Hull, Canada - January 11, 2002 - Hemera Technologies Inc., a world leader in wholly owned, royalty-free digital image content, announced today that they have developed an updated Macintosh® version of The Big Box of Art™, providing native support for the Mac® OS X operating system. The Big Box of Art continues to support Mac OS 9.

Mac OS X combines the power of UNIX® with the simplicity and elegance of the Macintosh to deliver an exciting new computing environment. Newly developed for Mac OS X, The Big Box of Art leverages the advanced graphics capabilities and the reliability of this modern operating system.

"Hemera is committed to developing products for Mac OS X and taking advantage of its strong digital imaging capabilities to provide maximum value to our Macintosh customers," said David Hood, CEO of Hemera Technologies Inc. "Hemera will continue to seize every opportunity to develop for Mac OS X in future product releases."

Effective immediately, all shipments of the Macintosh version of The Big Box of Art will provide Mac OS X support. Customers who have purchased The Big Box of Art can update their software to the Mac OS X native version by downloading a free update, available at www.hemera.com. An additional update is available for Mac OS 9 users who want to benefit from new functionality that takes advantage of the power of QuickTime®.

Originally launched in October 2001, The Big Box of Art is a unique digital image collection with the highest quality and the greatest variety of images available, including Hemera Photo-Objects, clip art, illustrations, professional stock photos, Web graphics and more.