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>>So, here it is, Monday morning and I haven't seen any posts yet from the
>>people who went to NAB

If you'd like to see all the press releases handed out by NewTek, here
they are.  I laboriously entered these by copying them from the floppy
disk that NewTek handed out during the press conference, so you
better be really, really grateful to me.  ;-)

The headlines of the seven press releases are:

NewTek Ships LightWave 3D for Windows

NewTek, Inc., Announces Portable Video Toaster for Windows

NewTek, Inc. Announces Agreement with Elastic Reality

Syndesis Licenses LightWave Plug-Ins, Reveals Plug-In Product

Interplay Productions Adopts LightWave 3D for Video Game Development

Will Vinton Studios Adds LightWave 3D

Xaos Tools Inc. and NewTek, Inc. enter into distribution relationship

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For Immediate Release

Contact:    Donetta Colboch                International Inquiries:
        [phone]                Scott McCallum
                                [phone]

NewTek Ships LightWave 3D for Windows

April 9, 1995, NAB=A5NewTek Inc., creator of the popular Video Toaster
desktop video system, today announced that LightWave 3D for Windows
and Windows NT, on Intel, DEC Alpha, and MIPS systems will begin
shipping on Wednesday, April 11, 1995. LightWave 3D for Windows is
priced at $995.00.

LightWave has one of the largest established user bases of any 3D
package, with tens of thousands of systems in place today. It has
been used on TV shows such as seaQuest DSV, Babylon 5, Star Trek:
Voyager, Robocop, Viper, Unsolved Mysteries, and Weird Science to
produce the final "on air" effects. Babylon 5 won an Emmy for its
LightWave-produced graphics. The Video Toaster won an Emmy due in
part to the LightWave 3D animation system.

"LightWave has been tested for years by the toughest audience we
know=A5Hollywood special effects animators and artists," said Brad
Peebler, NewTek's Product Manager for the LightWave 3D Group.

Chief among the new features:

=9D    Plug-in software architecture that will allow third-party
developers and programmers to write their own special-purpose
mini-applications that run within LightWave.

=9D    HIIP, a Hardware, Independent Image Protocol, licensed from
Elastic Reality for automatic support of multiple image file formats.

=9D    Pennello, animated brush effects from XAOS Tools.

The full feature list for LightWave 3D for Windows is lengthy,
including skeletal manipulation (bones), inverse kinematics,
cross-platform support, extensive image mapping, object mapping,
shadow mapping, a vast array of lens flare effects, variable output
resolutions, adjustable antialiasing, and more.

LightWave Modeler will also feature multiple levels of Undo and Redo,
the much touted Metaform which allows for the creation of organic and
aerodynamic objects from simple shapes, Boolean drilling functions,
and built-in translation of metric and English measurements.

LightWave sports full cross-compatibility of its support files. This
allows LightWave users to bring scenes, objects, textures and other
related files from one platform to another without the hassle of
format conversion. =95Our customers love LightWave's interface,=A2 says
Peebler. =95Cross-platform compatibility means that a user can sit down
at any computer and be able to use LightWave.=A2

NewTek will be demonstrating LightWave 3D and the Video Toaster for
Windows April 10-13 in the Las Vegas Convention Center Booth #15171
and in the Video Toaster User Pavilion in the Multimedia hall.


For more information on LightWave and other NewTek products call
Customer Service at 1-800-847- 6111.

###


For Immediate Release


Contacts: Donetta Colboch                International Inquiries
            913-228-8000                Scott McCallum
                                913-228-8000

NewTek, Inc., Announces Portable Video Toaster for Windows

April 9, 1995, NAB Las Vegas=A5NewTek Inc., today announced a portable,
standalone Video Toaster for Windows NT and Windows 95. NewTek is
known for developing the Emmy Award-winning Video Toaster, the
product that launched the desktop video industry.

