Thousands of dollars in prizes will be awarded to winning entries in 3D contest
(San Antonio, Texas--June 9, 2008) NewTek, Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading video and 3D animation products, announced today the “Model | Animate | Render” Contest 2008.
The contest involves the use of any version of LightWave 3D®, including the free trial edition (
www.newtek.com/lightwave/lwtrial/), to showcase contestants’ best work with respect to three categories: modeling, animation, and rendering.
“LightWave® users are an extremely talented bunch and we know that they will relish rising to our challenge for this rapid-fire contest,” said Jay Roth, President 3D Division, NewTek, Inc. “I'm really looking forward to seeing some mind-blowing entries.”
Prizes will be awarded to the top four finalists with the grand prize winner receiving a prize package valued at over $2,500US. The contest runs June 6th through July 31st with contest submission beginning on July 1st. Details are available at
www.lightwave3d.com/contest/. Award winners will be announced live on-stage on August 12th at SIGGRAPH in Los Angeles, CA.
Pricing and Availability
LightWave v9 is available starting at $895US. The LightWave v9 upgrade from any previous version is available from $395US. For more information, please visit
NewTek or call NewTek Sales at 1-800-368-5441, international callers dial +1-210-370-8000.
About NewTek
With headquarters in San Antonio, Texas, NewTek is an Emmy® Award-winning and leading provider of full-featured live production, video editing, presentation, animation and special effects tools including 3D Arsenal™, LightWave 3D® and LightWave Rendition™ for Adobe® Photoshop®, TriCaster™, TriCaster PRO™, TriCaster STUDIO™, TriCaster BROADCAST™, VT[5]™, SpeedEDIT™.
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