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Venlo, the Netherlands (September 1, 2009) – ACD Systems International Inc., one of the world’s leading developers and marketers of digital imaging software, today announced its partnership with Globell, a leader in distributing multimedia, photography, and education software and utilities in German speaking Europe.

Globell is pleased to add ACD Systems’ products to its catalog, as the company selects and focuses on quality products that represent the very best of a particular technology category. The company has vast experience in providing products and utilities to the German market and concentrates its efforts on reselling value-added solutions for the marketplace. Over the last 13 years, Globell has shown the resilience and flexibility needed to maintain its position as one of the most successful specialized software distributors in Germany.

“This is an exciting time for ACD Systems as we work with Globell to introduce and distribute our newest digital imaging products to the German market,” said Mark Franklin, ACD Systems’ president, “The German-speaking region is a global leader in photography and has a renowned creative community of photographers who will continue to realize greater time savings and organization with our software. The performance and high value to price ratio of ACD Systems’ products have always made them a popular choice for German photographers.”

“We expect that the products we will bring to market through this new partnership will add tremendous value to professional photographers and photo enthusiasts by accelerating their workflow with ACD Systems’ state of the art photo tools. They will actually have more time for taking photos,” said Joost van Leur, General Manager of Globell. “ACD Systems is well known for its continuous development of high quality imaging software. We are pleased to be able to offer the products of one of the world leaders in the software imaging market. Combining the quality of Globell and ACD Systems we will strengthen the position of ACD Systems’ products in the German speaking region.”

Through the partnership agreement, Globell will distribute and sell to the German market the latest ACD Systems products, including the upcoming release of its flagship photography product:

ACDSee Pro 3, a new version of ACD Systems’ leading digital image management software that retains the same fast and flexible features photographers rely upon and incorporates an enhanced user experience that delivers a professional level of support at a tremendous value.

Building on its reputation as a leading viewer, browser and organizer, Pro 3 brings new advanced speed capabilities into the editing and online stages as well. For example, the unique process mode integrates two highly prized capabilities – nondestructive image editing and precise pixel-level editing – into one seamless application. Users can take advantage of the new mode to dynamically adjust images of any format, from RAW files to TIFFs and JPEGs, and easily complete both global nondestructive adjustments and pixel-level editing on any image in one intuitive workflow.

Pro 3 was tested by more than 10,000 professional photographers worldwide during the development process, and was designed in consultation with an advisory board of existing users to ensure continuity with previous versions of the digital imaging software.

Contacts for Media

Katrin Schmidt Globell B.V. TEL: +31 77 306 8100 marketing@globell.com	Genevieve Lambert ACD Systems International Inc. TEL: (250) 419-6700 FAX: (250) 419-6745 pr@acdsee.com
Reinhold Kuchenmeister Marketing-Beratung-Kuchenmeister GmbH TEL: +49 931 406700 kuchenmeister@mbkgmbh.de