http://forums.cgsociety.org CGTalk, the CGSociety's official forum for digital artists 120 en-us http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=1110321 Posted By: juanjgon
Post Time: 06-05-2013 at 07:53 AM
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OctaneRender™ for LightWave™ demo has been released:
http://render.otoy.com/downloads.php]]> Wed, 05 Jun 2013 02:53:16 +0000 http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=1109223 Posted By: PastaJackal
Post Time: 05-29-2013 at 07:23 AM
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Hmm not many lightwave threads about. But I'll try my luck and see if anyone can help me out.

So I'm making an arch way which will be exported into zbrush and so need the polys to be reasonably even. I want to create a loop from one point all the way across to the other side cutting along the polygons. Suppose the image will help explain this better. Any suggestions?



Also as a side note, is lightwave kinda on the way out? Just been using the modeler as it's far easier than Maya's interface...]]> Wed, 29 May 2013 02:23:53 +0000 http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=1108937 Posted By: ErichSchreiner
Post Time: 05-27-2013 at 11:13 AM
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Hi there,

i am selling my lightwave 11.5 license. I contacted lightwave support and there is no transfer fee. I will also send you my dongle, but you won't need it for using 11.5, because it is dongle free.

http://www.ebay.de/itm/151050943386...984.m1558.l2649

regards]]> Mon, 27 May 2013 06:13:36 +0000 http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=1108021 Posted By: robpeterson
Post Time: 05-20-2013 at 03:53 PM
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i asked a friend of mine who has lightwave to export some lightwave files i downloaded as .obj s(and mtl files accompanying them) so i could import them to blender but i have found that when i import them the texturing is seriously messed up and the uv maps are not preserved. my friend tried importing the obj files he exported back into lightwave and says that even then the textures had still gone. on your site it says lightwave can export .lwo models to obj format but there appears to be a problem as the obj s have lost texturing, perhaps due to something i have heard about lightwave using "nodal textures". can you please suggest how i should advise my friend to export the lwo models so i can import them to blender with texturing intact.
thanks, rob

p.s. my friend says that when lightwave exports lwo models to .dae(collada format) the files which are 2 or 3 megabyte lwo s and produce 10-15 Megabyte obj s are around 500 megabytes in size when exported as dae s.]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 10:53:30 +0000 http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=1105131 Posted By: Tama
Post Time: 05-01-2013 at 03:53 PM
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So the link now takes you to Amazon for William's modeling book.

What happened to Spinquad?]]> Wed, 01 May 2013 10:53:41 +0000 http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=1102207 Posted By: proton
Post Time: 04-09-2013 at 04:58 PM
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I wanted to create a rig for this useless contraption: http://vimeo.com/38801291

You can read more about it and access the source files here:

http://www.pushingpoints.com/?p=1936]]> Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:58:28 +0000 http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=1100043 Posted By: AyHaninSociety
Post Time: 03-26-2013 at 09:49 AM
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https://vimeo.com/62684635]]> Tue, 26 Mar 2013 04:49:40 +0000 http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=1099842 Posted By: proton
Post Time: 03-25-2013 at 03:56 AM
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Creating Holes in a SubD Mesh
I end up showing these techniques at least once a week... thought it was time to make a video :P
http://www.pushingpoints.com/?p=1885]]> Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:56:21 +0000 http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=1099031 Posted By: Grantwaddell
Post Time: 03-19-2013 at 07:55 PM
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Been reading a fair amount in regards to creating leaves for a still image. They need to be very realistic as they'll be seen up close.
First off, do I model a leaf with the veins and textures etc? Or, do I get a photograph of a the leaf and use UV maps, Alpha in the transparency channel and bump maps etc to create the textures.

Once it's created (whichever option you think would be best) I have to multiply it and render it High Res.

Are there issues with poly counts etc with a detail modelled leaf slowing things down for render? I just want the best looking, most efficient way to do this

Thanks!]]> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:55:17 +0000 http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=1098763 Posted By: proton
Post Time: 03-18-2013 at 12:17 PM
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http://www.pushingpoints.com/?p=1866]]> Mon, 18 Mar 2013 07:17:16 +0000 http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=1098459 Posted By: AyHaninSociety
Post Time: 03-16-2013 at 01:11 AM
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DOWNLOAD

Have fun .. ]]> Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:11:22 +0000 http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=1097258 Posted By: TrueArt Support
Post Time: 03-08-2013 at 12:58 AM
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Hello

AutoRenderSaver v2.1 has been released!

It should no longer show annoying error message in LW v11.x with information that "instance can't be created".

You can download it from mine website:
http://www.trueart.eu]]> Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:58:06 +0000 http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=1096215 Posted By: Sowiedu
Post Time: 03-01-2013 at 11:39 AM
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Hi,

Is there any way to transfer particles from LW to 3ds max?
It's no problem if it's baked, basically all I need is the information of where each particle is at each frame (its transformation/rotation/scale) so I can distribute particle geometry in 3ds max.]]> Fri, 01 Mar 2013 06:39:33 +0000 http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=1091629 Posted By: RobertoOrtiz
Post Time: 01-31-2013 at 07:48 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?featu...d&v=ODcc9VqQi1A#

I will post the link for the update soon.

UPDATE:
https://www.lightwave3d.com/

-R]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:48:34 +0000 http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=1091137 Posted By: erikals
Post Time: 01-29-2013 at 12:22 PM
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for those who haven't seen it >

Lino Grandi - FiberFX and Bullet, 11.5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbG0bVaGi7s


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