Extensis Announces Intellihance 2.0 for Adobe

Automatic image enhancement plug-in is now available for Windows 95 and
Win32s

PORTLAND, OREGON, MAY 14, 1996: Extensis Corporation, a leading supplier of
application enhancement software, including the award-winning PageTools
2.0 for Adobe PageMaker Windows, today announced Intellihance 2.0, an
intelligent, automatic image-enhancement plug-in for Adobe Photoshop
running on Windows 95 or Win32s. Following the success of Intellihance 2.0
for the Macintosh, Extensis has brought identical performance and
functionality to Windows-based PC users.

Intellihance 2.0's artificial intelligence engine utilizes algorithms to
analyze and adjust image contrast, brightness, saturation, sharpness and
despeckle in a single step. It works with any digital camera, scanned,
stock or Photo CD image. By applying automated, artificial intelligence to
the photo-enhancement process, Intellihance enables users to get great
looking results with little or no intervention. Intellihance 2.0 is like
having an image expert inside your computer.

Intellihance 2.0 provides new functionality and phenomenal time savings at
a lower price "Our goal with Intellihance 2.0 is to offer anyone who works
with digital photos a tool that will dramatically increase their
productivity," said Craig Barnes, Extensis Founder and President.
"Intellihance 2.0 is a perfect complement for both novice and expert. The
novice will get the enhanced image they want with one click of the mouse,
and the expert will experience enormous productivity gains when working on
larger projects requiring consistent, pleasing results. This is an
excellent tool for large projects like yearbooks, newspapers and other
image intensive publications."

Other features in Intellihance 2.0 include a completely revamped user
interface which displays before and after side-by-side previews, user
adjustable preference settings which allow modifications to the
intelligent enhancement engine and before and after pixel value readouts.
Also, users will benefit from the ability to work with CMYK, RGB and
Grayscale images, a professional RGB to CMYK color separation table from
PixelCraft and Fine Tune controls in a single dialog box for precision
manual adjustments and control over tone, sharpness, saturation and
despeckle. Intellihance 2.0 is a perfect complement to existing Color
Management Systems, which only attempt to match monitor color to output
color. It is also an excellent tool for enhancing photos before creating
composite images, applying special effects or creating content for the
World Wide Web.

INTELLIHANCE 2.0'S VALUE IS UNPRECEDENTED IN THE PLUG-IN MARKETPLACE

Developed originally by DPA Software, Extensis acquired the publishing
rights and worked with DPA Software to improve the interface,
functionality and documentation and then repackaged and priced it below
the original cost. Extensis and DPA Software will continue to work
together to further develop the product, while Extensis maintains sole
responsibility for marketing, selling and supporting Intellihance 2.0.

PRICING AND AVAILABILITY

Intellihance 2.0 for Windows will be available on July 1, 1996 for an
estimated street price of $99.95. Intellihance 2.0 is available direct
from Extensis at (800) 796-9798, or through PC Connection, PC Zone,
MicroWarehouse, The World-Wide Power Company and other major software
resellers. Intellihance 2.0 requires Photoshop 3.0.4 or later and runs on
Windows 95 or Windows 3.1 with Win32s. Intellihance 2.0 is also compatible
with Corel Photo-Paint 6, Macromedia xRes 2.0, Fractal Painter 4, Adobe
PageMaker 6.0 and other applications that support Photoshop compatible
plug-ins. Extensis Corporation, founded in 1993, develops, markets and
distributes application-enhancement software that enables users to get
more from the software they are already using.
 
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