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8 February 2009 PRODUCT: 3D MODELING PRODUCT: WORKSTATIONS NewTek Turns On LightWave 9.6 NewTek released LightWave Version 9.6, a major update to its 3D modeling and animation software featuring increased stabil- ity, hair and fur cloning, nodes, and workfl ow acceleration. LightWave 9.6, the latest free update in the LightWave Version 9 series, boasts improvements to animation, render- ing, and workfl ow. The product also contains FiberFX cloning, for placing multiple instances of hair on an object; layout snap- ping, for quickly connecting one item to another; and automat- ic drag-and-drop fi le loading, for opening an object or scene icon by dropping the icon into the modeler or layout module. All told, more than 625 feature requests and resolutions have been implemented and resolved between LightWave Versions 9.5 and 9.6. A free trial edition of LightWave 9.6 is available by down- load from www.lightwave3d.com/lwtrial. LightWave 9.6 is the fi fth free update in the LightWave Version 9 series for regis- tered users. Version 9 can be purchased for $895. Registered owners of LightWave 3D (Version 8 or earlier) can upgrade for $395. Boxx Technologies rolled out the single-processor 3DBoxx 4850 Extreme Workstation. Powered by new Intel Core i7 technology running at 4 GHz, the 3DBoxx 4850 Extreme is equipped with features such as liquid cooling to withstand the rigors of intense digital content creation workfl ows. Intel Core i7 architecture with DDR3 provides outstand- ing memory bandwidth that allows the 4850 Extreme to rival and often outperform the fastest dual Intel Xeon processor workstations for specifi c 2D compositing and image processing tasks in applications such as Autodesk's Combustion and Adobe's After Effects and Photoshop. With system-integrated design backed by Boxx technical support, the new 4850 Extreme uses the Microsoft Vista 64 operating system and offers digital artists and studios the benefi t of true desktop rendering and multitasking with several creative software applications. The 3DBoxx 4850 Extreme is available now and is priced starting at $4377. Boxx Unwraps Single- Processor Workstation CGW_Half_HOR:CGW_Half_HOR 1/29/09 8:07 AM Page 1