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Practical Production Techniques Vol. 13 – Fusion Tracking
Award Wining CG/VFX Artist and Supervisor, Kelly “Kat” Myers brings you everything you need to know to get started with the Blackmagic Designs Fusion or Resolve tracking tools and start making really cool VFX shots, easily. In this tutorial, Kat breaks down the tips and tricks on how to use Fusion’s 3 tracking tools. Tracker, Planar Tracker and Camera Tracker. Every VFX artist needs to know how to do tracking. It’s inescapable and to some, daunting. But it doesn’t need to be. It’s actually really straight forward to do ifRead More
TurbulenceFD – Project Kitchen Fire
Kelly “Kat” Myers is back with another installment in the TurbulenceFD for LightWave3D series. This time with an extension to the Advanced Concepts and Projects category “Masks and Fuel Masks”, he runs down the steps needed to set a kitchen on fire! “Project Kitchen Fire” is 142 minutes of excellent knowledge dealing with TurbulenceFD and some of the oddities that it has working in LightWave3D 2019.1.4 and the bcf2vdb conversion tool. When to use it, when not to. Working in conjunction with 3D-Coat, the tools used to produce this projectRead More
LightWave3D Users Group Meeting!
Join us on Sunday, December 8th for the next LightWave3D meeting. Kat will be presenting for the full 3 hours and will be covering a whole kit and caboodle of stuffs and thing in this session. Make sure you sign up through eventbrite, but if you get this message late, no worries! Simply click this link and you can join us at 10AM PST on Twitch.
New TurbulenceFD Group-buy in EXTENDED!
If you have been waiting for another TurbulenceFD Group buy-in, you are in luck! Act now and put your name in on the list by emailing Kat and saying you are in! We are running this one until 11:59 PM PST December 22nd, 2019. UPDATED! I’ve decided to extend the TFD Group buy-in until Boxing day (December 26th) at 11:59PM PST. After that you will have 24 hours to pay in the final amount. I’m so if this screws people up including those who sat on the fence and probablyRead More
Practical Production Techniques Vol. 12
In this title, VFX artist and CG supervisor of Declaration Pictures Inc., and founder of Liberty3d.com – Kelly Lee Myers (aka Kat), shows you how to take a VFX shot from end-to-end using SynthEyes, LightWave3D and Fusion. Starting with tracking the shot in Syntheyes, Kat walks you through the basics of getting a 3D track done fast using a manual method that produces extremely solid tracks every time. From there he will show you how to set up a LightWave3D based particle snow storm, snowflakes and more. Next, proceeding toRead More
Thanksgiving day sale!
OK, so time for another annual special! Our Thanksgiving day sale! Use the coupon code: MoreFlamingTurkeyWings starting today, until November 28th, 2019 and get 25% off almost everything in the store here at Liberty3d.com. For those of you who remember the 1980s well enough, our coupon code has some special historical meaning. During the “Pizza Wars” of that era, both Pizza Hut and Little Caesar’s Pizza ran some brilliant advertisements. From pizza box origami (Little Caesar’) to this gem of a commercial from Pizza Hut, they both captured some ofRead More
It’s time for our 9th Annual Halloween sale!
We love Halloween without a doubt. This year we are getting our fright-night on with 25% off almost everything in the store. Use the coupon code: SpookyL3DHalloween2019Sale at check out and get that discount today and enjoy lots of neat CG and VFX tricks and treats. Here are some great new products for you to check out! Lightwave 2019/2018 (12 Volume Series) Get the latest in this series! Modeler Tools IV Modeler Tools III Or check out the massive bundle which includes all 12 volumes! LIGHTWAVE 2019 BUNDLERead More
Kats Flash Sale! – 40% off Kat’s tutorials and packs! Extended until the 18th!
For a limited time only, Kat is having a flash sale where you can get all of his goodies for 40% off. This flash sale runs from October 11th (today) until Friday, October 18th, 2019. Use the coupon code: KatsFlashSale2019 and get 40% off instantly when you check out! Don’t miss out on this one. It includes bundles as well. Here are some great choices for those of you wanting to grab these products at a massive discount. Iron Sky Iron Sky Model and Scene Pack Vol. Three Fusion ForRead More
Pricing plan also released.
LwCad 2018.3 For LightWave3D now available!
The latest LwCad 2018.3 for LightWave was just released! We are not the only ones up to something. Viktor over at WTools who is of course the maker of LwCad has just released an update and an upgrade/pricing path you will for sure want to check out across the board. We may just have to up the ante here shortly. It’s great to see all this awesome 3rd party development activity return to LightWave3D after a decade well… Anyway, cool stuff for sure from Viktor. Make sure to check outRead More
LightForge Beta Testing – UPDATE!
