Exhibit 10.14

January 11, 2000

Dan Avida
2312 Casa Bona Avenue
Belmont, Ca 94002

Dear Dan:

This letter  agreement (the  "Agreement")  will  memorialize  and constitute the
agreement  between  you  and  Electronics  for  Imaging,  Inc.  (the  "Company")
concerning your employment status with the Company.

         1. Employment As a Part-Time  Employee:  Effective January 1, 2000, you
will  transition  your  employment  from your current  position as the Company's
Chairman  and Chief  Executive  Officer to a  part-time  employee.  Unless  this
Agreement  is earlier  terminated  as  provided  in Section 2, for the period of
January 1, 2000 through December 31, 2001 (the "Part-Time  Employment  Period"),
you will  continue  to  remain  employed  by the  Company,  in the  position  of
Part-Time Employee.  As a Part-Time Employee to the Company,  you will undertake
such  duties  commensurate  with this  position as set forth below and as agreed
between you and the Board.  Your duties will include making  yourself  available
for  consultation  with the Board, the Chief Executive  Officer,  and such other
officers of the Company as reasonably  necessary to facilitate in the transition
of your former  responsibilities.  Your duties as a Part-Time Employee also will
entail acting in an advisory  capacity  regarding the  organizations  and people
representing new technology  sources and the Company's  clients and competitors.
To that end you will, at your reasonable discretion,  network, travel, and liase
as appropriate so that you may convey to the Company's management and Board your
insights and  recommendations  on the Company's  operations  and  business.  The
timing of your  performance of these duties,  which are expected to be performed
on a part-time  basis,  will be  coordinated  between  the Company and you.  The
Company shall provide  reasonable  advance notice of specific  requests for your
services. For your services rendered during the Part-Time Employment Period, the
Company will pay you an annual base salary of four hundred  twenty five thousand
dollars ($425,000),  subject to standard payroll deductions and withholdings and
paid on the Company's normal payroll  schedule ("Base Salary").  You will not be
eligible to receive any bonus or to participate in any Company bonus plan during
the Part-Time Employment Period, with the sole exception that you will receive a
bonus for 1999  pursuant  to the  Company's  executive  bonus  plan.  During the
Part-Time Employment Period, you will be entitled to the following benefits:

                  (i) reimbursement for all reasonable travel and other expenses
(including  internet access charges,  telephone,  telex and telecopier  service)
incurred by you in connection  with the  performances  of your duties under this
Agreement,  provided  that  you  comply  with  the  Company's  business  expense
reimbursement  policy,   including  the  requirement  of  providing  appropriate
documentation of such expenses;

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                  (ii) an annual  automobile  allowance of four  thousand  eight
hundred dollars ($4,800) per year, paid on a monthly basis;

                  (iii)   participation   in  any  employee  benefit  and  group
insurance programs including life insurance,  long-term disability insurance and
comprehensive  health  insurance  programs,  developed  by the  Company  for its
officers or employees  generally (but in any event not less than those in effect
immediately  prior to  commencement  of the  Part-Time  Employment  Period) (the
"Company's Benefit Plans");

                  (iv)  accrual of  vacation  pay at an annual  rate of four (4)
weeks per year; and

                  (v) you will be eligible to receive  counsel on tax matters as
offered to the Company's executive officers by Price Waterhouse Coopers LLP.

         2. Termination:  Your employment during the Part-Time Employment Period
is at-will, and either you or the Company can terminate your employment and this
Agreement for any reason whatsoever,  either with or without cause, by providing
thirty (30) days advance written notice of such termination to the other.

                  (a) Unless  earlier  terminated  by either  party as  provided
above,  this  Agreement and your  employment  by the Company will  automatically
terminate  upon the earliest of the  following:  (i) expiration of the Part-Time
Employment  Period;  (ii) your  Incapacity  (as defined  herein);  or (iii) your
death.

