NewTek Offers Free Training Bundle with LightWave 3D®

Special Includes $1400 Value in Training Materials

San Antonio, Texas -- December 12, 2002 -- NewTek, Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading 3D animation and video products, today announced the LightWave® Holiday Bonus Pack, an offering which provides $1,400 in learning materials free to purchasers of a full commercial license copy of LightWave 3D®. The bundle includes books, DVDs, CDs, a discount on NewTek-sponsored seminars, and magazine subscriptions.

“We're extremely pleased to bring this selection of high-quality educational materials to new LightWave purchasers at no extra charge,“ said Donetta Colboch, Executive Vice President of Marketing for NewTek, Inc. “We like giving an outrageously good value to our customers, and we're ecstatic that these publishers have partnered with us to provide one of the best deals we've ever offered - $1,400 worth of training materials absolutely free.”

"NewTek's LightWave 3D has always been the easiest professional 3D package to use and the quickest for the artist to become productive,” said John Gross, co-founder of EdenFX, of Hollywood, CA. “This offer makes LightWave not only the easiest to use, but the easiest and fastest to learn. What amazes me is that in addition to all the free training materials in this special, NewTek has more than a hundred tutorials on their website and has a presence in user newsgroups and online forums unmatched by any other 3D company. NewTek is clearly committed to helping their end users get the most out of their products, even long after the sale."

Upon registration, eligible LightWave 3D purchasers will be mailed certificates that allow them to receive these training materials, free of charge:

• 1-year subscription to Keyframe Magazine - value $56.00US
• Introduction to LightWave® 3D Courseware by Larry Shultz from FX Academy - value - $900.00US
• Just Animate: Walk Cycles CD Courseware from Lost Pencil - value $29.99US
• Just Animate: Lip Sync CD Courseware from Lost Pencil - value $29.99US
• Inside LightWave® [7] by Dan Ablan - value $59.99US
• Character Animation in LightWave® by Timothy Albee - value $49.95US
• LightWave Model One DVD from Desktop Images - value $59.95US
• LightWave Animate DVD from Desktop Images - value $59.95US
• “ Kick Ass” Logos DVD from Class on Demand - value $39.95US
• LightWave Layout Power Techniques DVD from Class on Demand - value $54.95US
• $25US discount on a NewTek-sponsored Learn LightWave Seminar

Total Value of FREE Learning Tools: $1395.72US

Pricing and Availability
The LightWave® Holiday Bonus Pack offer is available from authorized NewTek resellers in North America from December 12, 2002 to December 31, 2002, at a suggested retail price of $1595US. 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.

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. Recent television and film projects using NewTek software include Firefly, Taken, Smallville, Birds of Prey, Star Trek: Enterprise, We Were Soldiers, Panic Room, Hart’s War, Driven, A.I., Oscar®-nominated Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, Final Fantasy, Blackhawk Down, The Time Machine, Behind Enemy Lines 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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