Bordeaux, France, November 18, 2004 - NewTek Europe has the pleasure of participating in the 2004 e.magiciens event in Valenciennes (45 minutes from Lille and two hours from Paris in the very north of France) the 24-26th of November.

For six years now, the e.magiciens festival has been organised by the Valenciennes Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with the Gobelins School of the Image. This year, this festival dedicated to students, teachers and professionals in the digital world, will play host to LightWave 3D® [8] and Video Toaster [4]™.

This year, NewTek Europe is supplying 25 licences of LightWave 3D [8] for the chained animation and will give the victor of the competition his own complete LightWave 3D [8] licence. We will also be awarding a second licence to one of the students following the projection of the completed short films.

Televised news from e.magiciens, produced using NewTek's Video Toaster [4], will be shown at 1PM and 8PM CET each day of the festival on local TV station Canal Local (http://www.valenciennes.fr/canal/webtv/accueil.asp) and on WebTV from the show floor.

NewTek Europe team members will be pleased to meet you throughout the show and during the special e.magiciens evening sponsored by NewTek Europe that will take place from 10:30PM on the 24th November 2004.

For more information on the e.magiciens event, you can visit http://www.youngcreation.net or call NewTek Europe on +33 (0)557 262 262.

Pricing and Availability

LightWave 3D®[8] for Windows and Macintosh platforms is available through NewTek Europe and its resellers for a suggested retail price of 1,395 euro plus VAT (special offer from October 5^th until December 15^th 2004: 1395 euro inc.VAT/ UK RRP £995 inc.VAT). Current LightWave users may upgrade to LightWave 3D®[8] for a suggested retail price of 495 euro plus VAT/ UK RRP £345. To locate the nearest authorised reseller or distributor, see our locator at http://www.newtek-europe.com/uk/purchase/resellers.html

Video Toaster[4]™ LIVE! which includes the VT-[4] Pro I/O Card, SX-84 and the RS-8 is available now in Europe, Russia, the Middle East and Africa at 5995 Euro plus VAT(UK RRP: £3999 plus VAT). VideoToaster™[4] POST! which includes VT-[4] Pro I/O Card and softwares plus the SDI option is priced at 3995 Euro plus VAT(UK RRP: £2750 plus VAT). VT-[4] Pro I/O Card with softwares, with no LightWave 3D and no SDI option is also available for 3295 Euro plus VAT VAT (UK RRP: £2299 plus VAT). Registered owners of previous versions may purchase an upgrade to Video Toaster™[4] software for 995 Euro plus VAT( UK RRP: £690 plus VAT).For information on your nearest NewTek Europe authorized reseller, see http://www.newtek-europe.com/uk/purchase/resellers.html

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

- LightWave and LightWave 3D are registered trademarks of NewTek.
- VT[4], VT[4] Live, VT[4] Post, VT[3], VT[3] Live, VT[3] Post, VT[2], VT-Edit, Aura Video Paint, LightWave Express, VT-CG, VT-Vision VT-Scope, VT-DDR, Tool Shed, Tool Chest, SX-84, SX-8, RS-8, LScript, Digital Confusion, HyperVoxels, Endomorphs, Intelligentities, Motion Mixer, Morph Mixer, HardFX, SoftFX, ClothFX, MultiMeshes, Particle FX, P.A.V.L.O.V., Skelegons, SkyTracer, and Vmaps are trademarks of NewTek, Inc.
- All other products or brand names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

Press contact:

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

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