Di-O-Matic receives ultimate compliment : Animation Magazine's seal of excellence for Facial Studio

Montreal, Qc – June 12, 2002 – Di-O-Matic is very proud to announce that it has received Animation Magazine’s Seal of Excellence for its major product, Facial Studio.

Animation Magazine, in its June 2002 issue, publishes a very favorable and flattering review of Facial Studio.  It also pays the ultimate compliment to our facial animation product by stamping it with their Seal of Excellence.  The entire animation industry has a lot of respect for Animation Magazine’s opinion and this prize will certainly have an impact on Facial Studio’s brand awareness and sales.

“It is a great honor to be a part of the select group of products that receive such a distinction”, Head of Business Development, Martin Bergeron said.  “With Facial Studio, we really tried to create a product that was easy to use and that tackled a multitude of our customer’s needs at once.  Obviously, Animation Magazine thinks we did a great job and we thank them for that recognition”, concluded Mr. Bergeron.

Facial Studio is available through most Discreet product distributors and resellers or directly on Di-O-Matic’s corporate web site at http://www.diomatic.com/ Priced at $US 699, it promises to reach a large audience from major studios to independent creators.

For more information about Facial Studio, please visit Di-O-Matic website at www.diomatic.com/fs.html

About Di-O-Matic Inc.

Di-O-Matic, Inc. develops high-end character animation plug-ins for Discreet's 3ds max product line as well as training CDs for various 3D software applications. Di-O-Matic believes that character animation should be easy and fun and its tools are designed to bring efficient character setups into your workflow. Visit Di-O-Matic at www.diomatic.com Di-O-Matic's client includes: Ubi Soft, Blizzard, Rainbow Studios, Planet Blue, Viewpoint, Big Huge Games, Westwood, Eutechnyx, and Janimation, amongst many others.

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