MetaTools, Inc. Ships Kai's Power Tools 3 for Windows 95/NT

New Release Offers a Host of New Tools and Precise Controls Over Imaging
Special Effects

CARPINTERIA, CALIF., JAN. 16, 1996--MetaTools, Inc., formerly HSC Software,
today announced that it is shipping Kai's Power Tools(R) (KPT (R)) 3 for
Windows 95/NT. Users will find a vast array of advanced, new imaging
effects in KPT 3, substantially adding to the functionality of KPT 2.
Users can now interact with their digital creations through a
significantly enlarged real-time previewing environment, instant RIP to
screen and powerful, precise controls over the creation of custom
effects.

"KPT 3 brings dramatic, new levels of imaging technology to users of Adobe
Photoshop and other 100 % Adobe plug-in compatible image editing
applications," said John Wilczak, founder and CEO of MetaTools, Inc. "The
expanded real-time previewing environment, especially with KPT Lens f/x,
real-time visual presets, precise control over effects, marked performance
improvements and new texture algorithms, give users a vast new array of
imaging tools and techniques."

New functionality in KPT 3 includes:

KPT Lens f/x, a high precision, multi-special effects instrument that
allows users to adjust parameters, such as smudge, noise, find edges and
Gaussian blur, and gives them the ability to drag the visual device
anywhere on the screen and simultaneously view effects in real time.

KPT Spheroid Designer, which gives users an impressive 3D ray-tracing
engine to render custom 3D spheres at any size, up to 1,000 at a time, and
apply bump-mapping, color, transparency and more.

KPT Interform, which allows users to interactively mix multiple textures to
produce a completely new texture and to generate animations as QuickTime
movies.

An advanced KPT Texture Explorer engine, which algorithmically creates a
new generation of textures, each on an infinite plane with no tiling.

Four-times larger, real-time preview windows.

The ability to view effects full-screen before applying them.

New preset management functions, including the ability to view and select
presets graphically.

Thirty six steps of undo and redo, accessible either graphically or by
using the standard Control Z or R keyboard commands.

"KPT Spheroid Designer has quickly become my primary video background
creation tool," said Rodney L'Ongnion, principal of 4U2C in Hollywood,
Calif., a beta site for KPT 3. "With KPT's real-time feedback, I can mix
subtle blends of colors almost as fast as the producer can ask for new
graphics."

New modifiers, apply modes, increased functionality and updated user
interface designs lead the enhancements to the plug-in applications and
filters found in the previous version. Special effects, such as KPT Page
Curl, KPT Seamless Welder and KPT Vortex Tiling, are now presented
visually, allowing users to easily control direction and intensity, and to
apply channel operations in real time. Modifiers, such as hue rotate,
saturation, brightness and contrast, similar to the parameters found in
the KPT Vector Effects Color Tweak module, are now available in KPT
Gradient Designer and KPT Texture Explorer.

MetaTools designs, develops, publishes, markets and supports 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 is located in Santa Barbara County 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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