FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NewTek Announces Limited Time Offer on LightWave® v9
Bundled with Training Resources

Special program provides a wide variety of content and learning materials with the purchase of LightWave v9 including a book, DVDs, courseware and royalty free content.

San Antonio, TX – February 22, 2007 -- NewTek, Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading 3D animation and video products, today announced the LightWave® v9 Training Bundle, a special offer that provides hundreds of dollars in training materials free with the purchase of LightWave 3D®. By special arrangement with the publishers: 3D Garage, Desktop Images, KURV Studios, Wordware Publishing, and Replica Technology, purchasers of new full or upgrade licenses of LightWave will be eligible to receive a book, 2 training DVDs, getting started courseware and a package of royalty-free content for use with LightWave.

“LightWave v9 is such a powerful and extensive new upgrade, we felt it was time we worked with our partners to offer a training bundle that would get people up and running with the latest version of LightWave quickly,” said Jay Roth, president, NewTek 3D division. “These publishers have developed an extraordinary collection of learning materials that are up-to-date with the latest advancements in the software included our new to be released LightWave v9.2. We are very proud to bring this offer to the market.”

The LightWave v9 Training Bundle includes the following materials:

• Tune Up for LightWave v9 Courseware – 3D Garage
• LightWave v9 Defined DVD – Desktop Images
• Practical Lighting DVD by Nicholas Boughen – Kurv Studios
• Essential LightWave v9 Book by Steve Warner – Wordware Publishing
• The Interior Design Collection Royalty Free Content – Replica Technology

“The advancements in LightWave v9 are nothing short of amazing, with the new node editor and all of the enhancements that have been added to the rendering system, it’s awesome that NewTek is taking this step to help people get familiar and comfortable with the new features faster,” said Dave Jerrard, freelance VFX artist. “Speaking for myself there are so many different ways to learn having the option of manuals, courseware, DVD’s and books to get you going can make a huge difference.”

Pricing and Availability
The LightWave® v9 Training Bundle is available through April 30, 2007 at authorized NewTek resellers in North America for a suggested retail price of $895US. The LightWave v9 Training Bundle includes the LightWave v9 printed documentation set, along with 5 coupons worth hundreds of dollars in FREE training materials. Purchasers will receive the training materials by redeeming the coupons directly with the publishers. Registered owners of LightWave 3D® [8] or earlier are eligible to purchase an upgrade to LightWave v9 for $495US. For more information or to purchase, please visit http://www.newtek.com or call NewTek Sales at 1-800-368-5441, for international inquiries dial +1-210-370-8000. To locate a NewTek Authorized Reseller please visit http://www.newtek.com/dealers.

About NewTek
With headquarters in San Antonio, Texas, NewTek is a leading provider of full-featured video editing, live production, presentation, animation and special effects tools including LightWave 3D®, winner of the 2003 Primetime Emmy® Engineering Award, TriCaster™ and VT[4]™. 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 production tools include Ant Bully, The DaVinci Code, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Serenity, Sin City, Fantastic Four, The 4400, Stargate: SG1, Stargate: Atlantis, Battlestar: Galactica, Prison Break, LOST, CSI, Access Hollywood and Entertainment Tonight, Recent game titles include Shadow of the Colossus, Black, Ridge Racer 6, Burnout Revenge, Driver: Parallel Lines, Quake IV and Heroes of Might and Magic 6. Website: http://www.newtek.com

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