=95The original Video Toaster established itself as the standard for
desktop-based video production," said Tim Jenison, inventor of the
Toaster and president of NewTek. "With the Video Toaster for Windows,
we're opening our doors to millions of Windows-based video producers."
The new Video Toaster utilizes NewTek's proprietary video compression
technique, VTASC, for real-time recording, playback, and non- linear
editing. The unit features a built-in time base corrector and utilizes
off-the-shelf computer hard drives for recording video. In addition,
you can work with a total of 8 tracks of 16-bit, CD-quality audio.
The Video Toaster serves as both a Record Deck in the field and an A/B
Roll Edit System in the studio.

The original Toaster is known for its video effects, color processing,
character generation, paint, and 3D graphics. It changed the face of
the video industry by being the first video device to incorporate all
of the major production tools in one box at an incredibly affordable
price. With the standalone Toaster, NewTek has added non-linear
editing, CD-quality audio, and portability to the equation. Now you
can record video, capture freeze frames, add titles, design graphics,
edit scenes, insert 3D animations, and put together a complete video
program using a single, sensible "drag and drop" interface.

Pricing for the standalone Video Toaster begins at $7995.00, and the
system is expected ship in the third quarter of 1995. A professional
model, which includes a built-in control module with 5.6" LCD monitor
screen and front panel buttons, will also be available for $9995.00.
Both models ship complete with the ability to run Video Toaster
software when connected to any computer running Windows NT or Windows
95. In the field, the professional model can be operated entirely from
its front panel LCD controls. It can even perform basic editing on
the fly.

The control panel with the LCD monitor was added primarily for=7F
electronic news gathering and electronic field production users, "But
everyone will love it," says Jenison. "It's very sharp and clear. You
can shoot and play back anywhere, anytime, without the need to be
hooked up to a computer." In the field, this will allow the cameraman
to control the Toaster via his camera cable. During the ride home from
the shoot, the producer can review the footage on the LCD front panel
button. Back at the studio, the editor can control the entire system
via SCSI cable control from any Windows NT or Windows 95-based PC.

"Over the last few years, we've had thousands and thousands of people
beg us to release the Video Toaster for other computer platforms,"
said Donetta Colboch, NewTek's Director of Marketing. "Now, the=7F
world's most popular and affordable video production system is
available for the world's most widely-used personal computers. We
listened to their requests, then we added a digital disk recorder and
audio DSP (digital signal processing) system." The system has also
been given new versatility. "You can record and play back at the same
time, so it's a natural as a commercial insertion system or for the
new cable-on- demand providers."

Video Toaster for Windows includes the tremendously-popular graphics
package LightWave 3D, a full- featured 3D animation system renowned
for its easy to use interface and powerful features. The new Toaster
can even function as the animation recorder for LightWave so that
artists can create flying logos, animated spots, scrolling credits,
and more, direct to disk, with the ability to play them back
immediately.

NewTek has given careful consideration to its existing user base. The
heart of the new Video Toaster is the Flyer non-linear editing
hardware. The Flyer's operating system has been completely rewritten
to act as the brain of the new Toaster. At the same time it remains
fully compatible with the current Flyer hardware, which will allow
Video Toaster Flyer owners to convert their present Video Toaster
system into the new Video Toaster easily. The new Toaster not only
works with Windows NT but also with present Amiga Toaster systems.

NewTek will make available a Video Toaster Bay (essentially the new
Video Toaster package minus the Flyer) to current owners so they may
enjoy the expanded capabilities of the portable system while
retaining all of the abilities of their current system. The cost of
the Video Toaster Bay for current Flyer users will be $2995.00. The
professional version will be $4995.00.

NewTek will be demonstrating Video Toaster for Windows and LightWave
3D at the NAB Convention April 10-13 in the Las Vegas Convention
Center, Booth #15171 and in the Video Toaster User Pavilion in the
Multimedia hall.

For more information contact NewTek Inc., customer service at
1-800-847-6111.

