METACREATIONS SHIPS PAINTER 5.5 WEB EDITION

Painter Upgrade Provides Web Tools for Natural-Media Graphics on the Internet

Carpinteria, CA, Sept. 28, 1998 – MetaCreations Corporation (Nasdaq: MCRE)
released today Painter 5.5 Web Edition, an upgrade to Painter,
MetaCreations’ award-winning paint and image-editing program. Designed for
graphics professionals who want to create and edit original art for print
and the Web, Painter 5.5 Web Edition introduces to the application many of
the advanced tools a digital artist needs to develop and edit content for
the Web. New features include image slicing, dynamic text, JavaScript
rollover support, easy custom button creation and a built-in content
library of more than 1,000 Web-ready images for stunning Web site graphics.

To read the entire release and see screen shots of Painter 5.5 Web Edition,
please go to: http://www.metacreations.com/press/p55_release.shtml

For more information on Painter 5.5 Web Edition or other MetaCreations
products, please contact Dorothy Eckel at: deckel@metacreations.com tel:
805-566-6464