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Potential LightWave Job in North Hollywood!
Here is a job posting I came across this morning at CoSA VFX in North Hollywood. check it out http://www.creativeheads.net/job/14586/cg-generalists-in-north-hollywood. Sounds like they need people right away in several areas. Here are the details. CoSA VFX is looking for a Los Angeles-based CG GENERALISTS with production experience using Modo. The focus of this position is mainly on modeling, texturing and lighting. A varied skill set including animation, effects, rigging, and character work are all desirable. CoSA pioneered the use of Modo in TV VFX production, alongside feature film work. OurRead More
UberCam 2.0.1 now available!
Just a quick note. We have updated UberCam 2.0 to UberCam 2.0.1. This update fixes a number of small issues and some crashes on certain systems. This update requires the installation of the Microsoft Visual Studio C++ 2015 Redistributables for Win32 or Win64 systems. It has been tested on Windows 10, 8.x, Vista and MacOS with LightWave3D 11.6.3 (required for Oculus Rift UberRift Viewer support) and up. There is all kinds of really neat stuff you can do with UberCam 2.0 so if you haven’t picked up your copy youRead More
UberCam 2.0 now available (Includes Oculus Rift VR Headset support!)
Chilton Webb and Kat have been incredibly busy over the last couple of weeks putting on the finishing touches to UberCam 2.0. You can check out some of the new features by visiting this link which is the UberCam product page.
Some inspiration for RealFlow
I haven’t seen Age of Ultron yet (yeah I know…), but Zoic Studios in Vancouver worked on several of the VFX sequences for the film. While they used Maya as the host application, based on what I am reading in this article there really isn’t much you wouldn’t be able to do on some of these shots using LightWave with a bit of work and a fair amount of calculation horse power. http://www.realflow.com/product/production/casestudies/40/
Advanced Placement 1.0 is shipping
Many of you have been following the development of Steve Hurley’s Advanced Placement over the past couple of years. You will be happy to know that the 1.0 version of Advance Placement is now shipping and it’s feature complete! Here is Steve’s post on the LW forums ( you can find the original post and discussion here http://forums.newtek.com/showthread.php?146551-Advanced-Placement-1-0-is-shipping&p=1430139#post1430139) below. Make sure you visit his site for youtube video links to see what this product can do for you. We will be picking up copies ourselves shortly and producing training for AdvancedRead More
Moving Sale!
We are moving! Well actually Kat is moving from California to Nevada this month and we thought we would have a sale and get you some great savings on Liberty3d.com Brand Tools and Training. Kat is getting ready to set up in Nevada and we are helping him pack. You can too but you don’t have to lift any boxes (Kat has a lot of vinyl records, so you got off easily!) Get 25% off with the coupon code: MovingSale until April 21st, 2015! If you missed out on our lastRead More
New Kat Video! Practical Production Techniques Vol. 9 – The Art of Polygon Reduction
Kat is back with a new awesome video for you! This one is the third and final installment in the sub-series on Advanced Texture Baking for LightWave3D artists. In this title, Kat gives you the run down on two tools that you absolutely need to have in order to do the best polygon reduction work; Qemmloss3 and MooTools Polygon Cruncher for LightWave. At 180 minutes this 11 part video gives you a great overview of the process of putting your models on a polygon diet getting them ready for useRead More
Happy valentines day sale! 25% off purchases of L3D brand training and tools!
It’s that time of year again! Use the coupon code: BeMine and get 25% off purchases of Liberty3d.com brand training and tools. Sale ends February 17th, so act now and save!
It’s our annual Christmas Sale! 25% off L3D brand tools and training including bundles!
Yup! It’s that time of year again! Use the coupon code: SnowFlake and get 25% off Liberty3d.com brand tools and training until January 1st 2015!
ATTN: EU/UK LightWave Users looking to upgrade to LW 2015
Hey there LW users in the UK and Europe. Are you thinking about upgrading but hating the idea of paying VAT? We may be able to help you with that. Because Liberty3d.com is based in Canada we are not required to charge VAT to customers in the UK/EU. Not only that we are selling our seats below what the LWG is offering at street price. Check it out. https://www.liberty3d.com/store/the-lightwave-group/ Also if you upgrade or purchase a new seat through us, we will give you a 35% coupon that you can useRead More
LightWave 2015 is out. :(
The LightWave Group has decided to release the “next” version of LightWave3D. It’s out today. Reaction is mixed to say the least. It’s 995 for a new seat and 495 for an upgrade. We will have it available in our store section tomorrow, but I feel I need to step away from the desk for a bit. I’m not a happy kat about this move.