###

For Immediate Release


Contacts:    Donetta Colboch            Elastic Reality, Inc.
        [phone]            McLean Public Relations            =09
                Jill D. Ryan =09
                            [phone]
            =09
                            Elastic Reality, Inc.
                            Technical Information
                            Perry Kivolowitz
                            [phone]
        =09

NewTek, Inc. Announces Agreement with Elastic Reality
"HIIP" Host Independent Imaging Protocol will be included with
 LightWave 3D Multi-Platform and Video Toaster System 4.0

March 18, 1995 Topeka, KS--NewTek, Inc today announced that they have
licensed the Host Independent Imaging Protocol (HIIP) from Elastic
Reality, Inc. for inclusion in NewTek's Emmy award winning Video
Toaster and LightWave 3D products. As a result of this license, Video
Toaster and LightWave 3D users will have seamless connectivity to the
most important image file formats in the film, television and
multimedia industries.

HIIP is a single unified programmer's library which hides from view
all of the complexities associated with supporting a large number of
image file formats across multiple computer platforms.

Users of LightWave 3D and Video Toaster System 4.0 will benefit from
HIIP's automatic file format detection which frees users from having
to remember an image's format or having to adhere to a rigid file
naming convention. HIIP's flexible sizing and color space conversion
capabilities give NewTek customers the creative freedom to be able to
always use the right image for any desired purpose.

"Being available for the Silicon Graphics, Windows, Macintosh and
Amiga platforms, HIIP provides a universal link between the growing
number of platforms supported by LightWave 3D" said Arnie Cachelin,
Director of the LightWave Plug-In group. "There was a natural fit....
Elastic Reality's HIIP code had all the right handles to easily plug=7F
in to LightWave's open architecture." continued Cachelin.

HIIP's inclusion in the Toaster System 4.0 software allows Switcher,
ToasterPaint and ToasterCG to make use of images in more than 20
formats including:  JPEG, PICT, Alias, Wavefront, Targa, SGI, TIF and
Cineon.

NewTek will be demonstrating LightWave 3D, Video Toaster System 4.0
along with HIIP technology at the National Association of
Broadcasters Convention, April 10-13 in the Las Vegas Convention
Center Booth #15171 and in the Video Toaster User Pavilion in the
Multimedia hall.

Elastic Reality Inc., recently merged with Avid Technology, Inc., is
best known for its namesake product, the multiple-award winning
Elastic Reality special effects system. Widely adopted among high-end
post- production users, Elastic Reality special effects have been
featured in such recent productions as Forrest Gump, Stargate, Star
Trek: Generations, and Tank Girl. Elastic Reality will be showing
their complete line of imaging solutions for the Silicon Graphics,
Windows and Macintosh platforms in the Multimedia hall at the NAB '95
convention in Booth 1220.

For more information contact NewTek, Inc. customer service at
1-800-847-6111 or Elastic Reality at [phone].

xxx

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:

Tanya Murray
Syndesis Corporation
[phone]

Syndesis Licenses LightWave Plug-Ins, Reveals Plug-In Product

NAB 1995 - LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - April 10, 1995 - Syndesis Corporation
announces the licensing of InterChange=93 translation technology to
NewTek for its LightWave modeling and animation software.

InterChange is a Microsoft=95 Windows=93 application that translates
between more than twenty 3D file formats, including Wavefront=93,
Autodesk=95 3D Studio=95, AutoCAD DXF=93 and many others.

InterChange's Wavefront, 3D Studio and AutoCAD DXF Converters have
been adapted to LightWave's new plug-in standard, meaning artists can
load and save these file formats from within LightWave's own
interface.

These plug-ins will be part of LightWave on the Intel, Alpha, MIPS
and Silicon Graphics platforms.

"LightWave's new plug-in technology is unprecedented.  With the same
source code, we can create a plug-in that works on four different
platforms," according to Syndesis president John Foust.

With the release of the next version of InterChange, Syndesis will
include a special program that connects the entire functionality of
InterChange to LightWave's plug-in system.  If the user owns both
InterChange and LightWave, suddenly LightWave will be able to load
and save more than thirty 3D file formats.

