ACD Systems Announces ACDSee 5.0 Powerpack

October 3, 2002 - ACD Systems International Inc. (TSX:ASA), the digital imaging company, announced that the latest version of its powerful software package, ACDSee 5.0 PowerPack hits desktops today. ACDSee 5.0 PowerPack combines the power of three of ACD's most popular products in one easy-to-use bundle to meet the imaging requirements of photo hobbyists, amateur photographers and professionals alike.

ACDSee 5.0 - the new version of ACD's award-winning image management software is even faster than before and includes new features to make it even easier to locate and manage photos efficiently:

• Group images, audio and video in Categories - The ability to group images and multimedia files in multiple categories enables users to organize and locate pictures, audio and video quickly while saving disk space.
• Calendar view - New calendar feature enables users to easily find photos taken on specified days, months or years.
• Interface customization - ACDSee 5.0 features include customizable toolbars and window layouts that enable users to set the interface to meet their individual requirements.

In addition, ACDSee 5.0 gives users the power to view over 50 multimedia formats and browse through entire CD image collections without switching discs. ACDSee 5.0 makes it fast and easy to acquire, manage, view, organize, print and share their digital images and photos.

ACD FotoCanvas 2.0 - provides the user with easy-to-learn tools to quickly optimize, edit and add creative touches to images and photos. Over 25 new filters have been added to ACD FotoCanvas including unsharp mask, bulge and shrink, ripple, solarize, add noise and sepia. Other popular features included in ACD FotoCanvas include red-eye reduction, lighting correction, sharpen edges, adjust picture angle, auto-levels, contrast and brightness, the ability to add text and edit and preserve multipage TIFF files.

ACD FotoAngelo 2.0 - all new interface layout makes it even easier to combine images, audio, text and color to create multimedia photo shows and screensavers for presenting and sharing. With ACD FotoAngelo 2.0, users can now add text watermarks to their presentation. Other features of this popular program include the ability to choose from over 20 transition effects, add one or more music or audio files, set background colors, add title slides and share presentations as executable files.

The release of ACDSee 5.0 PowerPack marks ACD Systems' continued advancement of products and solutions for the rapidly changing digital imaging market. As a proven leader for over nine years, ACD continues to bring to market new software products with features and capabilities that meet the growing needs of a wide variety of users from novices to digital imaging professionals. By creating products that effectively automate image management tasks, streamline workflows and reduce the time and cost of image management activities, ACD Systems continues to differentiate its products from other digital imaging software on the market.

Chair & CEO of ACD Systems, Doug Vandekerkhove said, "As the industry continues to expand at a rapid rate and users accumulate an increasing number of digital images from a variety of sources including digital cameras, scanners and the Internet, ACD continues to advance its offering and remains at the forefront in our ability to provide users with the flexible and robust image management solutions they require."

The release of ACDSee 5.0 and ACDSee 5.0 PowerPack follows last year's successful ACDSee 4.0 PowerPack launch that resulted in record breaking sales revenues, product downloads and several prestigious industry awards. Both ACDSee 4.0 and ACD FotoCanvas were named as Editor's Choice by American Photo magazine, while ACDSee 4.0 also won awards from several other prestigious industry publications including PC Photo, PC Magazine and PEI magazine.

The launch of ACDSee 5.0 PowerPack coincides with the October 1st launch of ACDSee 5.0. Preceding their release, both products were premiered and very well received by customers, press and corporate partners at two industry events: Photokina, the world's leading tradeshow for the photography and imaging industries, in Cologne Germany, and at the fall RetailVision show in North America.

Price and Availability
ACDSee 5.0 PowerPack will be available through ACD Systems' global distribution network as well as in retail stores in the United States, Canada, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom. It is now available through the company's Web site at www.ACDSYSTEMS.com for $79.95USD or 79.99 Euros. Volume licensing for ACDSee 5.0 PowerPack is available and special pricing is offered for five and ten user licenses.

Owners of ACDSee 4.0 PowerPack can upgrade to ACDSee 5.0 PowerPack for $39.95 USD or 39.99 Euros. ACDSee 5.0 PowerPack is currently available in English; other languages and localized upgrade pricing will be available before year-end.

Recommended system requirements for ACDSee 5.0 PowerPack include: Pentium processor or above, with Microsoft Windows 98, ME, NT 4.0 Service Pack 6, 2000, XP; 64 MB RAM, 60 MB free disk space; 256-color or higher display adapter; and Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0.2 or later.