NewTek to Offer Breakthrough Price for 3D Graphics System on HP Workstations

Las Vegas, Nevada -- NewTek, Inc., manufacturer of 3D animation andvideo products, today announced a special offering of NewTek'sLightWave 3D with an Intel Pentium 4-based HP Workstation. From April7th through April 21, 2003, any US customer who purchases an HPWorkstation xw4000, xw5000, xw6000 or xw8000 qualifies to buy LightWavedirect from NewTek for $846. As an example, a customer may purchase thebase model HP Workstation xw4000 and LightWave for $1,595US, which isequal to LightWave's stand-alone retail price.

"By harnessing the power, speed, quality and capability of HPworkstations, we're able to bring to LightWave customers an incrediblevalue," said Michael Kornet, Vice President of Business Development forNewTek, Inc. "Digital content creators in search of a state-of-the-art3D software and system solution with complete support will find thiscombination very compelling."

NewTek's LightWave 3D offers one of the most complete professionaltoolsets in the industry at the most affordable price. Combining astate-of-the-art photo-real renderer with intuitive and powerfulmodeling and animation tools, LightWave is used worldwide for broadcastgraphics, games, print, web, and visual effects for film andtelevision.

"HP is pleased to bring NewTek's award-winning professional 3Dgraphics standard to our workstation customers," said Jim Zafarana,vice-president of marketing for HP's Workstation Business Unit. "HP iscommitted to providing our customers with reliable workstations withthe very best added value in software. Combining LightWave 3D with HPworkstations meets that goal, at an unprecedented savings for ourdigital content creation customers."

LightWave 3D features include:
-World-class rendering
-Fast, versatile Modeler
-Powerful scripting language
-Character Animation tools
-Particle Effects
-Expressions
-Numeric entry (and math in input fields)
-Unlimited points and polygons per object
-Unlimited images
-Unlimited surfaces
-Easy import of Illustrator® data
-Easy integration with other effects production tools.

Pricing and Availability:
LightWave 3D [7.5] is available for $846 with proof of purchase of anHP workstation under the terms of the special offer from NewTek and HP.After purchasing an HP workstation, customers should call NewTek Salesat 1-800-368-5441 (include the HP invoice number) to purchase LightWaveat this special price. For details on this special offer, see www.newtek.com.

About NewTek With headquarters in San Antonio, Texas, NewTekis a leading provider of full-featured video editing, animation andspecial effects tools including Video Toaster, LightWave 3D and AuraVideo PaintT. NewTek launched the desktop video revolution in 1990 withthe release of the legendary Video Toaster. The company's products areused worldwide on projects ranging from home video to feature film.Recent television and film projects using NewTek software includeChildren of Dune, Firefly, Taken,Smallville, Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek 10:Nemesis, Daredevil, Spy Kids II, We WereSoldiers, Panic Room, Hart's War, Driven,A.I., Oscar-nominated Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, FinalFantasy, Blackhawk Down, The Time Machine and StarTrek: The Motion Picture - Director's Edition DVD.