REACH ONLINE® ANNOUNCES HIPICTURE® ONLINE PHOTO COMPOSITION SITE - January 1, 2005

SAN MARINO, Calif. - January 1, 2005 - Reach Online® today announced the grand openning of its English version of Hipicture® Online Photo Composition site - www.hipicture.com. Hipicture allows users to decorate or modify their own digital pictures, turning regular photos into fun, creative and unique images. In addition to potential applications like personalized photo E-Cards, fun stickers, humorous pictures, glamorous or artistic portraits, Hipicture can also be used to promote online product sales.

Like the word processor to the text, Hipicture is the online version of picture processor to the digital photos that are now easier to get than ever. Like a good word provessor can make your text look fancier and more interesting to read, Hipicture allows you to turn your raw digital photos into fun and creative pieces of art or entertainment.

Using the increasing number of image objects on Hipicture site that are created by Hipicture artists or shared by Hipicture members, a user can decorate his or her photo easily and creatively. The "FG (foreground) Extraction" service lets you extract yourself from your photo with the surrounding area made transparent. This feature allows you to create a picture with yourself in any place imaginable, like on the moon, together with your seperated friends, or beside your favorite movie star.

The Hipiture service is basically free to users. Advanced features like FG Extraction will be charged for nominal fees. Many vertical applications based on the Hipicture core technologies are under development and will soon be announced publicly.

About Reach Online
Established since February 1998, Reach Online, Inc. is an online marketing technology and service provider focusing on online digital image applications, email marketing and viral marketing applications. The Hipicture Web site is at www.hipicture.com