SWiSH v2 DELIVERS AFFORDABLE AND EASY-TO-LEARN SOLUTION FOR CREATING FLASH ANIMATIONS

New version adds support for buttons, sprites, drawing tools, motion paths, "live editing" , audio controls, and 150 ready-to-use effects.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA--January 11, 2002--SWiSHzone.com today announced the immediate availability of SWiSH v2, an affordable solution for Web designers seeking to create Flash animations, without the steep learning curve associated with more expensive software. SWiSH v2 gives anyone the ability to create a professional-standard Flash animations with just a few clicks of the mouse. SWISH v2 is available for download from www.swishzone.com, and can be purchased for $49.95 US Dollars.

We are committed to making Flash authoring accessible to the broadest possible market" said David Michie, CEO and CTO of SWiSHzone.com. SWiSH v2 builds on the phenomenal success of SWiSH v1, by incorporating hundreds of powerful new features, but maintaining the easy of use for which SWiSH v1 was famous"

SWiSH v2 can be used to create animated text effects, Flash intros for websites, attention-grabbing banners, popup menu systems, rollover buttons, interactive presentations, and even complete websites.

SWiSH exports the same file format as Macromedia Flash, so animations created with SWiSH will play on any machine with the Flash Player installed. According to a recent survey by NPD Research that's over 98.3% of web users, or 414 million people.

Major new features in SWiSH v2 include:
· 150 ready-to-use effects such as Explode, Vortex and 3D Spin.
· Fully customizable user-interface with dockable tabbed palettes.
· Vector objects with variable line widths, line styles, and fill styles.
· Four state button objects with up, down, over and hit states.
· Sprite objects, or movie clips" allow the creation of a movie within a movie.
· Drawing tools for creating shapes, lines and Bezier curves.
· Live Editing" allows changes to be previewed while the animation is playing.
· Multi-color gradients can be linear or radial, opaque or transparent.
· Keyframe editing with motion paths for objects to follow during the animation.
· New events and actions allow creation of interactive movies.
· WYSIWYG display with scrollable / zoom-able layout window.
· Envelope (volume) control for sound effects.
· Object grouping allows effects to be applied to groups of objects.
· Import vector artwork (such as logos) and GIF animation.
· Export to AVI format for video production.

ABOUT SWISHZONE.COM DJJ Holdings Pty Ltd (trading as SWiSHzone.com) is privately held company based in Sydney, Australia with 10 employees. www.swishzone.com is the center of an active community of around 100,000 SWiSH users.

For more information visit www.swishzone.com/home.html or contact press@swishzone.com.

This press release is available online at: www.swishzone.com/press/20020107.html