Hemera® Launches All-New AbleStock.com® 4.0 - a Royalty-Free Revolution New aggregator model offers multiple subscription-options and five distinct collections from AbleStock, Art Parts, ImageDJ, NVTech and Pixoi. Gatineau, Canada - March 23, 2004 - Hemera®, a world leader in wholly owned, royalty-free digital image content, today announced the launch of an all-new AbleStock.com® 4.0 - an innovative collaboration between AbleStock® and content partners Art Parts by Ron and Joe, Image DJ Corporation, New Vision Technologies and Pixoi Ltd. The dramatically new and updated site allows users to simultaneously search for images in any or all collections, totaling more than 80,000 stock photos, raster illustrations, vector illustrations and Photo-Objects® images. The result is an expanded creative professional destination that offers unprecedented value and flexibility. In this new subscription-based aggregator model - a first for royalty-free, high-resolution content - creative professionals are presented with a variety of image types, collections and purchase options. "This is a big step forward for our AbleStock offering, and it has been a wonderful experience to be a part of this project," said Kim Dixon, president and CEO of Hemera. "By aggregating interesting indie collections, AbleStock.com provides creative professionals flexible purchase options and the opportunity to acquire content from five diverse and distinct royalty-free collections." Customers can purchase and download images as single-image purchases, or sign up for a 6-month or 1-year subscription and get access to an entire collection. Current subscribers to individual collections get rebates on subscriptions to other collections available at www.ablestock.com. Customers who sign up for a new 1-year subscription to any AbleStock.com collection before April 30, 2004 have a chance to win one of three Samsung 20 GB MP3-players and 10 free songs from Napster™ 2.0. "The five collections complement each other perfectly," said Alison Canavan, vice president of marketing at Hemera. "AbleStock.com now offers high-resolution stock photos and Photo-Objects images, as well as backgrounds, textures and raster and vector illustrations in one convenient location and at a very competitive price." "It has always been Pixoi's mission to develop rich graphic elements and natural background images from various cultures. We're very pleased to be a part of the new AbleStock.com, the new one-stop shop for creative professionals," said Sampo Manninen, CEO of Pixoi. The five collections offer high-resolution photography and illustration files in sizes between 18 and 67 MB. "We are pleased as the proverbial punch to join the AbleStock family," said Ron and Joe of Art Parts. "We're excited that customers will have access to our Art Parts image library in a unique forum geared towards high-end designers. We don't think that 'Woof' is too strong a term to express our joy." "We believe AbleStock customers will enjoy the complete flexibility with the professional high quality images in ImageDJ's collection," said Eric Chiang, president of ImageDJ Corp. "ImageDJ, recognized as Asia's No. 1 imagery supplier, is also one of the world's largest visual solutions producers, and I think anyone visiting our boutique will be thrilled to find that professional high quality can be affordable." "New Vision Technologies designs and develops style-rich vector content that has always been recognized as being a cut above the rest. With an eye on creativity, value, and diversity, we know that discerning AbleStock customers will appreciate the unique blend of styles that our collections deliver. We are pleased to join the AbleStock.com 'boutique' community of publishers," said Peter J. Heney, CEO of NVTech. Pricing and subscription information AbleStock - 49,000 images Single image: stock photo $199.99; Photo-Objects image: $199.99; vector illustration $24.99 Subscriptions: 1 year: $799; 6 months: $599 Subscription renewals: 1 year: $699; 6 months: $499 Art Parts - 6,000 images Single image: raster illustration $199.99; vector illustration $49.99 Subscriptions: 1 year: $699; 6 months: $499 Subscription renewals: 1 year: $599; 6 months: $399 ImageDJ - 5,000 images Single image: stock photo $199.99; Photo-Object: $199.99; raster illustration $199.99; vector illustration $49.99 Subscriptions: 1 year: $599; 6 months: $399 Subscription renewals: 1 year: $499; 6 months: $299 NVTech - 10,000 images Single image: raster illustration $199.99; vector illustration 49.99 Subscriptions: 1 year: $599; 6 months: $399 Subscription renewals: 1 year: $499; 6 months: $299 Pixoi - 15,000 images Single image: stock photo $199.99 Subscriptions: 1 year: $599; 6 months: $399 Subscription renewals: 1 year: $499; 6 months: $299 Rebates Buy (2 or more) 6-month subscriptions and save $50.00 off each subscription Buy (2 or more) 1-year subscriptions and save $100.00 off each subscription Buy any combination of 6-month and 1-year subscriptions and receive $50.00 off each 6-month and $100.00 off each 1-year (All prices are in US dollars.) -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. Hemera and the Hemera logo are trademarks of Hemera Technologies Inc. All other products, logos or company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Media Contact: Mats Lindeberg Tel: (819) 772-8200 ext. 284 Email: media@hemera.com << Back to press releases.

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