Syndesis's plug-ins for LightWave are the first commercial products to
ship for this new standard for 3D expansion.  Syndesis was the first
third-party company to support the 3D Studio file format on any
platform, when its translator was included with LightWave for the
NewTek Video Toaster in 1991.

Syndesis Corporation has been making quality tools for 3D artists
since 1987, including InterChange translation software and the
Syndesis 3D-ROM=93 collections of 3D models on CDROM.

- 30 -

InterChange and Syndesis 3D-ROM are trademarks of Syndesis Corporation.
All other marks belong to their respective companies.

###

For Immediate Release


Contacts:    Donetta Colboch                Rob Nesler
        [phone]                Interplay Productions=09
                                [phone]


March 1, 1995 Topeka, KS--Interplay Productions today announced that
NewTek's LightWave 3D has become a critical component in their 3D
animation system for video game development. Interplay is known for
the development and distribution of games such as Star Trek 25th
Anniversary and Descent.

"After evaluating LightWave 3D, we realized just how much we could
improve our productivity. We were surprised at how quickly our
animators were able to learn the system," said Rob Nesler Art Director
of 3D Technologies for Interplay Productions. "Within a couple of
days the guys were making some really impressive images."

"NewTek Inc. is excited about the game market," said Brad Peebler,
Product Manager of the LightWave Group. "We're to talking to a lot of
game manufacturers about their participation in designing custom
plug-in tools. These plug-ins will make it a whole lot easier to
produce games."

"With LightWave's plug-in architecture, new features will be a snap,"
said Arnie Cachelin, Director of Plug-ins for the LightWave Group. "I
look forward to working with all our game company developers to
create new features tailored to the game market."=7F

Other game companies who have started using LightWave include Westwood
Studios, Origin Games, Merit Software and Blue Sky Sega. Many
companies are seeing the obvious advantages of the LightWave system:
an efficient polygonal modeler, support of multiple-sided polygons, up
to 65,000 points per polygon, the new Metaform tool that allows you
to create high-resolution objects for 2D artwork while keeping a
low-resolution cage for the real-time 3D game play, easy texture
mapping, and wide variety of output formats.

NewTek will be demonstrating LightWave 3D and the Video Toaster for
Windows April 10-13 in the Las Vegas Convention Center Booth #15171
and in the Video Toaster User Pavilion in the Multimedia hall.

For more information on LightWave contact NewTek, Inc. customer
service at 1-800-847-6111.

###

For Immediate Release


Contacts:    Donetta Colboch                Steve Carpenter
        [phone]                Will Vinton Studios
                                [phone]=09
    =09
Will Vinton Studios Adds LightWave 3D

April 9, 1995, NAB=A5Will Vinton Studios, famous for Claymation" and
great performances by dimensionally-animated characters for
advertising, television, and film, has added LightWave 3D to their
arsenal of computer animation tools.

"Will Vinton Studios has always been committed to the long-term goal
of developing cutting-edge entertainment using the best tools
available," said Will Vinton, Chairman and CEO of Will Vinton
Studios.  The Portland, Oregon-based studio that bears his name is
dedicated to breaking new ground in dimensional animation. "We've
been watching LightWave closely. We are continually advancing our
techniques. The possibilities of computer animation are limited only
by our imaginations.

"We were thrilled Will Vinton Studios selected LightWave 3D," said
Brad Peebler, Product Manager of the LightWave Group.  "The addition
of plug-in architecture to LightWave 3D means that new character
animation tools and techniques can be added as if they were part of
the original system. The tremendously easy-to-use look and feel of
our system will be maintained, while the power of professional
animation will be at everyone's fingertips."

