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NewTek Ships International Version of the Award Winning TriCaster™.

San Antonio, Texas - July 4, 2005

The portable, affordable Live Production System for mixing of graphics, live & recorded video and computer sources.

NewTek, Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading 3D animation and video products, today announced the shipment of the International version of TriCaster™, a turnkey, portable, live production system that combines the needs of both presentation and video, providing a comprehensive toolset designed to appeal to corporate presenters, educators and media ministry users. This enhanced version enables a wider scope of users to take advantage of the portable live production system having support for NTSC (US), NTSC (Japan), and PAL (Australia/Europe) standards.

"We are very pleased to be able to offer the PAL version of the TriCaster into the Australian and New Zealand markets so soon after the initial launch of the NTSC version" said Darrell Van Der Wolf, National Sales and Marketing Manager of New Magic Australia. New Magic will be shipping the TriCaster from July and will be showcasing TriCaster along with NewTek's VT[4] and LightWave at this years SMPTE exhibition, July 19th - 22nd in Darling Harbour Sydney.

With the newest release, International TriCaster, NewTek has presented users worldwide with the ability to grasp the interactive nature of live production and incorporate this need in the presentation market. The easy-to-use interface of TriCaster is designed without using video jargon, allowing users who aren't video professionals to generate quality live presentations, webcasts and video. Using real-time switching and editing, PowerPoint® support, template driven titles, over 200 transitions and simultaneous distribution to Video, Internet and Projectors, TriCaster combines extensive functionality with portability providing an all-in-one solution for any presentation need.

TriCaster features include:

• iVGA: gives you the functionality of high-end scan converters by allowing you to integrate full motion screens from remotely connected computers.
• Live streaming to the corporate Intranet or the Web without licensing or per-seat fees.
• Keying, to mix your graphics with live video.
• Virtual VCR cues digital video clips and plays them back the instant they are selected for live output, boosting the production value of your presentations.
• XGA projector output ensures that your graphics are presented at the highest possible resolution and that video is up scaled to match.
• Output to video, S-Video or composite
• Archive presentations to hard drive for later playback, editing or on-demand streaming

Pricing and Availability

TriCaster PAL is available now for a suggested retail price of $6995 (Aust$ Inc GST). For more information or to locate a reseller please visit the New Magic website www.newmagic.com.au or call New Magic sales at (02) 9528 4555.

Newtek in Australia and New Zealand

NewTek products proudly distributed in Australia and New Zealand by New Magic Australia.

About New Magic Australia Pty Ltd

About NewTek

With headquarters in San Antonio, Texas, NewTek is a leading provider of full-featured video editing, live production, presentation and visual effects tools including TriCaster™, VT[4]™ and LightWave 3D®. NewTek launched the desktop video revolution in 1990 with the release of the legendary Emmy®-winning Video Toaster®. The company's products are used worldwide on projects ranging from home video to feature film. Recent projects using NewTek production tools include Access Hollywood, Entertainment Tonight, ManiaTV, Battlestar Galactica, Children of Dune and The Final Cut. Clients using NewTek's video production products include In-N-Out Burger, Cracker Barrel, NBC, MTV, Paramount Pictures, Zoic Studios, FEMA, SBC Center, San Antonio Spurs, U.S Navy Reserves, Yale University Medical School and McDonald's.