NewTek Presents Free Product Showcase Events

Tour to Show Cutting-Edge Tools for Video and Graphics Production in 26 Cities

San Antonio, Texas -- September 30, 2002 -- NewTek, Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading 3D animation and video products, today announced the NewTek Product Showcase, an evening event to introduce the latest NewTek technologies for video and graphics production. The tour will present VT[2] and LightWave 3D® [7.5], with a special focus on the recently announced NewTek/eyeon Software bundles of VT[2] and LightWave 3D® with Digital Fusion® 4 and DFX+. The tour will visit 26 cities in North America and Hawaii this fall and winter.

“We think seeing is believing, and you can’t really understand just how amazingly cool the current NewTek product line is by just reading about it, or seeing specs on the internet.” said Tim Jenison, NewTek Founder and Chairman. “That’s why we’re coming to city near you to give you a chance to take a first hand look at incredible products that we make sure you can actually afford – we think you’ll see why NewTek customers become rabid fans.”

Each Event On The NewTek Product Showcase Tour Will Feature:

• Product Demonstrations of the VT[2], LightWave 3D®, and the new VT[2] Graphics Systems, which feature compositing software like eyeon software’s Digital Fusion and DFX+.
  
  
• Practical hints and down to earth advice from product experts on solutions for videographers, animators, and educational professionals.
  
  
• A chance to get questions answered and meet local NewTek authorized dealers
  
  
• Free giveaways
  
  
• And more!

“We just set up a new animation facility,” said Emile Edwin Smith of Zoic FX, in Los Angeles, “And the first thing we bought was sixteen VT®s that we could put on each of our animators’ desks.”

“Going to a VT[2] Demo can be hazardous to your wallet and mind,” said Julian Tamez, of Houston, TX. “You have been fairly warned! I had promised myself to wait before purchasing my second edit suite until NAB. There was an Expo in Houston, where I got the demo of my life. I was truly blown away. I ordered one on the spot.”

Pricing and Availability
The NewTek Product Showcase is a free event with attendance limited to available seating. For further information and to sign up, see http://www.newtek.com/nextdimension/showcase. The NewTek Product Showcase Tour is being held in conjunction with NewTek’s Next Dimension Training Tour, a series of two-day LightWave 3D® training seminars priced at $199.00US, in cities in North America and Hawaii. For further information and to sign up, see http://www.newtek.com/nextdimension (NewTek’s tour page will link to LearnLightWave®.com for registration).

VT[2] MSRP is $2995.00US, LightWave 3D® MSRP is $1595.00US, and Aura Video Paint MSRP is $895.00US. Products are available now at any authorized NewTek reseller. To locate the reseller nearest you, see http://www.newtek.com/dealers/index.html.

VT[2] Graphics Systems including eyeon Software will be available October 1st through NewTek's channel of authorized resellers and distributors worldwide. NewTek and eyeon Software product options include:

• VT[2] Graphics System: Video Edition
  VT[2] with DFX+ and Modules 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7 for $2495US
  
  
• VT[2] Graphics System: Film and High Def Edition
  VT[2] with Digital Fusion 4 and LightWave 3D® for $5995US
  
  
• LightWave 3D® with Digital Fusion 4 for $4995US

Manufacturer’s list pricing for Digital Fusion® 4 is $4,995US full version and $495US for DF4 upgrade from DF 3.1. Price for upgrades to DF4 from DFX+ vary depending on module configuration. Digital Fusion® 4 is expected to ship in October 1, 2002. Please see www.eyeonline.com for more information.

NewTek Product Showcase Tour Schedule:

October
3 Minneapolis
5 Madison
7 Chicago
10 Toronto
12 Detroit
14 Pittsburgh
16 Washington DC
19 Atlanta
22 Dallas
26 Hawaii
30 Austin

November
2 Orlando
4 Miami
7 Birmingham, AL
9 Nashville
12 Richmond, VA
14 Philadelphia
16 New York
19 Boston

December
4 Kansas City
7 Albuquerque
10 San Diego
12 Los Angeles
14 San Francisco
17 Seattle
19 Vancouver

Tour Co-sponsors
eyeon Software is dedicated to providing the best possible solutions for creative desktop visual effects of leading production formats. Drawing upon their expertise in film special effects and commercial broadcast production, the creators at eyeon continue to develop qualitative tools to suit realistic working environments, with outstanding product support at no additional charge.
Website: http://www.eyeonline.com

Worley Laboratories is dedicated to producing advanced software for 3D rendering, and has developed plug-ins such as Sasquatch, a hair and fur rendering system for LightWave®, and the new G2 plug-in which adds amazing new control to lighting and rendering. Tools from Worley Labs are in use at major studios all around the world, and LightWave® [7.5] ships with Sasquatch Lite. For further information see http://www.worley.com.

Dynamic Realities has created such popular tools for LightWave 3D® as Impact (a rigid body dynamics and physics simulation system), Pyro (a flame and smoke simulator), Napalm (an advanced particle system) and Nature FX (which creates oceans, rainbows and other natural phenomena). For further information see http://www.dynamic-realities.com.

Tour Demo Artists
Lee Stranahan has helped thousands of people worldwide learn desktop video and 3D animation for more than a decade. His professional experience includes work as a writer, director, producer, visual effects supervisor, and effects artist. He’s also an award winning photographer and the Editor in Chief of Keyframe magazine.

Larry Schulz is an experienced LightWave® artist and trainer with extensive 3D credits in games, film and television, including work at Foundation Imaging and Netter Digital. Larry is the Director of Distance Learning at FX Academy, and has taught at schools in California and New Mexico.

About NewTek
With headquarters in San Antonio, Texas, NewTek is a leading provider of full-featured video editing, animation and special effects tools including 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.

LightWave 3D® and Digital Fusion Used Together
LightWave 3D® and Digital Fusion have been used together on films and TV shows like Birds Of Prey, Death to Smoochie, Collateral Damage, Star Trek Voyager, Sliders, commercials for Airwalk, On-Star, music videos by Janet Jackson, Backstreet Boys, and Papa Roach.

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VT®, LightWave® and LightWave 3D® are registered trademarks of NewTek. VT-Edit, Aura Video Paint, LightWave® Express, VT-CG, VT-Vision VT-Scope and VT-DRR and SX-8 are trademarks of NewTek, Inc. eyeon Digital Fusion and Digital Fusion are registered trademarks of eyeon Software, Inc. All other products or brand names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.