"With the support of Will Vinton Studios and our third-party
developers, the power to create realistic animation will be available
to everyone ," said Arnie Cachelin, Director of Plug-ins for the
LightWave Group. "LightWave has matured so quickly that we expect over
a dozen plug-in applications to join the current selection by the end
of summer."=7F

LightWave 3D 4.0 features cross-platform support for the Amiga,
Windows PCs, and the SGI or DEC Alpha. This means that an animator
working at home on his Amiga or PC can bring that work to the office
and continue with it on the SGI there, thus allowing the creative
process to continue beyond the typical workday. For high-quality
character animation, LightWave offers a skeletal system called Bones,
inverse kinematics, object morphing, displacement mapping, front
projection mapping, and many other cinematic features not found in
other 3D packages.

NewTek will be demonstrating LightWave and Video Toaster for Windows
at the NAB Convention April 10-13 in the Las Vegas Convention Center
Booth #15171 and in the Video Toaster User Pavilion in the
Multimedia  hall.

For more information contact NewTek, Inc., customer service at
1-800-847-6111.

Claymation is a registered trademark of Will Vinton Studios, Inc.

###

For Immediate Release


Contact:    Donetta Colboch            Authur Schwartzberg    =7F
        [phone]            Xaos Tools, Inc.
                            [phone]
        =09

        International Inquiries:
        Scott McCallum
        [phone]=7F


Xaos Tools Inc. and NewTek, Inc.
Two of the industry's most creative companies enter into
technology and distribution relationship

April 9, 1995, NAB, Las Vegas:  NewTek, Inc. and Xaos Tools have
jointly announced both a technology bundling and a distribution
relationship. NewTek will bundle Xaos Tools' "Pennello" animated
brushing technology into the new multi-platform version of LightWave
3D available for Windows and Windows NT on Intel, DEC Alpha and MIPS
based systems, as well as the Amiga. In addition, Xaos Tools will be
the worldwide exclusive distributor of NewTek's LightWave 3D animation
system on the Silicon Graphics platform.

Both companies are recognized for cutting edge technology; NewTek for
laying the foundation for the desktop video revolution, and Xaos
Tools for leading the high-end in image processing technology and
digital media content creation tools.

According to NewTek President Tim Jenison, "Xaos Tools provides two
critical elements. First, Xaos Tools will provide a constant stream
of creative tools that will  significantly enhance all of our
technology, beginning with the Pennello engine built into LightWave.
Second, they have dramatic marketing and distribution plans unfolding
in the SGI marketplace, which will let us penetrate that market while
we focus and keep our eye on the PC market."

LightWave for the SGI is anticipated to ship by May 31st, and Xaos
Tools will be offering LightWave on the SGI for the Suggested List
Price of $1995. As an introductory offer, LightWave can be purchased
from Xaos Tools up until May 31, 1995 for $995.

"LightWave is an incredible 3D animation system, robust and renowned,
and we anticipate quickly taking over a large portion of the SGI 3D
animation marketplace. Unlike any other 3D system on the SGI, it also
runs on a PC, with an identical user interface, an incredible
advantage, and it's only $1995," commented Arthur Schwartzberg, Xaos
Tools' Chairman. He continued, "Faced with a choice, users will buy
LightWave. Combine this with  Pandemonium's animated image processing
and nTITLE's text and 2D animation, and the offering is unbeatable."

The relationship with Xaos Tools will allow NewTek to provide
cutting-edge image processing capabilities to the PC desktop video
market unavailable on any other PC based system: "We have long sought
the perfect opportunity to bring the unique capabilities of Xaos Tools
together with the power of NewTek's desktop video products," said
Jenison. "Now, that we are bringing the complete line of NewTek
products to the SGI and PC marketplace the timing could not be
better."

NewTek will be demonstrating LightWave 3D and Video Toaster System for
Windows at the National Association of Broadcasters Convention, April
10-13 in the Las Vegas Convention Center Booth #15171 and in the
Video Toaster User Pavilion in the Multimedia hall.

For more information contact NewTek, Inc. customer service at
1-800-847-6111 or Xaos Tools Inc. at [phone].

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