Hull, Canada - Jan. 25, 2000 - Hemera Technologies Inc., an award-winning software developer and creator of Hemera Photo-Objects, and Broderbund, developers and publishers of a broad line of interactive software announced today that they have entered into a licensing agreement. Under the non-exclusive agreement, Broderbund will include Hemera Photo-Objects in a variety of its best-selling print software products.

"Broderbund is a great company with quality product offerings," said David Hood CEO of Hemera Technologies. "We are thrilled that Hemera Photo-Objects will be available with the Broderbund family of products and this deal is in keeping with our long term vision of exposing Photo-Objects to a wide range of computer users."

The Hemera Photo-Objects Family of Products is recognized world wide as a leader in the emerging consumer-professional/business market. Hemera has won many industry awards including Product of the Year from PC Compatibles Magazine in France in the category of Graphics and Multimedia, The Excellence award from Computer Publishing in the UK and Editor's Choice in PC Photo in the U.S.

About Hemera Photo-Objects?

A Photo-Object is a photographic image of an object without its surrounding background. Photo-Objects are professional-quality, royalty-free images that have been cut out or "cropped" from their original background, which means the user is not restricted to a rectangular shape. Hemera Photo-Objects are photographic images and not vector clip art, which means that the user can add a creative, realistic look to all their projects.

Broderbund is one of the world's leading publishers of consumer software. The company publishes some of the best-known education, reference, and personal productivity brands in the U.S., including The Print Shop, PrintMaster, Cosmopolitan Virtual Makeover, American Greetings, National Geographic, Mavis Beacon, and Compton's Encyclopedia. Broderbund products are sold in more than 23,000 retail stores in North America and through multiple distribution channels including school sales, online, direct marketing, and OEM.