Software shrinks JPEG photos with no quality loss.

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With photo compression technology, StuffIt Standard 9.0 for Windows reduces size of JPEG photos up to 30%, enabling users to fit more data onto CDs, DVDs, and other storage and backup media. Software includes StuffIt Expander, which provides access to all popular compression and encoding products on Internet.



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Affordable StuffIt Standard 9.0 for PCS Shrinks JPEG Photos up to 30% With No Quality Loss



Free Stuffit Expander Bundled With All Versions Of StuffIt-Provides Access To ALL Popular Compression And Encoding Products On The Internet

Watsonville, CA -April 6, 2005 - Allume Systems, Inc., an IMSI company (OTC BB: IMSI), today shipped StuffIt Standard 9.0 for Windows, including the free StuffIt Expander access tool. With its revolutionary new photo compression technology, StuffIt achieves a level of compression no other product has been able to do, allowing users to reduce the size of their JPEG photos up to 30% with absolutely no loss in image quality. Where existing archive technologies such as zip are unable to further compress JPEG photos, StuffIt's patent-pending technology enables users to fit more data onto CDs, DVDs, and other storage and backup media. Allume's new technology also provides a significant bandwidth saving for professionals, businesses, and hobbyists looking to share images over the Internet or on the network. www.stuffit.com/.

Pricing and Availability
StuffIt Standard for Windows' MSRP is $24.99 and is available directly from Allume and popular retailers. StuffIt Expander is always free to customers and their archive recipients. Upgrades are available for existing registered StuffIt users and from StuffIt Standard to StuffIt Deluxe, the full compression software. Allume is also offering a competitive upgrade to users of any standalone compression software product, for $14.99, until the end of May 2005. www.stuffit.com/store/upgrades.html.

System Requirements:
Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP, or 2003 Server; at least 64MB of installed RAM; 40MB hard disk space.

Allume Systems, Inc: Everyday Solutions(tm)
Founded in 1988, Allume Systems, Inc., an IMSI company (OTC BB: IMSI), develops and publishes award-winning software solutions for Windows and Macintosh. Allume's leading brands are StuffIt(r), Internet Cleanup(tm) and Spring Cleaning(r), Personal ImageManager(tm). Formerly known as Aladdin Systems, Allume Systems enables people and businesses to communicate and manage their ideas and information. Allume's software offers a range of solutions, empowering users in the areas of information access, removal, recovery, security, productivity and Internet distribution.

Allume Systems is located at 245 Westridge Drive, Watsonville, CA 95076, USA; telephone: (831) 761-6200; fax: (831) 761-6206. Internet: www.allume.com or www.stuffit.com.

About IMSI
Founded in 1982, IMSI's flagship product TurboCAD(R) and DesignCAD(TM) make it a leader in the precision design market. The company's online properties focus on the sale of content and services to the architectural, engineering and construction market through its stock house plans site at Houseplans.com homeplanfinder.com> and the online CAD symbol site, www.cadsymbols.com/. IMSI on the Net: www.imsisoft.com, www.turbocad.com, and www.orgchartpro.com.

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