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NewTek to Launch Viewpoint Experience Technology Portal

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Game Developers Conference, San Jose, California, March 22, 2002- Viewpoint Corporation (Nasdaq: VWPT), a world leader in innovative graphics software, and NewTek, Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading 3D animation and video products, today announced their new agreement to co-market and sell Viewpoint Experience Technology (VET) Licenses to leading edge content developers utilizing NewTek's LightWave 3D®.

This agreement, which will be implemented through Viewpoint's Partner Portal Program, offers users of LightWave 3D® access to leading edge Web technology used by companies such as AOL, Ford, Herman Miller, Compaq, Thomasville and dozens more. The NewTek/VET portal site will also serve as an automated license dispenser and a step-by-step guide for VET deployment, allowing NewTek's customers to easily publish digital assets on the Internet, for themselves or their clients.

"NewTek has consistently been at the forefront of high quality digital graphics and we're pleased they chose Viewpoint Experience Technology to carry that quality to the Internet," commented Christian Rogne, Director of Third Party Development for Viewpoint. "Our Partner Portal Program illustrates how Viewpoint's technology scales from our premier client list to small businesses and hobbyists, and LightWave 3D® is a mature 3D solution that cuts right through that demographic."

Including LightWave 3D®, over 30 industry leading authoring applications can already create and export VET content directly. These marketing and sales portals create clearer incentives for tools partners and their customers to understand the strengths of Viewpoint's graphics operating system platform, the Viewpoint Media Player. NewTek joins Right Hemisphere, Okino, Ashlar Vellum, Caligari and SolidWorks in presenting VET Portal solutions directly to their customers.

"There's not much argument that Viewpoint's 3D technology is one of the best looking, most compelling, and most effective uses of 3D on the Web," commented Rob Hoffmann, Director of Marketing for 3D at NewTek. "The VET Partner Portal is a great opportunity to educate our users about the benefits of authoring in LightWave®3D and publishing in VET."

To learn more about how to become a Partner in the Partner Portal Program, send e-mail to partnerportal@viewpoint.com.

About NewTek
With headquarters in San Antonio, Texas, NewTek is a leading provider of full-featured video editing, animation and special effects tools including the VT®, LightWave 3D® and Aura Video Paint. NewTek launched the desktop video revolution in 1990 with the release of the legendary VT®. The company's products are used worldwide on projects ranging from home video to feature film. Visit the NewTek website at http://www.newtek.com.

About Viewpoint
Viewpoint Corporation (Nasdaq: VWPT) is a leading provider of interactive media technologies and services. Its graphics operating system platform, the Viewpoint Media Player, has been licensed by Fortune 500 companies for use in online, offline and embedded applications serving a wide variety of needs, including: business process visualizations, marketing campaigns, rich advertising and product presentations. The Company also provides cross media digital solutions for film, broadcast television and games. Headquartered in New York City, the Company also has offices in London, Los Angeles and Salt Lake City. Visit the Viewpoint Web site at: http://www.viewpoint.com/.

This press release may contain "forward-looking" statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and similar expressions that reflect Viewpoint's current expectations about its future performance, and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause Viewpoint's actual performance to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements. For information about these and other risks, uncertainties and factors, please review the disclosure contained in the Company's filings and reports on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

· LightWave 3D®, VT®, and Aura are trademarks of NewTek.Viewpoint is a registered trademark of Viewpoint Corporation.
· Other product names used in this publication are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies.

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