- LightWave v9.6 released
- Picture of the month
- Evenflcw's LScripts
- WINE Screamernet
- Plugin news: Jovian
- Project news: Nike Sparq
- PSC competition
- NewTek Core
The fifth free upgrade to LightWave v9, implements and resolves more than 625 feature requests and reported issues since v9.5 was released and introduces more than a dozen new features including
"This LightWave update again illustrates NewTek’s ability to quickly provide artists with the latest innovations to stay at the top of their games and do their best work,” said Jay Roth, president 3D division, NewTek. "Now more than ever, LightWave’s many benefits, including the ability to be used in tandem with other applications, make it a necessary part of the pipeline for those doing 3D projects of any kind." LightWave v9.6 is now available for Windows and Mac OS X
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- Larry Vasquez (on several forums)
And Digital Media Net's review is here
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It seemed appropriate to feature not only a great picture full of the joys of the new year, but also one created entirely in LightWave v9.6 by French artist Laurent Rouquette known as Tartiflette on the forums. |
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Dan Dulberger is well-known on the forum for giving advice to people creating scripts. Here he has made some of his own scripts available to the public. I find the ef Multi Service (pictured) one the most useful, but all these scripts are a boon to LightWavers everywhere. |
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As LordTangent himself says in his blog:
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(It's obviously LINUX renderfarm time since Lonnie Waugh has posted his solution for BNR too.) |
| People have been waiting for a modern replacement for Picky, Rahul Powar's excellent color picker plugin for LightWave 6.5 for a long time now. That wait is almost over with Ken Nign's upcoming Jovian. These exclusive shots of the interface don't give you the full information, but this is one plugin that should be in every LightWave user's collection. |
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| Client: Nike Production Co: Oh Hello Creative Director: Dan Brown Producer: Nathan Barr' Music: Matt Hutchinson Lead Designer, Animator: Stephen Fitzgerald |
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It was a really fun spot to make because the only directive was to make the shoes "look good", and beyond that they gave us free reign.
We only had three weeks from concept through delivery, and I was the only guy on the production side, but everything worked so smooth between the client, Oh Hello, and myself, that I didn't even have to pull a single late night.
I definitely credit a lot of that to LightWave for its ease of use.
- Stephen "monovich" Fitzgerald
You can see the spot for yourself here and read more about it here.
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A bit delayed but the PresetCentral competition is now open and the site has received major changes. Visit this thread to see all the details you need to enter the competition, what prizes are on offer (over $1200-worth) and what changes have been made to the site. |
| To see things anew, hunt-and-peck your way from l to below 2. |
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