Jasc Paint Shop Pro Wins American Photo Editor's Choice Award; Editors Select Popular Image Editor as Top Photo-Editing Tool

Business Wire, July 16, 2001

Business Editors & Technology Writers

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 16, 2001

Jasc Software, Inc. today announced that its flagship digital imaging program, Jasc(R) Paint Shop Pro(TM), Version 7, has been selected by the editors of American Photo magazine to receive an Editor's Choice Award in the software category. The Editor's Choice Awards celebrate the best and most innovative products in traditional and digital photography. Winners were announced recently at an awards ceremony in Los Angeles, California.

"[Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7] is very popular, and for a very good reason: It offers advanced imaging tools at a reasonable price," wrote the editors of American Photo. "With Paint Shop Pro 7, you can work in RGB, CMYK, grayscale, and even HSL color spaces; create custom graphics and text; create multiple raster and vector layers; use alpha channels to make selection masks; optimize pictures for the Web; adjust color profiles for offset printing; and event open RAW-format digital camera files. Useful retouching tools help fix red-eye, scratches and creases, JPEG compression artifacts, and even more patterns from scans of halftones. The program features 75 filters, and you can organize your pictures with the built-in image browser."

"We're proud to receive the Editor's Choice award from American Photo magazine for Paint Shop Pro," said Kris Tufto, president and CEO of Jasc Software, Inc. "More and more digital photographers, from novices to professionals, are discovering that Paint Shop Pro offers advanced digital darkroom tools that are extremely powerful, yet easy to use. This award is a testament to the increasing popularity of both digital photography and Paint Shop Pro."

Jasc Paint Shop Pro is the complete graphics and photo editor for home and business. It combines easy-to-use photographic 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 Web designers and advanced users 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; 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 American Photo Magazine

American Photo is the premier showcase for outstanding photography with a circulation of over 300,000, making it the second largest circulation imaging magazine in the world. American Photo provides its readers with cutting-edge technology, technique, and fascinating behind the scenes stories straight from the equipment cases, portfolios and experiences of the world's most noted photographers.

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