Jasc Paint Shop Pro Named People's Choice at Shareware Industry Awards

Business Wire, August 13, 2001

Business Editors & Technology Writers

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 13, 2001

Jasc Software, Inc. today announced that its flagship digital imaging program, Jasc(R) Paint Shop Pro(TM), Version 7, recently won the People's Choice Award for Best Graphics Program or Utility at the 2001 Shareware Industry Conference. The People's Choice Awards winners were announced during the Shareware Industry Awards banquet, which was held at the annual Shareware Industry Conference (SIC) in St. Louis, Mo.

"Ten years ago, Jasc Software started out as a shareware company with Paint Shop Pro as one of our first products," said Kris Tufto, president and CEO of Jasc Software, Inc. "Although we've moved to a more traditional sales model in the last few years, we continue to offer free 30-day trial versions of all our software solutions on our Web site, so users can try before they buy. Jasc is proud to be a member of the shareware community, and we are honored to accept this People's Choice Award on behalf of our millions of loyal users around the globe."

The Shareware Industry Awards Foundation's "People's Choice Awards" were created in 1996 so software users would have the opportunity to vote for their favorite shareware and freeware programs. The voting for these awards is hosted each year by some of the largest sites on the Internet. In past years, this has included popular sites like CNET, ZDNet, Tucows, CMPNet, and others. Software authors are also allowed to point to the People's Choice Award voting site and encourage their users to vote. Voting normally occurs from May 1 through May 31 each year.

Jasc Paint Shop Pro is the most popular, most complete photo and Web graphics editor for home and business. It combines easy-to-use photo enhancement and graphic design tools with a simple, intuitive interface and an affordable price to meet the image editing demands of professionals and novices alike.

About Jasc Software, Inc.

Jasc Software provides digital photographers, Web designers, and creative professionals with leading, Windows-based digital imaging and management solutions that are powerful, easy-to-use, and affordable. The company is committed to using customer feedback to develop tools for Web site and digital image enhancement that provide advanced functionality at a low price. Jasc Software distributes its products in electronic and traditional forms via the Internet, software retailers and catalogers, and provides try-before-you-buy versions of its software via the Internet.

Jasc Software has been ranked by the Inc. 500, Deloitte & Touche's Minnesota Technology Fast 50, and Deloitte & Touche's Technology Fast 500. Its products have won numerous awards including: American Photo Editor's Choice Award; PC World World Class Award; PC World Best Buy; Shareware Industry People's Choice Award; Windows Magazine Win 100; PC Photo Editor's Choice; c/net Editor's Choice; PC Magazine Program of the Year; and Home Office Computing 100 Gold Award. For more information, Jasc Software can be reached at (800) 622-2793 or on the Web at www.jasc.com.

About the Shareware Industry Awards Foundation

For more information on the Shareware Industry Awards Foundation, the Shareware Industry Conference, and the Shareware Industry Awards, please visit the SIAF Web site at www.sic.org.

(c)2001 Jasc Software, Inc. All other product, company, or service names herein are trademarks of their respective holders.