Total Multimedia Announces Development Agreement With Digital Focus

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.--Dec. 9, 1999--Total Multimedia today announced that it has entered into a development agreement with Digital Focus (DF), a California corporation, whereby DF will provide development assistance and technical support for TMM in the introduction of a new product in spring of 2000, called EZ Images, a new still image compression and image manipulation software program that will bring the file size advantages of TruDef Compression Technology to a simple, easy-to-use digital imaging program.

EZ Images will interface with all existing digital cameras and scanner formats. TruDef can read an industry-leading number of file formats in order to download virtually any file format image from the Internet and to integrate the image into home presentations, including videos and slide shows.

TMM will offer the EZ Images software program on a free trial basis for 30 days, starting in spring 2000, so users can see the difference in TruDef compression. At only .95, EZ Images is all you need to develop your own digital photo album on your computer.

TruDef compression allows users to take in images at one-sixth the file size and still have the highest image quality. EZ Images allows you to send pictures or entire slide shows over the Internet in a fraction of the time. EZ Images has a full suite of editing tools that will allow you to fix problem photos with professional adjustment of hue, saturation, brightness and contrast.

DF will also assist TMM in providing the next generation of SoftVideo, the proprietary TMM video compression technology used in industry-leading software hits, including Falcon Gold, Star Trek The Next Generation and TOP GUN. The NexGen SoftVideo product will be directed at bringing the highest-quality full-screen, full-motion video to broadband users over the Internet.