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Kurtis
03-15-2007, 09:47 PM
LightWave® Visual Effects Houses Bring Hyper-Reality to Box Office Smash "300"
NewTek video profile features artists discussing LightWave 3D® VFX work

San Antonio, TX – March 15, 2007 -- NewTek, Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading 3D animation and video products, today announced the release of a behind-the-scenes video featuring the creation of visual effects sequences for Warner Bros., 300, the visually stunning adaptation of Frank Miller’s graphic novel. Creating over 200 visual effects shots, Pixel Magic and Screaming Death Monkey put the full feature set of LightWave 3D® to work creating everything from set extensions to living smoke, oceans, skies, helmets, shields, swords, arrows and armies. The video may be viewed by following this link: www.LightWave3D.com/profiles/300

Full press release... (http://www.newtek.com/news/releases/03-15-07a.html)
BookMansBlues
03-16-2007, 12:20 AM
Thats a pretty cool video Kurtis,

those dynamic shots for the Oracle were pretty cool, probably one of the cooler effects in the movie. (but there were a ton of cool FX in that movie :D )
Kurtis
03-16-2007, 12:36 AM
Thanks for the comments. It's a story we're really happy to be able to tell.

Just to give credit where credit is due, the video interview portion was produced by another member of our team, Rex Olson.
BookMansBlues
03-16-2007, 12:50 AM
Mad Props to Rex Olson!
erilaz
03-16-2007, 12:55 AM
Anyone else getting ftp issues for the quicktime?
Kurtis
03-16-2007, 01:17 AM
Ok. In-page link is working now.
SunDog101
03-16-2007, 02:00 AM
Very Cool! It is nice to see Lightwave being used to this extent on this popular film.
Larry_g1s
03-16-2007, 06:45 AM
Very cool video. Very Cool! It is nice to see Lightwave being used to this extent on this popular film. Agree!
richcz3
03-16-2007, 04:12 PM
That was very nice and very encouraging to see LW making bold strides again. I really look forward to 9's upcoming point releases. Fingers, arms, toes, and legs crossd - hoping we'll see a powerful/innovative character animation solution integrated into Lightwaves core really soon. Keep up the great work Jay Roth and company. :thumbsup:
RobertoOrtiz
03-16-2007, 04:23 PM
Great work guys, and thanks for sharing Kurtis.

-R
iSOBigD
03-18-2007, 08:44 PM
Very nice. It seems like they really liked LW.
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