NewTek Announces LightWave^® [8] Training Edition to Provide Over $400 in Free Training Materials

Special Offer Brings Purchasers Six Books, Four Training Videos and "Ghost Warrior" DVD Free with LightWave 3D^®

San Antonio, Texas -- August 17, 2004 -- NewTek, Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading 3D animation and video products, today announced the LightWave^® [8] Training Edition, a special offer that provides over $400 in training materials free to new LightWave 3D^® purchasers. By special arrangement with the publishers New Riders, Wordware Publishing and Kurv Studios, purchasers of new licenses of LightWave will be able to receive six books, four training videos, and the DVD Kaze: Ghost Warrior, which includes extensive extras on how the independent CGI film was produced.

"We're very excited to bring the best in LightWave training to our new users," said Donetta Colboch, Vice President of 3D Marketing for NewTek. "We design LightWave 3D for powerful performance with a fast, easy workflow, and with these free training materials new users can make their investment in the most complete and affordable professional 3D solution productive and profitable in record time."

The LightWave [8] Training Edition training materials include the following books:

• Inside LightWave [8] - Dan Ablan
• LightWave [8] Killer Tips - Dan Ablan & Randy Sharp
• LightWave 3D [8] 1001 Tips & Tricks – With Contributions from 31 Professional Digital Artists
• LightWave 3D [8] Texturing - Leigh van der Byl
• LightWave 3D [8] Lighting - Nicholas Boughen
• CGI Filmmaking: The Creation of Ghost Warrior - Timothy Albee

The following videos round out the selection of training materials:

• Digital Car Series, Vehicle Modeling - Volume 1 - Gerald Abraham
• Digital Car Series, Vehicle Modeling – Volume 2 - Gerald Abraham
• LightWave 3D [8] - Bone Tools - Larry Shultz
• LightWave 3D [8] - IK Booster - Larry Shultz
• Kaze: Ghost Warrior (DVD with extensive extras on production) - Timothy Albee

"NewTek has once again demonstrated their dedication to bringing their users incomparable value," said Rob Powers, of Ignite Digital. "Nothing leverages the power of the individual artist like LightWave 3D, and these training materials can quickly put the new user in command of LightWave and help them to immediately begin bringing their visions to life."

Pricing and Availability
LightWave^® [8] Training Edition Special with Electronic Manual is available now at authorized NewTek resellers worldwide for a suggested retail price of $1595US. The LightWave [8] Training Edition Special includes 3 Coupons for $400 in FREE training materials. Purchasers receive the training materials by redeeming the coupons directly with the publishers. Registered owners of LightWave 3D^® [7.5] or earlier are eligible to purchase an upgrade to LightWave [8] for $495US. To locate the nearest authorized reseller or distributor, see our reseller locater at http://www.newtek.com/dealers. For more information on the items offered and to purchase direct from NewTek, visit: http://www.newtek.com or call NewTek Sales at 1-800-368-5441, overseas callers dial +1-210-370-8000.

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]™, 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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