eMotion, Inc. and Ordigraphe Announce Alliance

Ordigraphe to implement eMotion's Digital Media Management Solutions to Support Canadian Digital Video Market

Vienna, VA - April 25, 2001 — eMotion, Inc., the global leader in digital media management solutions, announced today a partnership with Ordigraphe, a leading technology solutions provider for post-production and special effects clients in Montreal, Quebec. Through this alliance, Ordigraphe will become an authorized eMotion solutions partner and will offer their clients systems integration and workflow in the area of rich media management based on eMotion MediaPartner™ 4.0.

"As the digital revolution takes hold, our clients are looking for the most effective way to manage their digital media assets such as video, effects and audio," says Michel Bilodeau, senior partner at Ordigraphe. "They look to us to analyze their needs and provide them with the most reliable and scalable solution. We believe that eMotion solutions fit into our strong commitment to increase productivity and profitability for our clients."

eMotion MediaPartner 4.0 powers the full lifecycle of digital media from content collaboration, deep storage, search and retrieval using eMotion's patented natural language search and the ability to effectively move band-width intensive media over the web. The software is 100% web-based and is "out-of-the-box", which means customers are up and running in less than a day. The combination of eMotion's powerful media management solutions and Ordigraphe's in-depth expertise and systems integration experience in media creation, post-production and special effects will enable customers to adopt the best strategy for managing rich media content.

"Canada is a thriving marketplace for creative professionals working in the field of digital video production. eMotion is pleased to expand its global reach by working with a leading technology provider like Ordigraphe," says Cindy Brent, Vice President of Worldwide Sales at eMotion, Inc.

Ordigraphe, based in Montreal, Quebec, has been providing systems integration, network design, workflow and load balancing analysis for post-production and special effects houses since 1984. They are the exclusive reseller of DISCREET products such as Smoke, Fire, Flint, Flame and Inferno. For more information contact Michel Bilodeau at Michel@ordigraphe.com or go to www.ordigraphe.com.

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About eMotion, Inc.

eMotion, Inc. is the leading provider of digital media management solutions in the world today. For advertising, Global 2000 brand-focused companies, government media, entertainment and broadcast, eMotion offers an impressive array of products and services that power the entire lifecycle of media management, from creation and collaboration to searching, storage and distribution. eMotion is headquartered in Washington, D.C. with offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, London and Israel. eMotion, Inc. also owns the content communities PictureQuest (www.picturequest.com), a leading provider of royalty-free and stock photography, FOOTAGE.net (www.footage.net), a worldwide network of footage sites and FootageQuest (www.footagequest.com) a worldwide network of footage sites.