                  (b) In the event this  Agreement  terminates due to your death
or  Incapacity,  or if the  Company  terminates  your  employment  prior  to the
expiration of the Part-Time  Employment  Period, the Company shall pay to either
you or your estate,  as  appropriate,  a lump sum  payment,  subject to standard
payroll  deductions and withholdings,  equal to the total Base Salary that would
have been paid to you if the Agreement and your  employment  had continued  from
the  Agreement   termination  date  through  the  expiration  of  the  Part-Time
Employment Period.  Notwithstanding  the preceding  sentence,  as a condition of
your  receiving the lump sum payment  referred to in this paragraph in the event
this Agreement  terminates at the Company's  request or due to your  Incapacity,
you must first execute a full release of any and all claims you may have against
the Company, which release shall be in a form acceptable to the Company.

                  (c) For the  purposes  of this  Agreement,  your  "Incapacity"
shall mean that you are physically or mentally unable to regularly  perform your
essential duties hereunder with or without reasonable accommodation for a period
in excess of four (4)  consecutive  months,  or for more than one hundred eighty
(180) days in any consecutive twelve (12) month period.

                  (d) Subject to Section 6 of this Agreement,  in the event this
Agreement  terminates  due to  your  death  or  Incapacity,  or if  the  Company
terminates your employment  prior to the expiration of the Part-Time  Employment
Period,  all unvested stock options you hold will accelerate  immediately,  such
that all shares in such options will be fully vested and exercisable.

                  (e) Except as provided in this  Agreement,  the Company  shall
have no  obligation  to  continue  to pay your  Base  Salary or to  provide  any
compensation or benefits upon termination of this Agreement for any reason.

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         3. Benefits After Part-Time  Employment  Period:  To the fullest extent
permitted by law, you will be entitled to participate  in the Company's  Benefit
Plans for a period of up to ten (10) years  following  the  termination  of this
Agreement for any reason;  provided,  however,  that the Company's obligation to
allow your continued  participation in the Benefit Plans shall immediately cease
if you secure comparable  benefits from another employer.  If the Company cannot
provide  coverage for you through its employee  benefits plans, the Company will
reimburse you the actual and direct costs of your benefits premiums for benefits
coverage you obtain  elsewhere,  at a coverage  level that is  equivalent to the
coverage that had been  provided to you as a full-time  employee of the Company.
The  Company's  payments on your and your  dependents'  behalf under the Benefit
Plans or as  reimbursement  for other  coverage  after the  termination  of this
Agreement will be considered taxable income to you.

         4. Confidential Information, Company Property and Change in Control:

                  (a)  Confidential  Information:   You  agree  to  continue  to
maintain the confidentiality of all confidential and proprietary  information of
the Company.  Your  continuing  obligations  do not apply to  information  that,
without any breach of your  obligations  to the  Company,  has entered  into the
public domain.  In addition,  you acknowledge your continuing  obligations under
your  Agreement  Not To Reexport  Technology  dated  February 2, 1990, a copy of
which is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

                  (b) Company Property:  As part of this Agreement,  the Company
will  transfer to you ownership of the laptop  computer and cellular  telephones
that were provided by the Company for your use. This property  shall be given to
you without warranty of any kind.

                  (c) Change in Control: Subject to Section 6 of this Agreement,
in the event of a Change of Control (as defined herein) prior to the termination
of this  Agreement,  any  unvested  shares in stock  options that you hold shall
automatically  accelerate and become fully  exercisable on the effective date of
the Change of Control (the  "Acceleration"),  provided  that you first execute a
full  release of any and all  claims you may have  against  the  Company,  which
release shall be in a form acceptable to the Company. Upon the Acceleration, you
shall  have  the  right  to  exercise  all or any  portion  of such  options  in
accordance with your stock option agreements.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if
any unvested shares of the options are not subject to the Acceleration by reason
of Section 6 and this  Agreement has been  terminated,  you shall continue to be
employed as a Part-Time  Employee of the  successor  of the Company at an hourly
rate of two  hundred  dollars  ($200)  for the  period  necessary  to allow  the
remaining  unvested shares to vest in full, but in no event shall such Part-Time
employment  extend  beyond  the  Part-Time  Employment  Period.  As a  Part-Time
Employee of the Company's successor, you agree to make yourself available for up
to ten (10) hours per month to provide advice in any area of your expertise,  as
reasonably  requested by the successor.  For the purposes of this  Agreement,  a
"Change in Control" shall mean any of the following:  (i) if any person (as this
term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934)
becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly,  of fifty percent (50%) or
more  of  the  total  voting  power  represented  by the  Company's  outstanding
securities;  (ii) if the individuals  who, at the beginning of any period of two
(2)  consecutive  years,  constitute  the Board of Directors of the Company (the
"Incumbent  Directors") cease for any reason during such period to constitute at
least a majority of the Board

