LightWave® v9 is
the perfect combination of power, speed and value. Long considered one of
the easiest 3D animation
systems to learn and use, LightWave 3D® is versatile enough for any application from award-winning visual effects to stunning hi-res print graphics, dynamic video games, powerful motion graphics and more. LightWave offers modeling, animation, dynamics, volumetric rendering, particle effects and a motion picture quality rendering engine with unlimited render nodes making LightWave
the centerpiece of
the most cost effective 3D production pipelines in
the world.
LightWave 3D is a
complete solution right out of
the box that includes three different operating
systems to meet your particular production requirements: Windows® 32-bit, Windows 64-bit and Macintosh®. LightWave for each operating
system comes with unlimited render nodes. LightWave also supports
the latest generation of dual-core and multi-core processor
systems at no additional cost.
LightWave v9 introduces new interface paradigms, such as a Node Editor for materials and surfaces, volumetric lights, and displacements. Exciting new physically correct cameras have been added, allowing artists to recreate any real world camera lens, and have footage rendered in LightWave match real world photography (a must for compositing CGI and real footage toge
ther).
These cameras can also be extended into
the hyper-real, or even bizarre, as any mesh object can itself be made into a camera and record a scene.
The possibilities are limitless.
New techniques for displacement mapping, and support for ZBrush® displacements have been added. New shading models, such as Blinn, Oren- Nayar, and Ambient Occlusion now allow for a tremendous versatility for artists no longer bound by
the original shading model in previous versions of LightWave. Of particular note are
the new shaders for sub-surface scattering, anisotropic specular and refl ection shaders (which allow for hromatic aberration), easy to use and offering a spectacular visual impact.
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