I have been using 7 since it came out. I do modeling only and I wonder why I should up to 8. What will 8 do for me that I can't do with my 7? [Non-text...
... I should up to 8. ... 8.x has a lot of new tools I use all the time. I'm mostly a modeler myself. I particularly find the new edge tools and the loop tool...
... Oh how could I have forgotten?? In my current project I used Rounder extensively. I guess I've gotten so used to the new tools now I don't think of it ...
I just read an article in Film & Video that makes some disparaging statements about Lightwave's use on Serenity. (Oct. issue page 6) "Film resolution would...
... Sounds like bull to me, someone I know who worked on it said Maya laughed at them when tried to load the Serenity ship model. The one shot that was done ...
... Ouch! good points though, truthfully so many tools are generally used on productions of this nature. It can go either way -- Rounder Graphics P.O. Box...
IFW2 Textures is now available at v10.0. For all you FPrime users IFW2_Tiles, IFW2_Water and IFW2_Display are available as LW Procedural textures so you can...
... The article you are talking about is 'a little biased'. You might want to hop over to the Spinquad Forums and see the replies to questions on these matters...
... All those "were" free downloads for 7.5. Rounder is about all that comes to mind, but I had issues with the one that came with v8. All of them went away...
... ...and I've had to do print-run resolution stills for large posters in LW (6000x3000). 2GB of RAM seems to cope just fine with that. I really don't...
... I was going to do all the VFX shots for my current project at hi def resolution, but the budget fell through. I did do some tests and it worked fine. It...
... Emile's statement contradicts the above * *The biggest challenge we nailed with LightWave was the look of the renders. We did do some work in mental ray,...
A friend went to Maya from LW... not his decision... and he absolutely LOVES using Maya for character work... hates it for everything else... ;-) Another...
... No, I'd never come across that tidbit. Mind you, I'm a philistine, and still view the special effects in "The Matrix" as better than either of the sequels....
Well... they would tell you that they did (the second and third)... repeatedly... LW_Will ps. I prolly would'a too... ;-) ... [Non-text portions of this...
... have their ... that, and using ... in it's feature ... Lightwave is ... LW for feature ... analysis of ... there..it's pretty ... hard to make ... Well, I...
... Well, 8.0 will crash and do other unexpected things more often and leave you lost as to where everything was moved to. >:) 8.3 on the other hand, is much...
... Indeed 8.3 has been very stable on our Macs especially with our dual 2.5 gig processor G5. I for one am looking forward to a 64 bit version of LW for the...
I too worked on a 3D IMAX film using Lightwave with no problems. Don Neudecker ================================ "Don't touch that squirrel's nuts!" - Will...
We worked with the photoreal digital set Titanic (c. 2.5 million polygons) at 2k resolution with a MUCH OLDER version of LightWave and had NO problems. Maya...
Has anyone had a problem with Lightwave just disappearing? I just reinstalled it and it's happened a few times since then. Last time I wasn't doing anything,...
... I have heard of this but have yet to experience this. Not saying that it couldn't happen just that it hasn't. ... -- Rounder Graphics P.O. Box 441662 ...
That, under WinXP, is called a crash. Since XP doesn't allow programs to crash... it just goes away while working... Isn't that better than the BSoD? ;-) Its...
... So is there a difference between a crash and a "Not Responding"? 'Cause I see that all the time and I can't recall any other program just disappearing...