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of  Directors  (unless  the  election  or the  nomination  for  election  by the
Company's  stockholders  of a Director  first  elected  during  such  period was
approved by the vote of a majority of the Incumbent  Directors,  whereupon  such
Director shall also be classified as an Incumbent  Director);  or (iii) a merger
or  consolidation of the Company with another  corporation  (other than a merger
which would result in the Company's stockholders before the merger continuing to
hold more than fifty  percent  (50%) of the total voting power of the Company or
the entity controlling the Company after the merger).

         5. Stock Options:  Except as otherwise provided herein, vesting of your
current stock options or any other stock compensation award will continue during
the Part-Time Employment Period pursuant to the terms of your grant agreements.

         6. Limitation on Payments:

                  (a) To the extent that any  payments  or  benefits  (including
shares that vest as a result of  accelerated  vesting under Sections 2(d) and/or
4(c))  provided for in this  Agreement or  otherwise  payable to you  constitute
"parachute  payments" within the meaning of Section 280G of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986,  as amended  (the  "Code"),  and, but for this  section,  would be
subject to the excise tax  imposed by Section  4999 of the Code,  the  aggregate
amount of such  payments  and  benefits  shall be reduced  such that the present
value thereof (as determined under the Code and the applicable regulations),  is
equal to 2.99 times your "base amount" (as defined in Section  28OG(b)(3) of the
Code).

                  (b) Within  sixty (60) days after the Change of  Control,  the
Company  shall  notify you in writing if it believes  that any  reduction in the
payments and benefits that would  otherwise be paid or provided to you under the
terms of this  Agreement is required to comply with the provisions of Subsection
6(a). If the Company  determines  that any such  reduction is required,  it will
provide you with copies of the  information  used and  calculations  made by the
Company to  determine  the amount of such  reduction.  If the  Company  gives no
notice to you of a required  reduction as provided in this Subsection  6(b), you
may unilaterally  determine the amount of reduction required,  if any, and, upon
written  notice to the Company,  that amount will be  conclusive  and binding on
both parties.

                  (c)  Within  thirty  (30)  days  after  your  receipt  of  the
Company's  notice  pursuant to Subsection  6(b), you shall notify the Company in
writing if you disagree with the amount of reduction  determined by the Company.
As part of such  notice,  you shall  also  advise  the  Company of the amount of
reduction,  if any, that you have determined,  in good faith, to be necessary to
comply with the  provisions of Subsection  6(a).  Failure by you to provide this
notice  within the time  allowed  will be treated  as  acceptance  by you of the
amount of reduction determined by the Company. If any differences  regarding the
amount of the reduction have not been resolved by mutual  agreement within sixty
(60) days after your  receipt of the  Company's  notice  pursuant to  Subsection
6(b),  the amount of reduction  determined by you will be conclusive and binding
on both parties  unless,  prior to the  expiration of the sixty (60) day period,
the  Company  notifies  you in writing of the  Company's  intention  to have the
matter submitted to arbitration for final and binding  resolution,  and proceeds
to do so promptly. If the Company gives no notice to you of a required reduction
as provided in Subsection  6(b),  you may

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unilaterally  determine  the amount of required  reduction,  if any,  and,  upon
written  notice to the Company,  that amount will be  conclusive  and binding on
both parties.