UPDATE! We need a few more people to help test specific areas and functions of LightForge to ensure “conformity” inside and out. If you are interested please contact me. It would really be awesome if those who step forwardo are if at all possible, north american based (west coat preferred) and well versed in LightWave3D’s plug-in menu system. At this time we have started Beta Testing of a top secret project known only as “LightForge”. If you wish to get in on the beta testing, please contact kat@liberty3d.com forRead More
LightWave3D 2019.1.3 is now out!
LightWave 3D® 2019.1.3 is available now in the Registration system as a free update for registered LightWave™ 2019 users. The fix that will affect the largest number of users is a change required for Layout/Modeler/Hub proper linking by OS changes introduced in recent Windows 10 updates that impacted the launch timing of the applications. Fixes in Layers Panel, Network Render Controller, Modeler LScript and for copying the License Key during Mac installs round out this maintenance release. LightWave 3D® 2019.1.3 Changes Bumped product version to 2019.1.3. Bumped build numberRead More
Back To School Sale!
Our 9th Annual Back To School Sale is on now! We have some amazing deals for you when you use the coupon code: L3DBTS-2019 to get 25% off almost everything in the store until Sept. 5th, 2019! LightWave3D Upgrade Special Ends Soon! We also have a very special deal for those of you looking to get your Lightwave3D 2019 upgrade (or even a new seat) before August 16th when NewTek ends the upgrade special. We can beat the $395.00USD price. Contact Kat and say I need my upgrade! for details onRead More
UberCam 3.0 Development Update
Yes, the rumors are true. UberCam 3.0 is in development. This version of UberCam, due to multiple changes in the LW SDK since the release of LightWave 2018 is going to be somewhat different than previous releases. While we don’t want to give away too much we have some interesting images to show you starting with this post. We are being highly secretive about UberCam 3.0 development though. Some of the things we’d like to do might take a little longer than anticipated. Time will tell. So the above imageRead More
Slots still available! DeepFX World releases Deep Rising FX 2.5!
IMPORTANT NOTICE! There is still time to get in. While the discount is now locked (40% off retail price) we have slots available for people who missed the promotion due to holidays. All you need to do is email support@deepfxworld.com and you will be sent a coupon directly from DeepFX World which you can use right away and then get your copy of Deep Rising FX 2.5! But even better, download Deep FX Studio at the same time and Mambo will cut you a key for Deep FX Studio thatRead More
Our 9th annual Independence day sale is on now!
Yup, it’s that time of the year again. With Canada Day right around the corner and American Independence Day shortly after we wanted to let you know that summer for us really kicks off starting today! Use the coupon code: L3DID4-2019 We have several new products this month from Adam Gibson covering LightWave3D 2019’s volumetric functions that you are definitely going to want to pick up. Still red hot are titles from Ryan Roye especially LightWave to Unreal Bridge. It’s an absolute must have. You what else is a mustRead More
Deep Rising FX 2.x Group Buy-in plus more!
When you have a moment (right frakkin’ meow) you will want to check this out for sure. Our 9th Anniversary Sale is almost over! Before we close out the month of May and celebrate Memorial day on Monday we wanted to let you know that our 9th Anniversary Sale is still on until the end of the month. While you are with family over the next couple of days or simply taking a rest, take a moment to do some learning about the history of Memorial Day Even for those of you notRead More
Plants plants and more plants!
The good folks over at Xfrog.com who have a LONG history of supporting LightWave3D (some of my first model purchases were from Viewpoint Datalabs and later XFrog) are now offering some very interesting bundles which include their entire library of plants for some rather decent pricing. If your thing is archvis or you need foliage for digital set dec in your VFX shots or even source material for banging out into games, you really need to check them out. We made EXTENSIVE use of Xfrogs plants on Battle Star GalacticaRead More
Our 9th Anniversary sale extended!
Update: WE ARE EXTENDING OUR SALE! Yup! We are 9 years old! (actually ten but who is counting? 🙂 ) Act now and save 25% on almost everything in our store. Use the coupon code: L3D9thAnniversarySale at check out and grab all the new goodies plus oldies but goldies (and still very relevant even with the latest versions of LightWave3D). We have several new products so make sure you check out our latest posts. Cheers and thanks from everyone at Liberty3d.com for 9 years of awesome! You can’t save if youRead More
NAB week! Plus a 25% off sale!
Hey there LightWavers and our supporters. It’s been a very interesting week or two in the land of LightWave3D. We will be on the floor at NAB in the LV Convention Center here in Las Vegas and hopefully discussing things with Dr. Cross and his counter part (whoever that may be) from Vizrt, who recently acquired NewTek. I will be looking to get clear and accurate information. In the mean time we have started our annual NAB special. Get 25% off your purchases here at Liberty3d.com. Use the coupon code:Read More