FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MetaCreations’ New Tool for Next-Generation Web Advertising Now
Available via the Internet

Headline Studio — Ready for Immediate Purchase and Download from the
Company’s Web Site — Brings Powerful Broadcast-Quality Animation to
Web Banners

Carpinteria, CA – February 25, 1999 – MetaCreations Corporation
(Nasdaq: MCRE) announced today the immediate availability of dynamic
new software for Web design professionals seeking to create animated,
broadcast-quality Web advertising banners. The first MetaCreations
product to be offered online for users to buy and download, Headline
Studio is available now via the Internet for both Windows and
Macintosh platforms. To purchase, simply visit MetaCreations’ new
electronic software purchase and delivery area on the company Web
site at http://www.metacreations.com/products/hls. MetaCreations
Headline Studio contains all the necessary tools in an easily
accessible format to quickly create high-impact, animated GIF banner
ads for the Web that can be viewed on any browser at multiple
bandwidths.

For more information, and to see Headline Studio in action, go to
http://www.metacreations.com/products/hls