Canto Press Release

DAM for beginners: the Canto myCumulus giveaway week kicks off on December 18

December 16, 2004 - San Francisco, Berlin. Canto, a global leader in Digital Asset Management (DAM) solutions, today announced its exclusive Christmas offer. The English version of Canto myCumulus version 6 will be available for free for a limited time only and can be downloaded from the Canto website from December 18 to 26, 2004.

myCumulus is Canto’s “light” version of its Digital Asset Management solution Cumulus, ideal for DAM beginners and for organizing personal media such as photographs, mp3s and other personal files. It offers the same features and functionality as the full version of the popular Cumulus Single User. The only difference is the number of media assets that users can archive and manage. Canto myCumulus can manage two catalogs simultaneously, of which each catalog can manage up to 2000 digital assets.

Product Highlights include:
-  best support for all standard formats
-  customizable thumbnail quality
-  asset voice annotation
-  variable searching of all field content
-  fast results even for complex searches
-  convert assets into various file formats
-  asset presentation as slide show or as Webalbum
-  send assets via e-mail
-  multiple catalogs open in one window
-  various settings in pre-configured preference sets
-  multiple cataloging processes and background cataloging
and many more.

Canto myCumulus can be downloaded at: http://www.canto.com/pro/myCumulusSpecial.php

After registering Canto myCumulus, you can later upgrade to Cumulus Single User for only EUR 49.95 ($49.95) should you need a larger repository.

For more information on all Canto products and services go to: http://www.canto.com

About Canto
Founded in 1990, Canto is the leading supplier of Digital Asset Management products and services with over one million Cumulus licenses sold and more than 12,500 client/server systems installed worldwide. Canto is committed to deliver world-class solutions at an inexpensive price to the creative arts, publishing, corporate communications and other industries. The company’s product line ‘Cumulus’ is designed to manage and archive all types of digital assets used in production, publishing, communication, and other workflows. The Cumulus product line offers cross-platform and Internet technology that scales completely from Enterprise to Single Users.