NewTek’s VT[3] Post™ Delivers Both Quality and Features

Post Production Solution Provides Uncompressed Output, Comprehensive
Toolset and Tight Integration with any Production Pipeline

Las Vegas, NV -- NAB -- April 19, 2004 -- NewTek, Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading 3D animation and video products, today announced VT[3]™ Post, at NAB 2004, booth SL5045. VT[3] Post is an integrated production suite designed specifically for the post-production environment, with Uncompressed SDI Input/Output, integrated content capture/playback, LightWave 3D [7.5] and much more.

"We're pleased to bring this new VT[3] suite to our post-production users," said Philip Nelson, Senior Director of Video Marketing at NewTek. "Artists in award-winning visual effects and post production houses and in network and local broadcast production suites all across the country are finding VT[3] helps them meet even the most demanding production deadlines with no limits on creative freedom and no compromises in quality. Our new VT[3] Post puts the options they need into one convenient, integrated offering."

The heart of VT[3] Post is the NewTek VT[3] card and software suite that includes a full version of LightWave [7.5] and Real-Time frame buffer support for most popular paint and compositing packages. VT[3] Post goes beyond simple video editing, though, providing a host of tightly-integrated post-production tools:

• Real-time SDI, Component, Y/C and Composite Input and output
• Intuitive, virtual equipment: monitors, decks, vectorscopes and more
• Frame buffer support for Adobe After Effects, Discreet Combustion/3D Studio Max, Eyeon Digital Fusion and more
• Character Generator
• Automated Audio mixer
• Integrated proc amp controls for each input
• Hundreds of real-time 2D and 3D transitions

"VT[3] has become one screaming finishing machine,” said Emmy Award winner, Tim Johnson of KUTV Ch. 2, Salt Lake City, Utah. "VT[3]’s integration with After Effects and with NewTek’s LightWave 3D provides incredible speed and workflow, and there are a million other things VT[3] can do besides. We've got more expensive systems we can only off-line on, and with VT[3]'s uncompromised uncompressed output we can online edit at pristine quality, with incredible speed and ease. Having VT[3] as the workhorse in our fast-paced broadcast environment enables us focus on what we’re paid to do - being creative."

Pricing and Availability
VT[3] Post is available now in North America, priced at $5,495US and includes the VT[3], an SX-8 Breakout Box and the SDI Option. For information on your nearest NewTek authorized reseller, see http://www.newtek.com/dealers.

About NewTek, Inc.
With headquarters in San Antonio, Texas, NewTek is a leading provider of full-featured video editing, animation and special effects tools including VT[3](TM), and LightWave 3D®, winner of the 2003 Primetime Emmy® Engineering Award. NewTek launched the desktop video revolution in 1990 with the release of the legendary Video Toaster®. The company's products are used worldwide on projects ranging from home video to feature film. Recent television and film projects using NewTek software include The Last Samurai, Threat Matrix, Children of Dune, Firefly, Taken, Smallville, Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek 10: Nemesis, Matrix Reloaded, Collateral Damage, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Agent Cody Banks, Daredevil, Spy Kids II, We Were Soldiers, Panic Room, Hart's War, Driven, A.I., Oscar®-nominated Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Final Fantasy, Blackhawk Down, The Time Machine and Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Director's Edition DVD. Recent game titles include Doom III, Unreal Tournament, Serious Sam for XBox, Age of Mythology, Civilization III, Dead to Rights, Baldur's Gate II, EverQuest and Escape From Monkey Island. Website: http://www.newtek.com.

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