FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Extensis Ships Portfolio 6.1 for Mac OS X
Free update adds native OS X support and new client features
Portland, Ore. – January 28, 2003 – Extensis today announced immediate
availability of Portfolio 6.1 for Mac OS X – its award-winning Digital Asset
Management (DAM) solution. In addition to adding Mac OS X compatibility,
Portfolio 6.1 offers new features that make it the easiest and most
effective way for professionals to share, organize, retrieve and distribute
the digital files they create and use on a regular basis.
Portfolio is the first pro-caliber level tool for organizing and managing
all digital file types in Mac OS X and Extensis has now completely migrated
its entire Portfolio product line to Mac OS X. Extensis announced Portfolio
Server for Mac OS X in July of 2002. Combining the strength of the Mac OS X
client and server capabilities, Extensis offers users a complete management
solution for complex digital file organization needs.
“Portfolio has been completely rewritten to take advantage of powerful new
Mac OS X features, bringing creative professionals entirely new
functionality for organizing their assets,” said Joe Schorr, senior product
manager, Extensis.
Registered owners of Portfolio 6 are eligible to receive a free upgrade to
Portfolio 6.1 through the Extensis website at
http://www.extensis.com/portfolio.
New Features in Portfolio 6.1
Portfolio 6.1 offers new features including a redesigned user interface that
seamlessly reflects the overall Mac OS X look and feel. Additionally,
Portfolio 6.1 adds a recently used catalogs menu when Portfolio 6.1 is
running, allowing users to open and access any recently opened catalog by
selecting it from a pop-up menu within the Mac OS X Dock.
Other new features to the product include long filename support, allowing
users to manage file and folder names that are more than 31 characters long
and a new batch rename feature that allows users to rename a whole batch of
images after they have been cataloged.
About Portfolio 6
Portfolio is the fastest way for creative professionals to share, organize,
retrieve and distribute the digital files they create and use every day. It
takes the grunt work out of organizing files and removes the chaos for
creative workgroups and enterprises alike by providing instant visual access
to digital photos, scans, other media files. Visit
http://www.extensis.com/portfolio for more information on this product.
Pricing and Availability
Portfolio 6.1 for Mac OS X is available for immediate download from the
Extensis website and is free of charge for registered Portfolio 6 users.
Boxed versions are expected to ship on February 7, 2003. Portfolio 6.1 will
be available for a suggested retail price of $199.95US for full product.
Portfolio 6.1 will be available to registered owners of Portfolio 5 for a
suggested retail price of $99.95US.
System Requirements
Portfolio 6.1 requires Mac OS X (v 10.2 or higher). Portfolio 6.0.1 will
continue to support Mac OS 8.6 through 9.2.2.
About Extensis, Inc.
Extensis is a leading publisher of software and tools that extend the
capabilities of creative professionals. Extensis’ award winning and industry
standard products include: Suitcase for font management, Portfolio for asset
management, PrintReady for preflighting and file delivery, plug-in
enhancements for Photoshop (Mask Pro, Intellihance, PhotoTools, PhotoFrame),
and productivity enhancements for QuarkXPress (QX-Tools, QX-Effects,
BeyondPress) Extensis was founded in 1993, by creative professionals for
creative professionals, and is based in Portland, Oregon and the United
Kingdom. Extensis is a wholly owned subsidiary of Celartem Technology USA
Inc., which is wholly owned by Celartem Technology Inc., (Hercules: 4330).
For additional information please visit our website at
http://www.extensis.com or call 1-800-796-9798.
About Celartem
Celartem Technology Inc. was established in 1996 to conduct research and
development into storage and distribution technologies for digital images.
It has developed, and sells VFZ technology, which allows digital images to
be stored and distributed without any loss in resolution, and the Protected
Archive Image Distribution System that allows digital images to be
distributed over networks in a secure manner at original resolution. On
December 11, 2001, Celartem was listed on the Osaka Securities Exchange,
Hercules Market (Hercules: 4330). Please visit http://www.celartem.com for
more information.