Hull, Canada - April 22, 1999 - Hemera Technologies Inc. is proud to announce that it is the recipient of the Excelcia'99 Award. This award given by the Outaouais Economic Diversification Corporation recognizes the commercial success of technology companies in the Outaouais area.

"We selected Hemera Technologies as this years winner because they exceeded the criteria of revenue growth, employment growth and successfully establishing themselves in the marketplace" said Mr. Michel Charette, Vice-President of the Outaouais Economic Diversification Corporation. "Hemera exemplifies the kind of high tech company that we like to attract to the Outaouais and with their plans to further increase their presence in the global market, I am sure that Hemera will have continued success with their unique product line."

"We are very honoured by this award" said Marc-Antoine Benglia, President of Hemera Technologies. "To be recognized by our local business community reinforces our belief that we are on the right track in our business model. Hemera's rapid success in establishing itself as a key player in the highly competitive consumer graphics software market in North America and other key international markets paves the way for an even brighter future."

Hemera initially released NetGraphics Studio and built on the success of that product with the release of the award winning Hemera Photo-Objects 10, 000 Premium Image Collection. Hemera is currently working to enlarge the Hemera family of products and will be releasing a new Photo-Objects Premium Image Collection in the near future.

About Hemera Photo-Objects

A Photo-Object is a photographic image of an object without its surrounding background. The object has been cut-out from the initial rectangular photograph so that it can be used in any project, or placed on any background. The Photo-Object collections are the next generation of clip art and they are ideal add-ons for graphics applications, word processors or presentation programs.