Corbis Images Announces the Motion Collection, Plus 10 New Master and Objects Collection CDs.

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 5, 1999--

Preview a Compelling New Line of

Royalty-Free Full-Motion Video Clips and Royalty-Free Images

During Macworld, San Francisco at Corbis' Booth, No. 2423

Colorful, fluid, psychedelic images colliding ... No, it's not San Francisco in the 1960s, it's Corbis(R) Images' spectacular Motion Collection, a new line of royalty-free full-motion digital video clips.

Corbis Images, the leading provider of visual content to creative professionals, today debuted the Motion Collection and 10 new Master and Objects Collection CDs with a special in-booth preview at MacWorld (booth No. 2423). The new Master and Objects Collection CDs are royalty-free offerings that include images of currency, travel and technology, ideal for creating compelling presentations and design layouts.

"We're kicking off 1999 with an exciting new array of digital tools to enhance a variety of projects," said Charles Smith, executive director of the royalty-free division of Corbis Images. "Our new releases provide 1,000 images and 72 video clips -- a wealth of design options -- to inspire designers, multimedia producers and other discriminating professionals to new heights of creativity."

New Motion Collection

Corbis Images royalty-free division unveils The Motion Collection with three titles. Each title provides up to 30 broadcast-quality digital video clips on convenient, easy-to-use, cost efficient CD-ROMs. All clips are at full D1 resolution, and many feature seamless looping, allowing easy editing with minimal drop-outs.

The full-motion video clips are in standard Apple QuickTime(TM) MJPEG format, these clips are easy to use with desktop video production software and nonlinear editing systems, and are ideal for multimedia presentations, videos and the Internet.

The Motion Collection, to be released in January, includes these titles:

-- Abstract Textures presents a myriad of reflected lights sparkling

against provocative backgrounds of textures and time. Dreamy and

mesmerizing, the title includes 22 clips.

-- Psychedelia collides and explodes before the viewer's eyes in an

ever-changing array of kaleidoscopes balanced by peaceful

imagery. Become entranced with 20 mind-bending clips.

-- Viscosity splashes the senses with trickling droplets, cascading

waters, fluid motions, and deep rich colors that ebb, flow and

capture the imagination with 30 clips.

New Master and Objects Collection CDs

Corbis Images royalty-free division also announces eight Master and two Objects Collection CDs for release in January. The eight new Master Collection titles, each featuring 100 JPEGs in file sizes up to 32 MB and resolutions up to 300 PPI, include:

-- Currency Concepts is filthy lucre, the root of all evil, dough,

bread, moola, dollars, cents, pounds, francs, marks, clams, long

green, chicken feed, cold cash, and big bucks in all their glory.

If you need money (and don't we all), Currency Concepts is where

to find it.

-- Cyberstock(R) Concepts 2 contains computer-animated images that

convey thought-provoking metaphors, interesting twists of meaning

and shifts of conceptual balance.

-- Destination Africa invites the viewer to experience Africa, and

ranges from Algeria to Zimbabwe, showcasing rain forests,

deserts, exotic animals and flowers, people and their customs.

-- Destination Mexico gives a tantalizing glimpse of the sweeping

beauty, rich colors, textured past, splendid scenery and inherent

mystery of Mexico, old and new.

-- Family Vacation takes you along for the ride -- to the beach, the

pool, an amusement park and other locales, showing what families

on vacation do best -- have fun!

-- Just Flags is just that -- cloth symbols of nations, signals,

patriotism, warnings, heritage, greatness, death, pride and

victory.

-- Technology at Work is technology, working brilliantly. You won't

find crashed computers or dead copiers here. Instead, you'll see

digital technology at its finest hour.

-- Vintage Holidays will take you back to an era of optimism,

harmony and innocence. A time when wearing big, furry bunny ears

or dancing around a Maypole was an OK thing to do. This disc

captures precious moments of time gone by.

Two new Objects Collection CDs, each offering 100 images in file sizes up to 24 MB and resolutions up to 300 PPI, include:

-- Buildings & Monuments presents realistic, miniature replicas of

the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben, the Leaning Tower of Pisa and other

landmark structures.

-- Musical Instruments, a symphony for the eye, includes a

definitive collection of musical instruments on a single disc.

Availability and Price

Corbis Images, the leading provider of visual content to creative professionals, offers traditionally licensed and royalty-free images. Its royalty-free collection currently features 14,900 images from the Master, Objects and Professional Collections. CDs offer 100 images each and are priced from $149 to $299. The new Motion Collection offers 72 video clips on three CD titles, each priced at $229.

Images from the entire Corbis Images Royalty-Free library are available by calling toll-free at 1-800-545-4514, and are also available through resellers worldwide. CDs and individual images can be purchased and downloaded at www.corbisimages.com.

About Corbis

Corbis is a privately owned company that provides visual content and services to creative professionals and consumers through innovative digital technologies. The Corbis Collection -- 25 million images, with more than 1.4 million available online contains the world's most significant photography and art from more than 1,500 creative sources, including Ansel Adams, The Bettmann Archive, UPI, The National Gallery -- London and The State Hermitage Museum, as well as leading celebrity, commercial and editorial photographers.

Corbis Images (www.corbisimages.com) -- Corbis' image licensing division targeting creative professionals -- provides its customers with leading visual solutions and customer service across a wide spectrum of imagery. The Corbis Collection features traditionally licensed images, royalty-free images, commercial photography and celebrity portraiture.

Corbis also creates innovative visual products for online consumers. The Corbis Picture Experience, the Corbis Print and Poster Store, Corbis Features and other innovative online consumer products all showcase the Corbis Collection, making www.corbis.com the Place for Pictures on the Internet.

Corbis is based in Seattle, with offices in New York, London, Los Angeles and San Diego. For more information about Corbis and its products and services, call 800/260-0444, 425/641-4505, fax [phone], or visit its Web site at www.corbis.com.

Note to Editors: Disc icons and sample video clips from all new products mentioned in this release are available upon request.

Corbis and Cyberstock are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corbis Corporation in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.