Canada's Leading Photo Specialty Retailer Offers Black's Photo Album by Corel To New Camera Owners as Part of Its 'Buy with Confidence' Program

OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 21, 2005--

Corel Corporation today announced a partnership with Black Photo Corporation ("Black's"), Canada's leading photo specialty retailer, as part of Black's "Buy with Confidence" program launching this month. With statistics showing that half of new digital camera owners don't know how to fully maximize the functionality of their new cameras, Black's is giving new camera buyers free lessons, free VIVIDprints and a customized version of Corel's award-winning photo management system, Corel(R) Photo Album(TM). With Black's Photo Album by Corel, users can quickly and easily upload to Black's online photo processing service.

Offering a broad range of functionality, Black's Photo Album by Corel provides digital photographers of all skill levels easy-to-use tools to download, organize, edit, share, and protect their favorite pictures. The software includes a unique zero-click download to help users efficiently download, view and organize their favorite pictures, without ever clicking the mouse. Providing automatic tools to complete the basic photo tasks faster, Black's Photo Album by Corel gives users more time to enjoy sharing their pictures with family and friends.

"We're encouraging consumers to get more from their digital cameras and really bring their pictures to life," said Ryan Brown, Vice President of Marketing at Black's. "The functionality of Black's Photo Album by Corel directly aligns with what our customers need - powerful software that is easy to use and allows them to express themselves creatively with their pictures."

With Black's Photo Album Starter Edition by Corel, new camera owners can:

-- Get photos from their digital camera

-- Upload to Black's online photo processing service

-- Order prints directly from Black's On-line Photo Centre

-- Enhance photos using fast and easy editing tools

-- Organize digital photos into albums

-- Protect photos by creating backup archives

-- Share digital images with friends and family

-- Create custom albums, greeting cards, and photo DVDs

The Starter Edition also includes a free trial of more advanced functions. Consumers are free to upgrade at the end of the trial period or keep the functionality of the Starter Edition.

"Black's understands choosing a new digital camera is a big decision for most people and want to increase their customer's confidence about their purchase by providing them with the education and tools they'll need to maximize their investment," said Blaine Mathieu, General Manager, Digital Imaging at Corel. "We're excited to partner with such a reputable brand and offer their customers powerful tools to manage their photos - all within a sleek and simple interface."

About Black's

Black's, Canada's leading photo-specialty retailer, revolutionized the industry as the first retailer to make the larger 4 x 6 inch prints standard and to make digital mini labs available to customers at stores coast to coast. Today, Black's continues to lead the market in improving the customer's shopping experiences by being the first in Canada to offer direct-to-store, on-line prints in 1 hour and the first to use the Black's Memory Perfect System to enhance picture quality with typical picture flaws automatically removed. Black's continues this legacy by spearheading the development of the digital asset archiving revolution for consumers.

Black Photo Corporation is headquartered in Markham, Ontario, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fuji Film Canada and operates 156 stores across Canada, under the Black's and Astral banners. Since 1949 Black's has been helping Canadian's celebrate their lives through pictures as Canada's leading national photo specialty retailer.

About Corel Corporation

Corel Corporation provides innovative software solutions that help millions of value-conscious businesses and consumers in over 75 countries improve their productivity. The Company is renowned for its powerful software portfolio that combines innovative photo editing and graphics creation, vector illustration and technical-graphics applications along with office and personal productivity solutions. Corel's flagship products include the CorelDRAW(R) Graphics Suite, the WordPerfect(R) Office Suite, the Corel(R) Painter(TM) Natural-Media(R) painting and illustration software and the Paint Shop(TM) Family of digital photography and image editing software. Founded in 1985, Corel is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada. For more information, please visit www.corel.com.

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