After months of work, over a year of research, and nearly a 7-year hiatus from UberCam being upgraded, I’m excited to announce that UberCam 4 with HyperCam is now available.

Now built for use with LW 2024 and up!

Many of the classic cameras from the original 1.x to 2.6 UberCam releases are in this updated build making them compatible with use for modern LightWave3D. Some cameras had to be removed temporarily but are on their way back in and you will be automatically notified of an update via our new update and licensing system. You can also now submit bug reports off our website directly! Check the UberCam Page for details.

What’s New

UberCam 4 is a complete rethink of the LightWave camera system. At its core is the all new, revolutionary HyperCam — a sophisticated but easy to use, camera projection system built for lens-matched CG work, with per-camera sensor profiles, real-world lens data, and a live link to the Liberty3D Lens Database. But there is much more to it than that!

DJI Mavic 4 Pro body with the Looks Gallery workflow — click a look, get its number, set it in the Sensor panel. Beach sunset with Die Hard grade.

Key highlights:

• HyperCam camera engine — replaces the LightWave camera with physically grounded sensor and lens modeling
• 176 camera bodies, 331 lenses — real manufacturer data at your finger tips. Everything from high-end cinema cameras to cellphones to drones with more on the way!
• HyperCam is more than just a “camera”, its also a sensor/look system allowing for you to take those real-world camera sensor specifications and lens types and drive our new ‘HyperSensor’ Pixel Filter, which works beautifully in VPR. Load a LUT of your choosing and/or one of our built-in looks, add a film print stock accurate sensor grain based on exposure, driven over our SideLink system and bam! WYSIWYG! If you are after photorealism or need to match plates shot on professional camera rigs, you absolutely need HyperCam!!!
• HyperLook — Image Filter Saver that compliments your native LW render buffers by sending out the HyperCam Sensor look elements to separate images for blending in Nuke, AE, Fusion, whatever.
• LW 3D Tracking (Colmap) SFM Camera.txt import support. —- Immediately take useful data from the new LightWave3D 3D Tracker into HyperCam to match your camera to your tracked plate. Something that the LW 3D Tracker on its own, cannot do. You need those lens distortion factors to get a perfect result and this tool set, is the path to it.
• Lens Database integration — versioned lens correction packs, RSA-signed, delivered automatically.
• Per-machine licensing — simple product lock ID activation, 2 seats included. This means you can run it on two separate systems using your LW Product lock ID. One for home, one for the studio!
• Immediately make any CG+Live Action shot look “Hollywood” — Designed for easy use by people who are artists, who deal with Directors of Photography that needed to talk a similar language, and match each others work. This update to UberCam with HyperCam was done in consultation with industry professionals who have decades of experience on set, and in post. From DP’s to Colorists. They had a hand in this tools creation and it really does show.
• Production Tested – I needed it in production and, I use it in production today. All day! It’s a game changer when working with Live Action material and will help you make seamless VFX shots combining CG with plates that you either track yourself or are handed to you by a tracking artist. The new lens system, because it can work with STMaps provided to you or even generate them with HyperCam, means you can match to your plate in 3D RAY TRACED GLORY! FINALLY! This is not a 2D or even a 2.5D hack. The distortion system works not on pixels, but on camera rays!

The HyperCam Sensor panel — real camera sensor emulation with exposure matching, film stocks, and movie looks. Shown here linked to a RED Komodo at ISO 800.

Pricing

$99 is the regular price, but I’m offering it to new and old users for 50% off until November 15th, by using the coupon code: UberCam4Evar!

Get It!

Buy UberCam 4 with HyperCam

Thank you to everyone of our loyal customers who have been part of this journey. For you new people who are joining us for the first time, buckle up! We are pushing ahead with a revitalized LightWave3D. I’m looking forward to seeing what you create with it. Rapid fire updates, expanded lens offerings, camera bodies, look types and film stock are being added and will continue to expand.

Please note that this is for Windows x64, LW 2024 and up. For now.

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