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Win/Mac: Photos.com Launched By IMSI Subsidiary ArtToday.com, Inc
Posted on Tuesday, November 19
Novato, CA -- IMSI® (OTC “Bulletin Board”: IMSI), a leading developer of visual content, design, and graphics software, today announced the launch of a subscription-based stock photography website Photos.com by IMSI’s wholly owned subsidiary, ArtToday.com, Inc.  A Photos.com subscription gives subscribers download access to more than 20,000 premium-grade, royalty-free stock photographs in three of the most popular file sizes used by creative professionals. Every subscription includes access to high-resolution (print size 6" x 8" at 300 dpi), medium-resolution (print size 3" x 4" at 300 dpi), and multimedia-resolution (print size 8.5" x 11" at 72 dpi) photos, giving users the flexibility to download the right image for any job.

"We've sourced images from some of the top vendors and photographers in the industry," said Bob Mayer, Executive Vice President of IMSI.  "Our images compete with all of the major royalty-free stock photography sites out there, including GettyOne.com and Corbis.com. We hope that the site will be a major success."

 

ArtToday plans to add new images to the Photos.com site  (www.Photos.com) every month.  A strong content plan has been designed to license photos from the top photographers and publishers in the industry. The goal is to create one destination where creative professionals can find everything they need, for a length of time that best meets their design requirements.  Photos.com offers a wide variety of image categories, such as business, nature, people and travel, in styles that range from contemporary to traditional.

 

"Never before has the creative industry seen this much value,” stated Peter Gariepy, President of ArtToday.com, Inc. "The average cost of just one of our high-resolution images, if you bought it anywhere else, would be $150. For this price you can get access to millions of dollars worth of stock photography at Photos.com. People who are used to buying stock photo CDs will get the equivalent of 200 CDs, without the headache of digging through 200 separate titles for the images they need."

 

Photos.com has been built on the foundation of the six-year-old, highly successful ClipArt.com (www.clipart.com), ArtToday's subscription-based clipart service. "We've learned a lot over the years about subscriptions, content delivery, and customer service," said Gariepy. "We've acquired 2,500,000 images, as well as other content for the ClipArt.com site, and we get more than 1.5 million visits per month. Our service is fast and our company is profitable. Photos.com represents the next step for ArtToday as the leading provider of graphic content on the Internet."

 

ArtToday plans to make Photos.com available in multiple languages, including Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Dutch over the next several months.

 

About IMSI

Founded in 1982, IMSI has established a tradition of providing the professional and home user with innovative technology and easy-to-use, high-quality software products at affordable prices.  The company maintains three business divisions for Graphic Design, Visual Design, and Business Applications, and offers many popular software titles including TurboCAD®, FloorPlan®, HiJaak®, and OrgPlus®.  IMSI’s wholly owned subsidiary, ArtToday.com, Inc. is the largest subscription-based graphics resource on the web with more than 2,500,000 clipart images, animations, photos, fonts, and sounds.

More information about IMSI can be found at www.imsisoft.com.

IMSI and ArtToday are registered trademarks of International Microcomputer Software, Inc. and ArtToday, Inc, respectively. All other products are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

© 2001 International Microcomputers Software, Inc.  All rights reserved.

 

Safe Harbor Statement

 

This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933,  Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors including the ability of the company to successfully commercialize its new technologies as well as risk factors set forth under “Factors Affecting Future Operating Results” in the company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2001, and such other risks detailed from time to time in the company’s reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company undertakes no obligation to publicly release the result of any revisions to these forward-looking statements, which may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

 

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