                  (d) If a reduction in the  payments  and  benefits  that would
otherwise  be paid or  provided  to you  under the  terms of this  Agreement  is
necessary  to comply with the  provisions  of  Subsection  6(a),  so long as the
requirements  of Subsection  6(a) are met, you shall be entitled to select which
payments or benefits will be reduced including, without limitation,  determining
the number of shares  subject to  accelerated  vesting.  To the greatest  extent
permissible under the applicable stock option plan, your grant agreement(s), and
applicable  law, you will continue to vest all shares not subject to accelerated
vesting by virtue of  application of this Section 6, according to their original
vesting  schedule(s).  Within  thirty (30) days after the amount of any required
reduction in payments and benefits is finally  determined in accordance with the
provisions of Subsection 6(c), you will notify the Company in writing  regarding
which  payments or benefits are to be reduced.  If no  notification  is given by
you, the Company will determine which amounts to reduce.  If, as a result of the
reductions  required by  Subsection  6(a),  any amounts  previously  paid to you
exceed the amount to which you are entitled, you will promptly return the excess
amount to the Company.

         7.  Administrative  Assistance:  While this Agreement is in effect, the
Company  will provide you with an office and shared  administrative  assistance,
including secretarial  assistance,  to aid you in the performance of your duties
hereunder; such secretarial services will be provided by Gina Farrugia while she
remains employed by the Company.

         8. Non-Competition, Non-Interference and Non-Disclosure:

                  (a)  You  covenant   and  agree  that  during  the   Part-Time
Employment Period,  unless you first obtain the advance written authorization of
the Company:

                           (i) neither you nor any Executive  Entity (as defined
herein)  will,  anywhere in the Market,  either  directly  or  indirectly,  own,
manage,  operate,  control,  or participate,  whether as a proprietor,  partner,
stockholder,  director,  officer,  "Key Employee" (defined herein to include any
person who is employed in a  management,  executive,  supervisory,  marketing or
sales capacity),  joint venturer,  investor or other participant  (except as the
holder of not more than one percent (1%) of the outstanding  stock of a publicly
held company),  in any business  which competes with the Business  ("Competitive
Business"). For the purposes of this Agreement, "Executive Entity" is defined as
any entity in which you and/or any of your immediate  family members  (including
your spouse,  parents,  siblings or  children) at any time during the  Part-Time
Employment Period: (a) own five percent (5%) or more of the beneficial interest;
or (b) hold five percent (5%) or more of a controlling interest;

                           (ii)  neither  you  nor  any  Executive  Entity  will
directly  or  indirectly  solicit,  or  induce  any  person  who is a  customer,
supplier,  lender, or lessor of the Company, or any other person with a business
relationship  with the  Company,  at any time  during the  Part-Time  Employment
Period,  to  discontinue  or reduce  the  extent of such  relationship  with the
Company; and

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                           (iii) neither you nor any  Executive  Entity will (a)
directly or indirectly recruit,  solicit or otherwise induce any employee of the
Company  to  discontinue  such  employment  with the  Company,  or (b) cause any
Competitive Business to recruit, solicit or induce any person who is employed by
the  Company  during  the  Part-Time   Employment  Period  to  discontinue  such
employment relationship with the Company.

                  (b) For the  purposes of this  Agreement,  (i) the  "Business"
refers to the  business  conducted  by the Company and its  subsidiaries  in the
design and  manufacture of printer  controllers as of the Effective Date hereof,
and (ii) the "Market"  refers to the State of California  and any other State of
the United  States in which a material  amount of Business is  conducted at such
time. For purposes  hereof,  "a material amount of Business" shall mean that ten
percent (10%) or more of the Company's gross sales for the last completed fiscal
year were made from, to or in such State.

