Inside LightWave v9

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ablan, Dan, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

LightWave 3D.

Computer animation.

Computer graphics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (744 pages)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] New Riders 2007

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

You hold in your hands the best-selling guide to NewTek's LightWave 3D animation software, completely updated for LightWave v9 by award-winning animator and trainer Dan Ablan. Rather than rehash the documentation like other books, this down-to-earth, easy-to-follow guide offers an invaluable set of project tutorials that teach you the ins and outs of LightWave and show you the techniques you need to master this powerful 3D software. Inside LightWave v9's accompanying DVD features hours of high- quality video training tutorials that will help you take the projects in the book to new heights. No other book has taught more LightWave 3D users than Inside LightWave. Featured tutorials cover: Insights into the new LightWave v9 workflow Powerful new surfacing with the Node Editor Character modeling Bones and rigging for character animation Particle animation Hard body and soft body dynamics Rendering concepts with the new Global Render options Advanced camera tools Accompanying DVD-ROM offers hours of unique training videos created just for this book, exclusively from 3DGarage.com (requires QuickTime); a demo of LightWave v9 for Mac OS and Windows; all of the projects from the book; royalty-free textures and reference images; and full-color screenshots from the book!

Contents:

Introduction

LightWave v9 modeler

LightWave v9 layout

Understanding basic textures

Lighting

3D cameras

Principles in motion

Text and logo creation

Modeling still-life objects

Gadget modeling

Character modeling

Node-based texturing

Bones and riggings

Particles in motion

Dynamics in motion

Advanced cameras and rendering

Compositing and postprocessing techniques

Plug-ins and resources

What's on the DVD

Index.

DVD-ROM : hours of additional video tutorials to complement the chapters, exclusively from 3D Garage; high-quality color JPEGs of the book's screen shots; all the scene files for the book's projects and tutorials; a full working demo of LightWave v9 from NewTek; royalty-free textures and backgrounds from 3D Garage.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Contains:

LightWave v9.

ISBN:

9780132704885

0132704889

OCLC:

123904781