Six Degrees Software from Creo Set to Transform
the Creative Desktop

MACWORLD SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- January 8, 2002 -- Creo Products Inc. (NASDAQ: CREO; TSE: CRE) has launched Six Degrees(tm) software, a new product for the creative desktop that will dramatically improve the way content creators and creative professionals work. Everyone who reviews and edits creative projects can benefit from the way Six Degrees manages project-related information.

Six Degrees is a new type of application: rather than replace existing tools, it looks at the relationship between files, messages and people and creates connections. It presents the user with all the information about a project, regardless of where the project files or messages are stored, and without imposing a different way of working on the user.

Quote from Six Degrees

"Six Degrees allows the user to move quickly through the clutter of the desktop and focus on the messages, files and people that are connected and relevant to the projects the user is working on. It filters out everything else," explains Mark Lemmons, Director, Creative Software Group, Creo. "While most systems force you to store related files in a central repository, Six Degrees actively makes connections for you as you work."

Availability

Six Degrees operates cross-media, cross-platform (Mac OS X and Windows), interacts with all desktop applications through an easy-to-use interface, and never limits the user. Six Degrees will be released at Macworld New York in July 2002 for North American users at US$249. European versions will follow in September 2002.

Quote from Creo

Creo is the company that makes creative things happen. "Our company name -Creo-means "I create" in Spanish," said Amos Michelson, Creo CEO. "We chose that name because we believe in the power and value of the creative process. Six Degrees is our way of helping simplify that process: it gives creative professionals the tools to become more effective and productive at what they do best - create."

Quote from Apple Computer

"Mac OS X provides a rock solid foundation for creative professionals," said Richard Kerris, Director of Developer Technologies, Worldwide Developer Relations, Apple Computer, Inc. "Six Degrees is providing a breakthrough tool to help manage content and increase productivity and gives users one more reason to move to Mac OS X for their everyday operating system."

Six Degrees, as well as other landmark product developments from Creo, use technology to simplify projects. By increasing connections among people working on the same projects, this timefreeing technology(tm) minimizes the time it takes for project completion. Six Degrees also increases user effectiveness by simplifying the complex and helping to ensure that creative concepts are produced without compromise.

About Creo

Creo is a world leader in solutions for the graphic arts industry. Core product lines include image capture systems; inkjet proofers; thermal imaging devices for films, plates and proofs; professional color and copydot scanning systems; and workflow management software. Creo is also an Original Equipment Manufacture supplier of on-press imaging technology, components for digital presses, and color servers for high-speed, print-on-demand digital printers.

(c) 2002 CreoProducts Inc. The Creo product names mentioned in this document are trademarks or service marks of Creo Products Inc. and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Other company and brand, product and service names are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Data is subject to change without notice.

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CreoScitex (Headquarters)
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