NewTek LightWave 3D V9 (Academic - Per Additional Seat)

 
NewTek LightWave 3D V9 (Academic - Per Additional Seat)
 
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General Description

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

All LightWave users have the opportunity to join the HardCORE™ team. Those new to LightWave or purchasing LightWave v9 upgrades will receive a one-year membership with their purchase.

Features

  • Rendering:
    • Adaptive Subdivision
    • Node Editor
    • Node based Displacement
    • Advanced Camera Tools
    • Timewarp
    • CCTV
    • HV Deformer
    • Stress Map
    • Sketch
    • Dissolve Ray
    • Z-buffer improvements
    • Realistic Fog
    • “Unaffected by Object” Alpha Channel mode
    • Dynamics Improvements
    • ParticleFX Improvements
    • Hypervoxels Improvements
    • IK Booster
    • Pixie Dust
  • Animation & Character Animation:
    • Relativity 2
    • Sticky
    • Proximity
    • Quaternion Rotations
    • Align to Path
  • User Interface / Workflow Improvement:
    • Mesh Editing
    • List Manager
    • OpenGL Improvements
    • UI Configuration
    • Visor
    • File Format Support: Tiff importer
    • Configuration Files
    • Layout General and Display Options
    • New Render Status Panel
    • Render Globals
    • Deformation Evaluation Order Controls
    • Load-From-Scene System Redesigned
    • Scene Loading
  • Modeller:
    • Redesigned Subdivision Surface Core Engine
    • Implementation of Catmull-Clark Subdivision Surfaces in Modeler
    • Edge Selection (throughout Modeler)
    • Edge Weights
    • Multishift now operates across multiple layers
  • New Modeler Tool:
    • Center Pivot
    • G-Toggle
    • Set Sharpness
    • Multishift
  • New LScripts:
    • Flip it/ Flip it fast
    • Absolute Measure
    • CutSwapPaste/ CopySwapPaste
    • Mirror X / Mirror Y / Mirror Z

Specifications

File Compatibility
Import Formats: dxf, obj, 3ds, lwo, ai, eps
Export Formats: obj, 3ds, lwo, dxf, w3d, *Any other files may be imported or exported by using a 3rd party translator
3D Render Formats —Still Image:
  • Alias (als)
  • BMP 24/32-bit (bmp)
  • Cineon FP (cin)
  • JPEG (jpg)
  • PCX (pcx)
  • PICT 24/32-bit (pct)
  • PNG 24/32-bit (png)
  • Photoshop 24/32-bit (psd)
  • RLA 24/32-bit (rla)
  • Deluxe RLA (rla)
  • Radiance (hdr)
  • SGI 24/32/48/64-bit (rgb)
  • Sun 24/32-bit (ras)
  • TGA 24/32-bit (.ga)
  • TIFF 24/32-bit, LogLuv (tif)
  • VPB (ypb)
  • YUV (yuv)
  • Flexible Format (.lx)
  • IFF ILBM/ILBM 32-bit (iff)
3D Render Formats —Animation:
  • 4X Storyboard
  • AVI & DirectShow (.avi)
  • Film Expand
  • QuickTime, QuickTime VR, & QuickTime Stereo (.mov)
  • Storyboard
  • Flexible Float & Flexible Integer (.flx)

General Requirements
System RAM: 512 MB minimum requirement, 1 GB recommended
Minimum Screen Resolution: 1024x768 minimum, 1280x1024 recommended
Hard Drive Space: 230 MB for program installation (not including content)
Graphics Card: nVidia FX 5200 series (minimum), ATIFireGL V 5100 (minimum
Graphics support: Full OpenGL (OpenGL 2.0 support, or ARB_shading_language_100 OpenGL extension in earlier versions, required to use GLSL features)
Driver: Latest from chipset manufacturer
Dedicated Video RAM: 64 MB per display minimum requirement, 128 MB recommended

System Requirements
Windows® 32 bit:
  • Operating System: Windows® XP
  • Processor: Intel® or AMD
Windows® 64 bit:
  • Operating System: Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition
  • Processor: Intel® EM64T or AMD64
  • RAM: 1 GB
Macintosh®:
  • Operating System: Mac OS® X 10.3.9 Panther(TM)
  • Processor: PowerPC® G4 minimum requirement, G5 recommended