NewTek Announces Release of Aura DV Paint
Real-Time DV Paint and Animation System Available Free For a Limited Time Through NewTek Authorized Resellers

NAB - Las Vegas, NV -- April 8, 2002 -- NewTek, Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading video and 3D animation products, announced the release of Aura DV Paint, a real-time DV paint and animation system. With an extensive set of sophisticated painting and animation tools, Aura DV Paint allows users to paint directly on video in real-time, and edit their creations in real-time on the display of a digital video camera or other video monitor. Aura DV Paint has a retail value of $695, but will be available free of charge for a limited time to consumers who visit an Authorized NewTek Reseller in North America and receive a demonstration of any NewTek product.

Aura DV Paint is a powerful painting, animation and video layering system that can be used for something as simple as adding titles to a video project, or something as complex as complete animated shorts. With more than 100 preset video effects included in the package, users will discover how easy and fun it is to create professional-quality productions complete with titles and sophisticated painted elements.

"NewTek has always been about breaking the rules and giving our customers insane value for their money," said Sebastien Miglio, Aura Video Paint Product Manager. "Now, with this offer to give away this unbelievably powerful video painting and animation tool, everyone can produce video on par with high-end professionals."

Feature Highlights
Aura Video Paint has many features to help the user create stunning animations and computer graphics, including the following:

• Import or Export DV files
• Write directly to the frame buffer on a digital video camera or any other DV device
• More than 100 preset video effects included
• Stroke recorder to animate and reproduce brush strokes over time with support for pressure, size and noise parameters
• Line, spline curve, shape draw with circle, ellipse and rectangle
• Filled or outline drawing
• Excellent control of pen, pencil, colored pencil, chalk, crayon, airbrush, watercolor, gouache and oil painting
• Control pen/brush tip, tension, pressure, size, opacity and more
• Rotoscoping for quick, powerful video painting; draw/paint operations over time and animated video brushes over time
• Drawing tablet support for Wacom® (or compatible) with 256 levels of pressure and speed
• 2400 available image processing/drawing combinations
• Support for Intuos® Tablets includes Multi pen and tool types, finger wheel, air brush, azimuth, attitude, pressure, and direction
• Text tool supports TrueType™ fonts and a wide range of text parameters including rotation, italics, opacity, spacing, border and glow
• Four user-defined color palettes plus unlimited colors and ranges
• Color, chroma, luminance and alpha channel keying
• Time-line based animation and video element editing environment
• Unlimited layers for stills, animation or video
• Resolution independent means any frame rate or size for animation and video
• Fully animated, 32 bit brushes
• Keyframe animation and video, motion blur and opacity
• Move any element in x,y or z heading, pitch or bank space
• Real-time overlay and alpha channels for every graphic layer
• Interactive layer rearrangement
• Photoshop® PSD file format support and full Photoshop filter support

Pricing and Availability
Aura DV Paint will be available beginning April 15, 2002 in North America through NewTek Authorized Resellers and at NewTek-sponsored training and demonstration events. Aura DV Paint has a suggested list price of $695US, but will be available free of charge through September 1, 2002. A list of NewTek Authorized Resellers nationwide is available on NewTek's web site at http://www.newtek.com/dealers.

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. 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. Recent film and television projects using NewTek software include We Were Soldiers, Panic Room, Hart's War, Driven, A.I., Oscar®-nominated Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, Final Fantasy, Blackhawk Down, The Time Machine, Black Knight, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, The 6th Day, Jurassic Park III, Behind Enemy Lines, X-Men The Movie, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Director's Edition DVD, Pitch Black, Dracula 2000, Star Trek: Enterprise, Roughnecks: Starship Troopers, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The X-Files, The Family Guy, Ally McBeal, Dune: The Miniseries, Dawson's Creek and Family Law. Recent game titles include Deus Ex, Serious Sam I and II, Twisted Metal: Black, Civilization III, Unreal, Quake 3 Arena, Moto Racer World Tour, Giants for PS2, Baldur's Gate II, EverQuest, Planescape: Torment, Dead To Rights, and Escape From Monkey Island. Contact NewTek at 5131 Beckwith Blvd, San Antonio, TX, 78249. Phone: 210-370-8000, fax: 210-370-8001, website: http://www.newtek.com.

· LightWave 3D® and VT® are registered trademarks of NewTek.
· VT-Edit, Aura Video Paint, LightWave® Express, VT-CG, VT-Vision, VT-Scope and VT-DDR are trademarks of NewTek, Inc
· Other product names used in this publication are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies.