Corel and Macromedia Partner to Bring Macromedia Flash Technology to Corel®
LINUX® and CorelDRAW® 9
Feb 9th, 22:20 UTC
Partnership benefits Corel users who are building compelling, high-impact
Web sites
Seybold Seminars, Boston 2000 -- February 9, 2000 -- Macromedia, Inc.
(NASDAQ: MACR) and Corel Corporation (NASDAQ: CORL, TSE: COR) today
announced they have entered into a licensing agreement that will bring
Macromedia Flash(tm) technology to Corel® LINUX® and CorelDRAW® 9.
Macromedia Flash is a solution for high-impact, vector-based Web sites that
deliver motion, sound, interactivity and graphics.
Corel LINUX will become the first Linux® OS to include the Flash Player as
a standard component. With the inclusion of the Flash Player in Corel's
Linux Distribution, users will automatically be able to view Flash content
on the Web without having to download a player.
Furthering Corel's commitment to compatibility, Corel will develop the
CorelDRAW Exporter for Macromedia Flash(tm) and make it available for free
from both Corel and Macromedia Web sites this spring. Flash (SWF) files
exported from CorelDRAW 9 can also be brought into the Macromedia Flash
authoring environment to add animation, interactivity, MP3 audio
compression and other advanced Web features.
Flash content is delivered with a compact but rich file that can be
streamed quickly from any Web server. CorelDRAW 9 users will be able to
save their artwork natively in the Flash file format (SWF) from within
CorelDRAW 9. With Flash file support, Corel further extends the dominance
of CorelDRAW as the world leader in file format compatibility, now
supporting over 100 graphics and word processing formats.
Currently, CorelDRAW users need to convert their vector artwork to a
bitmapped GIF or JPEG file to publish online, in the process losing
scalability, detail, and compactness. With Flash support, these users will
immediately gain these compelling benefits.
"Our Flash Export for CorelDRAW 9 will provide incredible functionality to
our users," said Dr. Michael Cowpland, president and chief executive
officer for Corel Corporation. "Corel LINUX is the first Linux OS to bundle
the Macromedia Flash Player and demonstrates how Corel is leading the way
in bringing the applications you expect for Windows and the Macintosh OS to
the Linux world."
Corel LINUX is a user-friendly Linux OS that brings a wide range of
mainstream productivity and graphics applications to the Linux desktop.
Current versions of the Apple® Macintosh® OS and Microsoft® Windows® 98
include the Flash Player.
"Corel's highly functional and user-friendly Linux OS distribution has
created a tremendous amount of excitement in the software industry, and
Macromedia is pleased that Corel has acknowledged Flash as a vector
publishing standard for this offering," said David Mendels, senior vice
president and general manager of Macromedia's Web Publishing division.
"Users of Macromedia and Corel products should also be excited about the
Flash export for CorelDRAW, which will allow designers to leverage their
print design expertise to create compelling Web graphics and user
interfaces."
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