MetaCreations Announces Carrara, Next-Generation 3D Software for Print, Video and the Web

Business Wire, August 31, 1999

be as simple as dragging and dropping the right preset in the

right place!

-- Open Architecture: Carrara will have one of the most advanced

APIs ever created for any 3D software. The API is based on a

fully object-oriented and mature source code. The SDK (to be

available on the MetaCreations Web site) will contain all the

documentation, headers, examples and tools to build any kind of

Carrara plug-in within Mac OS and Windows environments.

Availability

Carrara is expected to be available in the fall of 1999 for Windows 95/98/2000/NT and Power Macintosh on CD-ROM. For more information, customers may look on the Web at http://www.metacreations.com/products/carrara or call 800/846-0111.

Minimum System Requirements:

Windows: Pentium II 300Mhz or better, Windows 95/98/2000/NT 4.0 with service pack 3 or later, 64 MB System RAM, 16-bit Color Display (24-bit recommended), 3D graphics accelerator card recommended, CD-ROM Drive, 65MB free hard drive space.

Power Macintosh: All Power Macintosh G3 266Mhz or better, System 8.1 or later, 64 MB of Application RAM, 16-bit Color Display (24-bit recommended), 3D graphics accelerator card recommended, CD-ROM Drive, 65MB free hard drive space.

About MetaCreations

MetaCreations, the Creative Web company, is focused on developing and marketing 2D and 3D visualization software for graphic artists and the World Wide Web.

MetaCreations' Creative Web strategy is centered on the company's new MetaStream(TM) and MetaFlash(TM) technologies, and employs an array of MetaCreations' software development tools to accelerate the creation of 2D and 3D graphics for online applications, and to make fast, interactive use of photorealistic 3D on the Web practical and pervasive.

MetaCreations offers a complete product line of award-winning graphics desktop software for professional users with products available in more than 50 countries. The company has headquarters in Santa Barbara County, Calif., and has development centers in Scotts Valley, Calif., and Princeton, N.J., as well as an International Operations Center in Dublin, Ireland.

MetaCreations can be reached on the World Wide Web at http://www.metacreations.com.

This release contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially as a result of a number of risks and uncertainties affecting the Company's business including the timely release of Carrara. For a more detailed discussion of factors that affect MetaCreations' operating results, interested parties should review MetaCreations' SEC reports, including MetaCreations' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 1998, and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.

Note to Editors: MetaCreations, Carrara, Canoma, MetaFlash, MetaStream, Bryce 4, Poser 4, Painter 5.5, Kai's Power Tools 5 and SmartFlow are either registered trademarks or trademarks of MetaCreations Corp. Other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.