellihance is a trademark of DPA Software. Adobe, Fetch, Illustrator, PageMaker and Photoshop are trademarks of Adobe Systems, Inc. QuarkXPress is a trademark of Quark, Inc. Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.

CONTACT: Extensis Corporation

Mark Law, 503/274-2020 X135

mlaw@extensis.com

or

Kim Collier

Alliance Group, 503/452-5919

kck@teleport.com