         9. Company's Successors:

                  (a) Any successor to the Company  (whether  direct or indirect
and whether by purchase, lease, merger, consolidation, liquidation or otherwise)
to all or  substantially  all of the Company's  business and assets shall assume
the  obligations  under this  Agreement and the Company shall take all necessary
steps to  ensure  that any  successor  shall  agree  expressly  to  perform  the
obligations  under this  Agreement  in the same manner and to the same extent as
the Company  would be required to perform such  obligations  in the absence of a
succession.  As used throughout this Agreement, the term "Company" shall include
any successor to the Company's  business and assets which  executes and delivers
the assumption agreement described in this subsection (a) or which becomes bound
to the terms of this Agreement by operation of law.

                  (b)  Executive's  Successors:  The terms of this Agreement and
all of your rights  hereunder  shall inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable
by,  your  personal  or  legal   representatives,   executors,   administrators,
successors,  heirs, devisees and legatees, except that your duties hereunder may
not be assigned without the written consent of the Company.

         10. Release by Dan Avida:  You acknowledge that you have carefully read
and understand  this Agreement and have been offered the opportunity to consider
this Agreement before signing it. In exchange for the consideration  provided to
you  under  this  Agreement,   including  but  not  limited  to  your  continued
employment,  and except as otherwise set forth in this  Agreement,  you release,
acquit and forever discharge the Company, and its officers,  directors,  agents,
employees, shareholders, successors, assigns and affiliates, of and from any and
all claims, liabilities,  demands, causes of action, costs, expenses,  attorneys
fees,  damages,  obligations  of  every  kind  and  nature,  in law,  equity  or
otherwise,   known  or  unknown,   suspected  or   unsuspected,   disclosed  and
undisclosed, arising out of or in any way related to agreements, events, acts or
conduct at any time  prior to and  including  the date you sign this  Agreement,
including but not limited to all such claims and demands  directly or indirectly
arising out of or in any way connected with or related to your  employment  with
the Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary stated herein, you are not
releasing  any rights under the  Indemnification  Agreement  between you and the
Company dated July 30, 1992 (the "Indemnification  Agreement"),  a copy of which
is  attached  hereto as  Exhibit B and which  shall  continue  in full force and
effect in accordance with its terms.

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                  (a) You acknowledge  that the above waiver and release extends
to any and all claims you may have  under  Title VII of the Civil  Rights Act of
1964,   the  federal   Americans  with   Disabilities   Act  of  1990,  the  Age
Discrimination  in Employment Act of 1967, as amended,  and the California  Fair
Employment  and Housing  Act.  You  acknowledge  that this waiver and release is
knowing and voluntary.  You agree that this waiver and release does not apply to
any rights or claims that may arise after the date you sign this Agreement.  You
acknowledge  that the  consideration  given for this  waiver  and  release is in
addition to anything of value to which you were  already  entitled.  You further
acknowledge  that you have been advised by this  Agreement  that: (i) you should
consult with an attorney  prior to  executing  this  agreement;  (ii) you had at
least twenty-one (21) days within which to consider this Agreement (although you
may choose to execute it earlier);  (iii) you have seven (7) days following your
execution  of this  Agreement in which to revoke this  Agreement;  and (iv) this
Agreement shall not be effective until the revocation period has expired,  which
will be the eighth day after  this  Agreement  is  executed  by you  ("Effective
Date").

         11.  Release  by The  Company:  Except as  otherwise  set forth in this
Agreement, the Company hereby releases,  acquits, and forever discharges you and
your heirs, assigns,  agents,  representatives and attorneys of and from any and
all claims, liabilities,  demands, causes of action, costs, expenses,  attorneys
fees,  damages,  indemnities and  obligations of every kind and nature,  in law,
equity or otherwise, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and
undisclosed, arising out of or in any way related to agreements, events, acts or
conduct at any time prior to and  including  the date the Company  executes this
Agreement, with the exception of any claim arising out of your obligations under
this Agreement,  your proprietary information obligations,  criminal misconduct,
regulatory violations, or fraud.

