PORTLAND, Ore.---Aug. 16, 2001--Extensis today announced the Extensis Solutions Partner Program, to address the needs of value-added resellers (VARs) selling to the graphic arts industry. The Solutions Partner Program offers a lead program, a comprehensive training program, and new opportunities to create revenue streams. Through the Solutions Program, Extensis VARs, resellers, consultants and system integrators have the opportunity to service new customers by introducing Extensis solutions. The program is designed to provide partners with the necessary tools to effectively market, sell and support Extensis solutions. The Solutions Partner Program offers two levels of participation. The Solutions Partner level is designed to help VARs become more familiar with Extensis products and services for creative professional workgroups. The Premier level provides priority discounts and margins, Extensis on-site training, free technical support and inclusion in Extensis out-bound marketing programs. "Extensis offers partners all the tools they need to be successful, from our incredibly flexible, well-defined solutions, qualified leads and hands-on training to dedicated marketing and internal support,'' says Jill Hedrick, vice president of worldwide sales for Extensis. "The Solutions Partner Program supports Extensis resellers as integrated partners and helps us provide leading tools and services to the graphics community.'' Extensis Solutions Media Asset Management: Quickly and easily organizes, distributes, archives and retrieves collections of images and other digital media. (Portfolio Desktop, Portfolio Network) Brand Resource Management and Distribution: Quickly and effectively distributes marketing information to employees, field offices, partners or resellers. Reduces the time of responding to requests for logos, images, box shots, etc. * (Portfolio Server, PortWeb) Preflighting via Extensis' online preflighting ASP service: The world's first web-based preflighting service for printers and prepress service providers. Preflight Online catches errors before they go to print by combining the cost-saving value of preflighting with the time-saving power of the Web. (Preflight Online) Font Management: The fastest way for creative professionals and workgroups to access the fonts they need, when they need them. Suitcase let you activate, organize, and even share fonts across a workgroup. (Suitcase, Suitcase Server) Graphics Tools: Extensis productivity tools for Adobe Photoshop and QuarkXPress enhance these leading design applications by giving creative professionals smarter and faster ways to execute their ideas. (Intellihance, MaskPro, PhotoFrame and PhotoTools for Adobe Photoshop; QX-Tools and QX-Effects for QuarkXPress) About Extensis Extensis develops, publishes, markets and supports software and Internet-based services for design professionals. From design through output, Extensis products and services make the process of creating, editing, assembling and managing branded communication materials for print and electronic publishing more efficient. Extensis' award-winning products are distributed worldwide. Founded in 1993, Extensis Products Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of ImageX.com, is based in Portland, Oregon. For additional information please visit our website at www.extensis.com or call 800/796-9798.