Hemera First to Offer Royalty-Free, High-Resolution Stock Images Through Annual Membership With a single transaction, users have unlimited access to 15,000 images through the AbleStock Membership Seattle, WA - September 16, 2002 - Hemera®, a world leader in wholly owned, royalty-free digital image content, today unveiled the AbleStock™ Membership, available at www.ablestock.com. The AbleStock Membership is the latest essential design tool for creative professionals. Membership entitles customers to unlimited downloads from the AbleStock collection of 15,000 high-resolution, royalty-free images. The special introductory price for a one-year Membership is $699 USD, or $399 USD for six months. The AbleStock collection contains 15,000 superior-quality stock photos in a variety of categories, and Photo-Objects™ images; images separated from their backgrounds with precise clipping paths. All images can be downloaded in several file size formats, including large (25-28 MB), medium (10 MB) and multimedia (1.5 MB). To expand the collection, images are refreshed on a regular basis. The AbleStock Membership was developed with the real needs of creative professionals in mind. This project was lead by Niall O'Driscoll, Vice-President Content, and Jeffrey Foster, Senior Director, both of whom bring significant industry experience having held positions at Getty Images divisions including TonyStone.com, PhotoDisc.com and Eyewire. "The AbleStock Membership gives designers a high-quality and high-value alternative to the expensive royalty-free image products offered by many stock providers," said Marc-Antoine Benglia, President of Hemera Technologies Inc. "The AbleStock Membership is a grass-roots effort to provide high-quality, usable images at a reasonable price." The benefits that an AbleStock Membership provides are freedom, simplicity and value. Freedom for customers to unleash their creativity with unlimited access to 15,000 high-quality images; simplicity in a single transaction plus the ability to simply log in, choose images and download; and value in a Membership price that costs about what you'd pay for a few CDs or single images from more costly providers. The reason Hemera can offer a Membership purchase model is because all Hemera images are wholly owned. This means that the Company does not have to pay royalties to photographers, and can pass this cost saving on to the customer. AbleStock images are original digital photographs, produced using a digital-to-digital production process that eliminates traditional scanning costs and also results in lower prices for customers. Customers can still purchase single images without a Membership at the following prices: 25-28 MB ($129.99 USD), 10 MB ($69.99 USD) and 1.5 MB ($29.99 USD). -30- Hemera (founded 1997) creates and sells royalty-free digital images to the consumer, business and creative professional markets. Hemera's image products are available directly via the Company's Web sites - www.hemera.com and www.ablestock.com. Hemera images and image collections are also available worldwide through sales channels that include retailers, licensors and software republishers. Hemera possesses one of the world's largest collections of wholly owned, royalty-free digital images, and a growing family of award-winning and best-selling image collections. For more information, visit www.hemera.com. Media Contact: Mats Lindeberg Tel: (819) 772-8200 ext. 284 Email: media@hemera.com << Back to press releases.

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