         12. Section 1542 Waiver: In granting the releases herein, which include
claims that may be unknown to you or the  Company at  present,  both you and the
Company acknowledge that each has read and understands section 1542 of the Civil
Code of the State of California, which reads as follows:

                  A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor
                  does not know or  suspect to exist in his favor at the time of
                  executing  the  release,  which  if  known  by him  must  have
                  materially affected his settlement with the debtor.

Both you and the Company  hereby  expressly  waive and relinquish all rights and
benefits under that section and any law or legal  principle of similar effect in
any jurisdiction  with respect to the release of unknown and unsuspected  claims
granted in this Agreement.  Both you and the Company  acknowledge  that each has
been advised by their counsel of the meaning and  consequences  of Section 1542,
and their waiver of said section is knowing and voluntary.

         11. Binding Arbitration To Resolve Disputes:  In the event of a dispute
concerning application, interpretation or enforcement of any provision or aspect
of this Agreement,  the parties agree that any such dispute shall be resolved by
final and binding confidential  arbitration in lieu of proceeding before a state
or  federal  agency  or court  to the  fullest  extent  permitted  by law.  Such
arbitration will take place in the City and County of San Francisco, California,
and shall be conducted by an arbitrator mutually agreed upon between the parties
from a  panel  of

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arbitrators from JAMS/Endispute. The arbitration will be conducted in accordance
with the JAMS/Endispute rules regarding arbitration for employment disputes then
in effect.  The  parties  further  agree that,  notwithstanding  any rule to the
contrary,  the  Company  shall  pay  the  costs  and  fees  of  the  arbitration
proceeding, including the arbitrator's fees.

         12. Miscellaneous:  This Agreement, including its exhibits, constitutes
the complete, final and exclusive embodiment of the entire agreement between you
and the Company  regarding your employment with the Company.  It is entered into
without reliance on any agreement,  promise or representation,  written or oral,
express  or  implied,  other  than as  expressly  contained  herein.  Except  as
otherwise provided herein, this Agreement wholly replaces and supersedes any and
all agreements,  whether written, oral, express or implied, with respect to your
employment  with  the  Company,  including  but  not  limited  to  that  certain
Employment  Agreement  dated July 17, 1995, and that certain  Amendment No. 1 To
Employment  Agreement  dated October 15, 1995 (both of which are attached hereto
as Exhibit C), which,  as of the  Effective  Date,  shall  terminate and have no
further  force  or  effect.  Notwithstanding  the  preceding  sentence,  nothing
contained in this  Agreement  shall in any way amend,  modify or  supersede  the
provisions of the Indemnification Agreement (Exhibit B) and the Agreement Not To
Reexport  Technology  (Exhibit A), which shall continue in full force and effect
in accordance  with their terms.  This  Agreement may not be modified or amended
except in a  writing  signed by both you and a duly  authorized  officer  of the
Company.  If any  provision  of this  Agreement is  determined  to be invalid or
unenforceable, in whole or in part, this determination will not affect any other
provision of this  Agreement and the provision in question  shall be modified so
as to be rendered enforceable  consistent with the general intent of the parties
insofar as possible. This Agreement will be deemed to have been entered into and
will be  construed  and  enforced  in  accordance  with the laws of the State of
California  as applied to  contracts  made and to be performed  entirely  within
California.

If this letter  correctly sets forth the parties'  agreement,  please sign below
and return a copy to me.

Sincerely,

ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC.

/s/ Guy Gecht
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[Name] Guy Gecht
[Title] Chief Executive Officer


UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED:


/s/ Dan Avida
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Dan Avida

Date:  01/11/00
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Exhibit A - Agreement Not To Reexport Technology

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Exhibit B - Indemnification Agreement
Exhibit C - Employment Agreement and Amendment No. 1

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                                    Exhibit A

                      Agreement Not To Reexport Technology

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                                    Exhibit B

                            Indemnification Agreement

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                                    Exhibit C

                    Employment Agreement and Amendment No. 1


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