HSC Announces Support for Power Macintosh 9500

Customers Benefit from Performance Gains of 200-300%

Carpinteria, Calif., June 19, 1995--In a continuing effort to provide the
desktop user with new, sophisticated digital imaging tools to be more
creative, HSC Software today announced support for the Power Macintosh
9500 Platform and plans to optimize its Power Macintosh software to take
advantage of the full power and speed of the PowerPC 604 microprocessor.
Customers using Kai's Power Tools, KPT Vector Effects, KPT Bryce, KPT
Convolver, Live Picture and coming new product releases will benefit from
the increased performance and memory expansion provided by the PowerPC 604
processor on the Power Macintosh 9500. Customers can expect to see
performance gains of between 200 and 300 percent.

"Computing power in image processing and creation is not a luxury, unlike
perhaps wordprocessing or spreadsheets. The new levels of speed that the
PowerPC 604 class machines bring us are vital in allowing certain things
to be doable at all," said Kai Krause, Executive Vice President of HSC
Software. "It certainly is not about 'going home l 0 minutes earlier', but
rather than in any given time frame you can examine so many alternatives.
In other words, some things are now possible that were never even on our
radar map before. We have been very positively surprised by the overall
performance gain in the Power Macintosh 9500 and would like to
congratulate Apple on a breakthrough product."

"The Power Macintosh 9500's PowerPC 604 processor and PCI bus architecture
increases users speed and performance dramatically so they can spend more
time creating," said John Wilczak, chairman and CEO at HSC. "That's the
reason we're developing to this platform and to future RISC platforms.
We're always looking for ways to bring users the most advanced graphics
and imaging tools possible."

Pricing and Availability

Kai's Power Tools is the most powerful set of extensions and filters for
Adobe Photoshop, Fractal Design Painter, Corel PHOTO-PAINT 5 and other
programs that support the Adobe standard plug-in architecture.
KPT Vector Effects provides special effects and precision tools for users
of Macromedia Freehand and Adobe Illustrator.

KPT Convolver is an advanced tools for both corrective and creative image
processing. It allows real-time unified control of many parameters found
in a dozen separate dialogs in Photoshop.

KPT Bryce is a standalone Power Macintosh/Macintosh application that
designs and renders natural and supernatural landscapes.

Live Picture brings workstation imaging power to the Power
Macintosh/Macintosh with a revolutionary new image compositing and
manipulation program. The suggested retail price for Live Picture is
$995.

Kai's Power Tools, KPT Vector Effects, KPT Convolver and KPT Bryce are
available through HSC dealers and distributors worldwide. The suggested
retail price is $199.

About HSC

HSC Software is a leading developer of state-of-the-art graphic imaging,
special effects and multimedia software applications for desktop
computers. The company provides sophisticated tools at affordable prices
for graphic professionals, multimedia producers and everyone who wishes to
explore 21st Century creative expression. The Carpinteria, Calif-based
company was founded in 1987 and is privately held. HSC is located at 6303
Carpinteria Ave., Carpinteria, CA, 93013. Tel: 805-566-6200. Fax:
805-566-6385.

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