Bugfixes and some new features QuadPanels v1.2 is now out. This free upgrade to the nurnie plugin is now capable of using your own custom built nurnies as details, as well as using the built in procedurals, or use a mix of the two. The Projection of procedural panels is now more precisely controllable too. ( The original post for QuadPanels can be found at...

Alexandre Labedade has an upcoming LScript plugin called Weighter 2 and what it does is to transfer vertex maps from one object to another, weight and colour maps, UVs and morphs. Similar to Gator in...

Just a reminder, these are still available and free: Incremental saver – Improves file handling by having an increments folder Inflate / Deflate – As it says, inflates or deflates polygon selections LW -> After Effects LW <-> Nuke – Import and export .chan files from LightWave Motion Baker – Works on “non standard” animation types in...

Celshading, the technique used to create a 2D visual style from 3D, is commonly associated in LightWave as an effect created through the use of custom plugins and shaders. While there’s no doubt that these tools produce great results, they are often specialised for just that particular purpose, and don’t always offer a wide range of creative options...

Neat online colour selector tool discovered this morning over at William Vaughan’s Pushing Pixels site. http://www.pushingpoints.com/2010/06/color-scheme-designer/