Boulder, CO - June 19, 2001 - Today Electric Rain, Inc.® announced the release of Swift 3D LW, a plug-in that will allow LightWave 3D users to render 3D scenes directly to a variety of vector-based file formats, including Macromedia® Flash™ (SWF), AI, EPS and the new XML-based SVG.

LightWave 3D is a leading Windows and Macintosh software application for developing high-end 3D design and animation. Electric Rain has leveraged their proprietary vector rendering technology, known as RAViX™ II, to create Swift 3D LW for both Windows and Macintosh platforms.

"LightWave 3D users have been requesting a Macromedia Flash export feature for some time now," said Brad Peebler, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for NewTek. "We are excited that Electric Rain is delivering this Swift 3D LW solution. Our users will really appreciate the broad spectrum of vector output options as well as the optimized files."

Swift 3D LW renders 3D scenes with exceptionally high accuracy, while staying true to colors, lighting schemes, camera views and animations. RAViX II renders up to 10x faster than other 3D-to-vector rendering products on the market. Swift 3D LW supports an extensive array of rendering options including 3 levels of outlines, 5 levels of cartoon shading, 2 levels of gradient shading, plus shadows, specular highlights, and a full previewer window that allows users to see the results of each rendered frame. Swift 3D LW is able to handle models containing well over 200,000 polygons, including complex intersecting and self-intersecting objects. The resulting files are fully optimized so users do not have to rely on outside applications (i.e. Macromedia Flash) to perform the optimization that competitive products require.

"Macromedia is excited to see yet another quality 3D solution from Electric Rain," said Jeremy Clark, Flash Product Manager at Macromedia. "The Swift 3D standalone application has served as a complementary tool to Macromedia Flash for over a year now, and Electric Rain Swift 3D LW plug-in will only further extend the power of Flash by allowing high-end 3D designers to render directly to the Macromedia Flash (SWF) file format."

Swift 3D LW is built around Electric Rain's core rendering technology, RAViX II, which converts 3D models into vector-based 2D files. The most recent version that powers Swift 3D LW touts significant improvements in both rendering speed and file size over the first generation RAViX. In addition, the spectrum of output formats has been broadened to provide the widest variety of vector artwork available in any 3D-to-vector product.

"We're very happy with the way RAViX II turned out," commented Mike Soucie, President of Electric Rain, Inc. "Our first-generation vector rendering technology built into Swift 3D v1.0 set the initial industry standard for accuracy, speed and power. RAViX II raises that standard to a whole new level. In building the Swift 3D LW plug-in, we now offer the highest quality vector rendering to LightWave designers needing to re-purpose their 3D content to the web or print."

Swift 3D LW is available on the Windows and Macintosh platforms and is compatible with LightWave 3D versions 6.5 and above. The SRP for Swift 3D LW is $295 USD, and it is currently available from the Electric Rain Web site at www.erain.com. For more information on Swift 3D LW or RAViX II vector rendering technology, please call Electric Rain at 1-888-613-1500.

About Electric Rain, Inc.
Electric Rain, Inc. is a fast moving 3D and multimedia software company with a vision of bringing easy-to-use 3D and multimedia tools to the masses. Through the release of its stand-alone application, Swift 3D v1.0, and the company's proprietary RAViX rendering technology, Electric Rain has quickly become the industry leading developer and supplier of 3D to vector solutions. The company is located at the base of the Flatirons in Boulder, Colorado. More information about Electric Rain and its products and technologies is available at www.erain.com.

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For More Information Contact:
Ed Wunsch - Electric Rain, Inc.
P (303) 543-8233
F (303) 543-8225
E ewunsch@erain.com