MetaTools Announces Support for New API in Adobe Illustrator 6.0 for
Macintosh

New API to Make MetaTools' Plug-Ins for Adobe Software Accessible to Major
Platforms

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, JANUARY 8, 1996--As part of its ongoing effort to build
the global imaging marketplace, MetaTools, Inc. (Nasdaq: MTLS), formerly
HSC Software, today announced its support for the new Application Program
Interface (API) in Adobe Illustrator 6.0 for Macintosh. MetaTools also
announced that it is currently developing a new vector-based plug-in for
the new API.

"We're developing for Adobe's new API because its rich, open development
environment makes our software tools readily available on major platforms
to end users who never thought about doing advanced graphics before," said
John Wilczak, MetaTools' Chairman, President and CEO. "We can get products
to market more quickly, and because of the popularity of Adobe programs,
now more than a million Adobe customers have access to our
industry-leading plug-in architecture products."

The API in Adobe Illustrator 6.0 is the first step toward a common
Adobe-wide plug-in interface that will enable future versions of leading
Adobe applications to leverage the use of plug-ins across products and
platforms, including Macintosh, Windows and UNIX. MetaTools and Adobe have
worked together to define features and functionality for the new API.

Adobe's new API also provides capabilities to bring up palettes to launch
special effects tools. Previously, users had to use a pulldown menu to
access the palettes. Presets are now available on the desktop and have
become part of the standard user interface, making them easier to use.

This cooperative relationship is the latest of many between MetaTools and
Adobe. For the past three years, MetaTools has been a leading provider of
plug-ins for Adobe Photoshop. In November, MetaTools began shipping KPT
Final Effects(TM) 3.0, a set of powerful video and animation special
effects tools, including particle systems and other advanced capabilities,
which plug into Adobe After Effects 3.0. It allows users to create
sophisticated, workstation-quality video special effects on their personal
computers. Also in November, Adobe announced the introduction of its Photo
Deluxe, a software product containing several MetaTools filters that
allows customers to modify, personalize and enhance photographs. Other
MetaTools products that are built for the Adobe plug-in architecture
include Kai's Power Tools 3, KPT Convolver and KPT Vector Effects.

MetaTools, Inc., designs, develops, publishes, markets and supports a line
of software tools for the creation, editing and manipulation of computer
graphic images, digital art and Internet/online content for Windows,
Macintosh and other operating systems. The Company, which was founded in
1987, is located in the Santa Barbara County oceanside community of
Carpinteria at 6303 Carpinteria Ave., Carpinteria, CA 93013; Tel:
805-566-6200; Fax: 805-566-6385; World Wide Web server:
http://www.metatools.com.
 
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