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News Release eZeScreen 1.0 Plug-in from eZedia Available for Apple's iMovie 2 WINNIPEG, CANADA � June 10, 2002 � eZedia Inc., a leader in digital media software technology, today released eZeScreen 1.0, the second in a series of plug-ins for iMovie 2, the world's most popular, easy-to-use consumer digital video editing software from Apple. eZedia's eZeScreen plug-in gives iMovie 2 users professional blue screen and green screen video effects. Users can position an additional movie over an iMovie 2 clip and adjust the transparency and fade levels of any selected color to add animated logos, talking heads, or any QuickTime supported movie. eZedia's first iMovie plug-in, eZeMatte 1.0, was released in April 2002 and allows any QuickTime supported image to overlay an iMovie clip. Users can add borders, frames, themes, logos or any customized graphic. "With eZeScreen, iMovie 2 users can include Hollywood-style special effects that were previously only available in professional level products. Combined with eZeMatte, graphics and movies can now both be easily layered over iMovies," said Stefan Embleton, President and Chief Executive Officer of eZedia Inc. "The eZedia plug-ins for iMovie 2 continue to follow our mandate of producing incredibly powerful authoring software that lets everyone communicate through the digital medium." "iMovie 2 has made it easy for consumers to create professional quality desktop movies, right on their Mac," said Ron Okamoto, Apple's vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations. "It's exciting to see developers like eZedia develop these new plug-ins that create even more opportunities for consumers to express themselves." eZeScreen ($39 USD) and eZeMatte ($29 USD) require Mac OS X and iMovie 2.1.1 or greater, and can be purchased by visiting the eZedia web site at <http://www.ezedia.com/>http://www.ezedia.com/. eZedia released the newest version of its primary product, eZediaMX, at Macworld San Francisco in January 2002 with great success, being singled out as one of the most innovative products at the show. eZediaMX revolutionizes cross-platform multimedia authoring and editing with a unique visual linking environment and intuitive interface. It combines superior media handling with innovative interactivity tools and easy-to-use logic elements that will unleash one's imagination and enhance their digital lifestyle. eZediaMX can be used to quickly and easily create digital portfolios, business presentations, multimedia slide shows, web videos, animations and interactive CD-Rom projects. Utilizing the latest technologies from QuickTime�, Java� and OpenGL�, eZediaMX provides advanced features such as movie and media masking, non-destructive video editing, animation, text to speech, sound mixing and fading and full control of VRs all without any programming or scripting. It has never been easier to combine and edit all media formats including video, graphics, animation, sound, MP3s, VRs and text. About eZedia Inc. Founded in 1994 by Stefan Embleton, eZedia Inc. has grown from a full-service interactive digital media development organization to a leader in digital media software technology. The company derives its name from the phrase "easy media" which underscores its corporate focus on the delivery of easy-to-use and easy-to-learn digital media authoring and development products. The management team includes industry veterans from Oracle, Electronic Arts, Rolls Royce, Bristol Aerospace, Boeing, Xerox, IBM and the music publishing division of Oxford University Press. The release of eZediaMX 2.0 in November of 2000 and version 3.0 in January 2002 launched eZedia into a leading position based on its cross-platform (Mac OS and Windows) Java implementation and advanced use of object oriented constructs for the development and delivery of digital media productions. The software enables users at work, at home and at school to take full advantage of all the forms of digital media they come in contact with every day. 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