TurkeyDoom (sale on now!)
Yup, its time for our annual thanks giving turkey sale! The coupon code is : TurkeyDoom Use that coupon and get 25% off when you put it in at the check out. Sale ends November 30th. PS. We miss you Larry. 2 years today.
Practical Production Techniques Vol. 8 – TV/Film VFX – Capital Ship Combat Techniques
Kelly “Kat” Myers is back with another installment in the Practical Production Techniques series! In this installment, “Capital ship combat techniques” Kat walks you through the process of building out a shot using BattleStar Galactica style methods to pit Cylon Basestars against the Galactica herself with guns blazing along with missiles, flak shield effects, explosions and more. This video covers several unseen techniques from the show including the flak shield HV and PFX creation methods and demonstrates how the “big guns” on the Galactica were set up. Jammed packed withRead More
Weighter 2.0 released!
Yes! Finally after a long long time, we have released Weighter 2.0 as a C/C++ compiled plugin for LightWave3D Modeler (9.x and up to 11.6). Check out the details here. https://www.liberty3d.com/tools/weighter-2-0-for-lightwave3d-modeler/
A few cool tools.
Stephen Culley (who should be familiar to you as he’s a fine upstanding member of the LW community) has a few tools we wanted to point you at for future reference. Or perhaps you need them right now because you are stuck on a certain problem… like say figuring out how to set up a car or truck or whatever it may be for and want your wheels to turn automagically… Or something like that. Make sure you check out all of his tools and, don’t forget to donate ifRead More
25% off Sale for Back to School Plus LW+Octane Render Deal!
LightWave3D 11.6 + Octane Render / Octane For LightWave3D Deals No more excuses! If you haven’t upgraded your older seat of LW3D, now is the time! The LightWave3D Group and Otoy (the makers of Octane Render) have teamed up to offer a special bundle for new and upgrades of seats of LightWave3D 11.x. We know, based on customer feedback that a lot of you have not upgraded your 9.6, 10.x and some even your 8.x seats of LightWave3D. If you have been holding out for whatever reason – now isRead More
Practical Production Techniques Vol. 7 – Advanced Surface Baking Part II
Kat is back with another video in the Practical Production Techniques Series! This time he covers Advanced Surface Baking Part II – but in LightWave Modeler rather than using the LightWave Surface Baking Camera method. Using a Daz3D sourced character (not included), LightWave Modeler, BlyTools PB_NormalBaker (which bakes a lot more than normals!) for Modeler, and the new, soon to be released Weighter 2.0 from Liberty3D (the old Lscript version is available here); Kat shows you everything you need to know about how to use these tools to produce game readyRead More
RHiggit V2 – Released!
Finally… RHiggit V2 is here…Featuring unparallelled levels of functionality and ease of use, RHiggit 2 offers the most versatile, powerful, and artist friendly rigging toolset available no just for LightWave, but for ANY 3d app. Augmented with additional tools which help to streamline workflow in both custom manual rigging and animation tasks, both of general item, and RHiggit rig specific needs, it offers a complete system which will not simply improve your working practices, but which will transform the way you rig and animate in LightWave unlike any tool youRead More
Independence Day Sale!
Independence Day Sale from Liberty3d.com! ~Fourth of July Savings~ We have an fantastic sale starting today and runs until July 5th, 2014. Use the Coupon Code “Liberty4th” and get 25% off on your Liberty3d.com brand tools and training purchases including many of our new bundles! Check out our new products and bundles below! Adam Gibson’s 3D Coat 4 Bundle Pack I – Volumes #1 to #12 Adam is at it again! He’s brought us another complete package of training for 3D-Coat 4.x bundled together for one low price. Version 4.x of 3D-Coat hasRead More
Burn Baby Burn! Kat’s Disco In-fur-no! =^..^=___?
Kat’s Awesome TurbulenceFD For LightWave3D Bundle! You will love this deal! Kat’s Disco In-fur-no TurbulenceFD for LightWave3D Bundle! *Newly expanded in June 2017!* The Disco In-Fur-No bundle is now better than ever! It’s been expanded to include three more videos not previously included in this bundle for a total of 7, kick ass, tutorials for TurbulenceFD. This bundle now includes the top selling, highly acclaimed titles: Introduction to Turbulence FD Advanced Concepts and Projects: Fireball Advanced Concepts and Projects: Atmospherics The Nuclear Weapons Pack (includes a training video, and of course theRead More