NewTek Europe is launching a special offer running until the end of 2004.

05^th October 2004, Bordeaux, France:
With LightWave [8], creativity is unleashed and tax free! What would a single price in Europe stand for if all the European users can’t have the same pricing at the computer shop ? With the Euro, trade became easier throughout Europe but the single currency does not take into account the discrepencies in terms of value added taxes. Yet talent has no frontieres so Newtek Europe decided to smooth the differences by offering 3D artists from any country the full version of LightWave [8] for 1395 euro including VAT (£995 including VAT)! Therefore until December the 15^th, 2004 a discount that corresponds to the country VAT will be offered. The new pricing will then be 1395 euro including VAT (£995 including VAT) instead of 1395 euro plus VAT (£995 excluding VAT). Now all 3D users around Europe are on a level playing field when it comes to buying Hollywood’s favorite 3D package.

Low-cost tools provided by NewTek have the broadened the base of those who create broadcast quality video and graphics. Along the way, Newtek has developed a fanatically loyal customer base that continues to look to it for new and innovative products at unmatched prices.

About LightWave 3D^®

NewTek’s LightWave 3D^® is a complete and flexible software solution for 3D graphics and animation. LightWave is the leading 3D graphics tool used in the creation of award-winning feature films, print graphics, video game development, visualization and new media. Off-the-shelf, LightWave comes complete with capabilities such as soft-body dynamics, particles, hair and fur, plus unlimited render nodes, just to name a few. LightWave is everything you need whether you are a hobbyist or a Hollywood animator.

About NewTek and NewTek Europe

Newtek Europe is based near Bordeaux, in South West France and deals with Newtek product distribution, communication and technical maintenance for all customers around Europe, Russia, Africa and the Middle East.

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

Recent television and film projects using LightWave 3D^® include "I, Robot", Spiderman 2, The Manchurian Candidate, Exorcist: The Beginning, Garfield, Hellboy, Van Helsing, Triplets of Belleville, The Last Samurai, Torque, Children of Dune, Battlestar: Galactica, Firefly, Taken, Smallville, Star Trek: Enterprise, Matrix Reloaded, Collateral Damage, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Agent Cody Banks, Daredevil, Spy Kids II, Oscar^®-nominated Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Final Fantasy, Blackhawk Down.

Recent game titles include Doom III, Burnout 3, Unreal Tournament, Serious Sam for XBox, Age of Mythology, Civilization III, Dead to Rights, Baldur's Gate II, EverQuest and Escape From Monkey Island.

Information about LightWave 3D^®:
http://www.newtek-europe.com/uk/products/lightwave/index.html

LightWave 3D^® artists interviews:
http://www.newtek-europe.com/uk/community/lightwave/index.html

LightWave 3D^® Projects List:
http://www.newtek-europe.com/uk/products/lightwave/projects.html

PRESS CONTACT :

Audrey-Jane Belin
Marketing & Communication Department
mail to: aj@newtek-europe.com
Newtek Europe
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FRANCE
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