MetaTools licenses technology to Macromedia.CARPINTERIA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 1996--MetaTools Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :MTLS MTLS Materials MTLS Moving Target Location System MTLS Munchinton The Last Stand (independent movie) MTLS Multi-Tube Launch System MTLS Transport Layer Security Multiplexing MTLS Multiplexed Transport Layer Security ), formerly HSC HSC - High Speed Connect Software, Wednesday announced that Macromedia, the leader in digital arts, multimedia and Web publishing Creating a Web site and placing it on the Web server. A Web site is a collection of HTML pages with the home page typically named INDEX.HTML. Web sites are designed using Web authoring software which provides a graphical layout capability or by hand coding in HTML or both. , has licensed special editions of MetaTools' award- winning Kai's Power Tools Kai's Power Tools are a set of API plugins created by Kai Krause that were designed for use with Adobe Photoshop and Corel Photopaint. Kai's Power Tools were sold to Corel when MetaCreations was closed. The phrase Kai's Power Tools is often abbreviated to KPT. 3 (KPT KPT Kai's Power Tools KPT Karachi Port Trust (Pakistan) KPT Konover Property Trust, Inc. KPT Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation KPT Kia Pride Tuning (Philippines) ) and KPT Vector Effects. Macromedia will include a copy of either KPT 3 or KPT Vector Effects with every copy of FreeHand See Macromedia FreeHand. , Macromedia xRes and Macromedia Director for Windows and Macintosh platforms. English, French, German and Japanese products are included in the agreement. KPT 3 and KPT Vector Effects are the industry's leading imaging- and vector-based creative and production extensions. The bundles should be available to customers by the first quarter of 1996. MetaTools' KPT 3 SE will also be included in the Macromedia FreeHand Graphics Studio, which includes FreeHand, xRes, Extreme 3D and Macromedia Fontographer. ``Our customers want an integrated solution for graphic design, Web page development and other visual design activities that is a good value,'' said Bud Colligan, president and chief executive officer of Macromedia. ``As the leader in plug-in architecture software development, MetaTools' advanced imaging- and vector-based technologies provide our customers with the industry's premier extensions for creating imaging and special effects that would otherwise be time consuming or impossible to create.'' ``Macromedia is a leader in multimedia and digital arts software and has an installed base of over a million customers who are focused on graphic design, multimedia and Internet Web page development,'' said John Wilczak, founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of MetaTools. ``Our agreement with Macromedia allows us to dramatically expand the introduction of MetaTools products and also provides an incentive to upgrade to MetaTools complete products.'' MetaTools designs, develops, publishes, markets and supports software tools for the creation, editing and manipulation of computer graphic images, digital art and Internet/on-line content for Windows, Macintosh and other operating systems. The company is located in Santa Barbara County at 6303 Carpinteria Ave., Carpinteria, Calif. 93013; telephone: 805/566-6200; fax: 805/566-6385; World Wide Web server: http://www.metatools.com. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: HSC Software, Kai's Power Tools and KPT are registered trademarks and MetaTools and KPT Vector Effects are trademarks of MetaTools Inc. Macromedia and Director are registered trademarks and FreeHand, Macromedia xRes, Extreme 3D and FreeHand Graphics Studio are trademarks of Macromedia Inc. All other names are either registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: MetaTools Inc., Carpinteria Kristin Keyes, 805/566-6274 e-mail, Kkeyes@aol.com |
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