The LightWave Essentials Series

• Get In To Seven
• Model One
• Model Two
• Surface One
• Surface Two

• Render One
• Render Two
• Animate One
• Animate Two
• Understanding Hypervoxels

Get In To Seven

Take a guided tour of LightWave's virtual sound stage and object modeling environment with Brad Peebler. Explore the basic concepts of LightWave’s viewing options, model creation, modification & surfacing tools, animation tools & rendering capabilities. Discover the powerful animation & modeling features of LightWave 7.

• Interface Navigation
• Viewport Settings
• Modeling Tools
• Surface Attributes
• Keyframing Techniques
• Rendering Options

Follow along, step-by-step, to build a complete animation project. From model creation all the way through finished animation. Mold your object with flexible subdivision surface techniques, easily animate squash & stretch characteristics, apply a Skytracer background then add hair with Sasquatch Lite.

Model One

Begin with primitive shapes, then mold, bend and twist them into complex objects using LightWave's powerful modeling tools. Learn modeling conventions, point and polygon attributes, system functions and modeling tips. Tony Stutterheim will give you professional insight and shortcuts for speed and efficiency. The fundamentals of modeling in LightWave are at your fingertips!

• Display Options
• Modification Tools
• Surfacing Attributes
• Text Functions
• Rail Tools
• Boolean Functions

Discover the building blocks for creating custom 3D objects. Cut months off your learning curve with this powerful video training series. Discover the techniques that will quickly enable you to harness the power of LightWave.

LightWave Model Two

Tap into LightWave's advanced modeling capabilities and powerful modification tools. Brad Peebler will show you how to build multilayered Endomorph objects, apply skelegons and weight maps for precise animation control. Discover advanced tool attributes, custom view and menu settings, symmetry tool tips, viewport options and menu configuration capabilities.

• Custom Menus
• Weight Maps
• Endomorphs
• Selection Sets
• UV Mapping
• Skelegons

Invaluable information and insight for all LightWave users. Cut months off your learning curve with this powerful video training series. Discover the techniqeus that will quickly enable you to harness the power of LightWave.

Surface One

Creating the right texture is an essential element for achieving high quality computer generated imagery. Discover the building blocks for creating amazing multi-layered surfaces and textures with Brad Peebler. Rock, water, metal, glass, any texture you can imagine is possible. Learn to build rich, animatable surfaces that bring your creation to life.

• Procedurals
• Image Maps
• Refelctivity
• Translucence
• Color Cycling
• Texture Animation

From cartoon to photoreal, LightWave offers virtually unlimited layering capabilities to achieve amazing surfaces & textures. Cut months off your learning curve with this powerful video training series. Discover the techniques that will quickly enable you to harness the power of LightWave.

LightWave Surface Two

Apply advanced surface attributes to your object creations. Add depth with translucency, reflections & refractions. Discover weight map techniques that allow you to apply airbrush style painting to surfaces. UV mapping techniques that offer flexible image mapping capabities. Make your models warm & fuzzy with Sasquatch Lite.

• Translucency
• Color Filter
• Soft Reflections
• Soft Refractions
• Advanced Gradients
• UV Texture Mapping
• Sasquatch Lite

Cut months off your learning curve with this powerful video training series. Discover the techniques that will quickly enable you to harness the power of LightWave.

Render One

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Harness the power of LightWave’s 128 bit output rendering engine. Master the concepts to create stylized to photoreal imagery. Understanding camera properties to avoid the pitfalls of output errors. Choose a variety of render settings for film, video, print, stereoscopic or any type of rendering. Discover a variety of blur options for film quality output. Explore a vast array of lighting & shadow options for maximum creative power.

• Camera Properties
• Resolution Concepts
• Pixel Aspect Ratio
• Render Output Settings
• Motion Blur Options
• Stereoscopic Rendering
• Lighting Attributes

Release the full potential of LightWave’s output capabilities. Optimize settings for rendering speed & efficiency. Maximize visual impact with a full range of imaging capabilities.

LightWave Render Two

Explore the advanced rendering capabilities of LightWave. Apply raytracing characteristics for shadowing, reflection & refraction. Discover the natural lighting effects of radiosity and the application of High Dynamic Range Image Data to apply real world lighting characteristics. Discover UV & Shader Baking techniques to “lock in” Surface attributes.

• Raytracing
• Radiosity
• High Dynamic Range Data
• Surface Baking
• Caustics
• Virtual Darkroom

Advanced shading & output techniques for photorealistic imagery. Master time saving tips & techniques for advanced lighting, image manipulation & rendering.

LightWave Animate One

Discover the essential building blocks of 3D animation. Customize layout settings to optimize project workflow. Explore motion control tools, keyframe attributes, motion path editing & modification. Learn tips for animating layered objects and techniques for modifying multiple keyframe attributes & channel groups.

• Animation Tools
• Viewport Modes
• Keyframe Editing
• Spline Modes
• Motion Graph Editor
• Scene Editor
• Channel Groups

Layer Animation, Parenting
& Channel Groups

Learn to quickly grasp the fundamental concepts of 3D animation in LightWave. Cut months off your learning curve and apply techniques for creating professional quality 3D animation and special effects.

Animation Tools, Interface
Properties & Viewport Modes

LightWave Animate Two

Explore the diverse animation capablilites of LightWave 3D. Apply Endomorph animation techniques. Discover the interactive effects of expressions. Scale and offset motion sequences quickly with the Spreadsheet Scene Manager. Incorporate Bone animation techniques for bending and flexing.

Discover concepts that provide power to animate with complete control quickly & easily. Apply time saving techniques to speed up your animation creation.

Channel Modifers & Expressions

Understanding HyperVoxels

Volumetric Concepts in LightWave 3D

Discover the volumetric effects capabilities of LightWave 3D. Learn the intricasies of HyperVoxels panel by panel as you create whisps of smoke, balls of flame and liquid streams all with volume and depth. Plus time saving lighting and rendering tips and techniques.

• Set Up Procedures
• lighting Attributes
• HyperVoxel Modes
• Rendering tips
• Flowing liquids
• Explosion Concepts

Use HyperVoxels to create a variety of visceral animated effects. Add to your computer animated creativity by Understanding HyperVoxels.

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