i/us Hosts Paint Shop Pro 5.0 Beta Program

Business Wire, Feb 25, 1998

OTTAWA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 25, 1998--i/us Corp, creator of i-us.com, a leading online destination for the graphics community, is hosting Jasc Software Inc's online discussion forum for the public beta of Paint Shop Pro 5.0.

Users of the Paint Shop Pro 5.0 beta can participate in online discussions with Jasc Software Inc. personnel and other beta testers using the sophisticated i/us conferencing software at http://www.i-us.com/paintshoppro.htm. Downloads of the beta software are available directly from www.jasc.com.

"Hosting beta programs for software developers is a natural extension of our corporate mission," says Arlen Bartsch, i/us company President. "This new service is the first in a series of planned programs we are developing as part of the i/us Web site -- a premiere graphics and publishing community. We're currently in discussion with a number of other developers to host similar beta conferences."

About Paint Shop Pro 5.0

Paint Shop Pro 5.0 with Animation Shop is a complete Windows 95 graphics program for image creation, viewing, and manipulation. Paint Shop Pro 5.0 with Animation Shop provides a rich and extensive set of tools for photo retouching, painting, and image and color enhancement in graphic design applications of all kinds. It also offers image format conversion, complete screen capturing capabilities and wide flexibility in image creation, viewing and manipulation. One of the most popular graphics programs on the market today, the Paint Shop Pro series has won an impressive list of awards including the PC Magazine 1997 Program of the Year, PC/Computing MVP Finalist (Professional Image Editors), PC Graphics and Video Editor's Choice: Top 50 Creative PC Products, and BYTE Magazine Editor's Choice Award of Merit.

About Jasc Software, Inc.

A leading Windows software developer since 1991, Jasc Software Incorporated provides computer users of all backgrounds with the power to express and enhance their visual creativity through powerful, intuitive and cost-effective graphics and multimedia software programs. The company's products are used by people who want to create, edit and produce the images that reflect their imaginations.

About i/us Corp.

i/us Corporation was founded in January, 1997, by former Corel Corp. executive Arlen Bartsch, and graphics guru Chris Dickman. The company is dedicated to building the premiere, community-oriented destination for graphics and publishing professionals, Web designers and developers. The store on i/us provides 'best of breed' software downloads from independent developers and from established software manufacturers.

I/us recently announced it was shipping the world's largest collection of available plug-ins for Paint Shop Pro and other Adobe Photoshop-compatible products. The Filter Factory CD ($49) includes over 300 special effects filters plus an extravaganza of specialty brushes, terrains, and utilities. The CD is available for online purchase at http://pluginhead.i-us.com/ffcd.htm.

For more information on i/us Corporation visit the i/us site at http://i-us.com. i/us Corporation is located in Ottawa, Canada, and can be reached toll free in North America at 1-888-487-5510. International customers may call 613-825-2178. Fax inquiries should be sent to 613-825-7786.

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CONTACT: i/us Corp.

Arlen Bartsch, 888/487-5510

arlenb@i-us.com

http://i-us.com