New Orleans, Louisiana ­-(Jan. 24, 2001 ) -- Turbo Squid Corporation, the world's fastest growing digital asset marketplace, announced an agreement with Genetic Graphics Inc. to offer the entire ShaderBank collection of 4,500 RenderMan shaders on Turbo Squid. Effective immediately, the entire ShaderBank collection including: alien skins, fur, space, rock, cloud, water, wood, glass, metal and cartoon shaders is available on the Turbo Squid system. As a special bonus to Turbo Squid users without RenderMan, each shader is also available as a JPEG image. This allows RenderMan quality textures to be used by products without direct RenderMan support.

"Characteristically, building photo-realistic RenderMan shaders is a time consuming and expensive process," said David Avgikos, President and CEO of Turbo Squid. "The ShaderBank collection will allow film and video animators to shave hours, if not days, off of their project. Priced at less than $10 per shader, these shaders are a creative no-brainer. We are thrilled with the quality and quantity of the collection."

Many feature films, including Star Wars, Toy Story, Jumanji, Jurassic Park and The Matrix were rendered with RenderMan because of its power, flexibility and versatility.

"Turbo Squid is a fantastic solution," Dr. Al Abraham, President and CEO of Genetic Graphics Inc. added, "It provides digital artists with a state-of-the-art digital market that is endorsed by major industry players. We are very impressed with Turbo Squid and can't think of a better digital market for ShaderBank collections. We are confident that this relationship will enable digital artists to produce high-end imagery on time and at a very low cost that fits almost every budget."

Using the Turbo Squid software, which is available free at the company's web site, users can tap into the world's largest single repository of 3D and graphic elements including: 3D models, texture maps, motion capture files, images, shaders and sound files.

About Genetics Graphics

Genetic Graphics was founded in July 1999, as a technology company specializing in rendering software development, shaders, and texture images for use in visual effects production of feature films, television shows, games and web design.

About Turbo Squid

Founded in January 2000, Turbo Squid is dedicated to the management and distribution of digital assets and content. The company's first software release creates a global market for 3D digital assets by allowing individual and corporate users to list and sell their content to users around the world. Turbo Squid is a privately held company based in New Orleans, Louisiana. For more information, please visit www.turbosquid.com.

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