NewTek Announces Free Seminar:
Using 3D for Illustration and Print Design

Leading Graphic Artists To Provide Training at Two New York Events in November

San Antonio, Texas – November 4, 2003 -- NewTek, Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading 3D animation and video products, in conjunction with co-sponsors New Jersey City University and The Society for Illustrators, today announced a free seminar, "Using 3D for Illustration and Print Design", to be presented in New York City on November 11th ,2003. Presenters at the seminar include graphic artists Henk Dawson, Joe Zeff and William Vaughan. The seminar will be presented twice, first from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM in the auditorium of the Visual Arts Building at the New Jersey City University, 100 Culver Avenue, Jersey City, NJ; second at The Society Of Illustrators, 128 E. 63rd Street (between Lexington and Park), 3rd Floor, New York, NY, doors open at 5:30 PM, seminar from 6:30 – 8:30PM. Door prizes including three copies of LightWave 3D® will be given away at each event. Those who wish to attend may make reservations at the seminar event of their choice at http://www.newtek.com/print/rsvp/.

"We’re seeing a revolution in the making as more and more designers and illustrators add informative and stunningly real 3D graphics to their projects,” said Jim Plant, President and CEO of NewTek. "LightWave 3D is quickly becoming a standard print graphics application, enabling artists to create unique and compelling infographics, and bring vivid realism to projects ranging from magazine covers, to newspaper infographics to product and package shots.”

This special seminar is geared to the graphic design professional who is interested in adding 3D imagery to their print and illustration projects. In the free seminar Dawson, Zeff and Vaughan, professional graphic designers with extensive credits with high profile clients, will show attendees how to build the basic elements, compose the shot, and design the final look to produce compelling print graphics for any purpose. Attendees will learn how to change lighting and position of elements quickly, rapidly prototype package designs and other industrial imagery, add photographic-quality realism to signs, billboards, package shots, charts, graphs, educational diagrams, maps and virtually any work that print and information graphics designers do. For examples of 3D being used in print projects, see http://www.newtek.com/products/lightwave/lw-gallery/thumbnails.php?album=10.

Art directors frequently mistake Joe Zeff's photo-real 3D illustrations for photographs."I often choose to model and render an object rather than photograph it with my digital camera, because the render can be just as convincing and much more flexible. I continue to be amazed at how LightWave 3D allows you to create reality, and then manipulate it any way you please, " said Zeff.

About the Presenters
Henk Dawson started his Seattle, Washington-based illustration and animation business in 1989. Since then, Henk has been working with clients such as Apple, Compuserve, ESPN, Fox Home Network, IBM, Intel, Macworld, Microsoft, Nintendo, Pepsi, and Warner Books. He has received many accolades both for his illustration work and his animation endeavors, and in 1997 was awarded a permanent placement in the California Museum of History and Industry's Digital Imaging Exhibit. Henk teaches at the School of Visual Arts in Seattle; has been a speaker for the 3D Design Conference in Los Angeles, AIGA's Currents Conference; Apple's 1996 Symposium; several Graphic Artists Guild events, and other professional events. For more information see http://www.d3d.com.

Joe Zeff is an award-winning graphic artist who was formerly Graphics Director of Time Magazine and is now a freelance illustrator and the proprietor of Joe Zeff Design, Inc. His work encompasses the full range of print design and information graphics, and his clients include Time, Newsweek, New York, The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, Scientific American, National Geographic and Entertainment Weekly, among others. Joe also provides seminars and training for designers nationwide, and features a brief but very informative guide to 3D for art directors on his web site. For more information see http://www.joezeff.com.

William Vaughan: A recipient of several New Media Addy awards, William Vaughan brings broad-based experience to the position of LightWave Evangelist at NewTek, having done 3D work for print, web, multimedia, games and broadcast. Over the past ten years, Vaughan has established a strong reputation for his award-winning work for clients such as Compaq, New Line Cinema, and Halliburton. He has also worked in the LightWave® community as an instructor at North Harris Community College. Vaughan's other activities in LightWave user education include training companies such as NASA, Fulbright & Jaworski, and KHOU Channel 11, the CBS affiliate in Houston to use LightWave.

Pricing and Availability
LightWave 3D [7.5] is available now for Mac and Windows platforms for $1595US. For more information, to locate a dealer or to order see http://www.newtek.com. The LightWave 3D for Print Special Offer is available now through December 31, 2003 in the USA and Canada for $795US, at NewTek authorized resellers, Apple Stores, and Ingram resellers. Mac OSX platform with USB port required for the special offer. For more information on this special offer, see http://www.newtek.com/print.

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[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.

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