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LightWave3D 2025.0.4 Now available in your accounts + LW 2026 previews!

That was a really fun presentation this morning from LightWave Digital regarding LW 2026 news, functions and features! In case you missed the live stream of the 2 hour session discussing all the new goodies coming in LightWave3D 2026, plus fixes now found in the patch for LightWave3D 2025 (now at 2025.0.4) – then check it out here.You should also know that, as promised during the live stream, the patch for 2025 is now available in your accounts. Go and log in at www.lightwave3d.com and grab it. LightWave3D has really turned a corner and is picking up speed now. You must Read More

LightWave3D 2025.0.2 is out now!

That was fast! Just released, very early Saturday morning on the 14th of June. LightWave3D 2025.0.2 hit all registered LW 2025 users accounts.You can grab the update by logging in to your accounts at www.lightwave3d.com. For those of you interested in the change log details, you can check them out here. https://docs.lightwave3d.com/2025/2025-change-log.htmlThe LightWave Digital Development team seems to be moving at a very rapid pace. With LightWave 2025 hitting accounts on May 4th, and then 2025.0.1 arriving a little more than a week or so later, and now in the middle of June, we are already at another patch with Read More

The LFS Project

If you have heard me (Kat) refer to a “Project Genesis” over the past few years, you should know that it is on going and is a series of micro projects that over all, form a whole. It’s purpose dates back to our founding. To our foundation. It is now time for us at Liberty3d.com to take the next step in this series of micro projects. This one in particular being the last that Larry Shultz was directly aware of. The LFS Project is now activated as part of “Project Genesis” and today it will serve as a vehicle for Read More

January bleh…but…

It’s almost time for the LightWave3D 2026 open beta to begin! While we don’t directly have any other information at this time as to the exact start date, we have Read More

It’s time for our Christmas and New Years sale!

(SALE EXTENDED! Coupon is: L3DChristmasSale2025 – Now good until January 10th) Season’s Greetings from your friendly citizens of Liberty3d.com. We hope everyone is doing well, getting eggnog, and staying warm Read More

Weekly LightWave3D Presentations

It’s good to see LightWave Digital doing the weekly LightWave3D Presentations, especially with the recent Black Friday Promotion at www.lightwave3d.com. Deals are to be had, and while certain upcoming tech Read More

LightWave 2025.0.3 Update and some thoughts…

It seems like we just did a post about the LW 2025.0.2 update, but now here we are, late to the party. Still, we wanted to do a post about Read More

Kat’s VFX Shattered Glass Pack Vol. 1

Originally by created Kelly “Kat” Myers to provide compositing elements for use in several of The Asylum’s “disaster” films over the last 3 years, Kat’s VFX Shattering Glass Pack Vol Read More

Kat’s EmberGen Presets Vol. 1 – Ground Explosions

JangaFX EmberGen is a real-time computational fluid Dynamics simulation solution for smoke and fire. Similar in purpose to Jawset’s TurbulenceFD which Kat has been using for over a decade now Read More

Only 2 days left to get in on the new LightWave Digital Deal!

Greetings LightWavers! I know we have been a bit quiet over the last few months, but it has been for a lot of good reasons. Right now, while we prep Read More

A win for LightWave3D – Shark Side of the Moon on Tubi, Plus our Back to School Sale on now!

It’s time for our annual Liberty3D.com Back to School sale!Use the coupon code: BTS2022L3D and get 30% off your purchases of almost everything in our store until September 10th!While you Read More

Kat’s Car Paint Collection Vol 1 (LightWave3D 2018+ Surface Presets)

Kat has been hard at work preparing these for you! Get 99 amazing presets that are in many cases factory color correct and based on year of issue color schemes Read More

Kat’s DTLV Texture Pack Vol. 2

Kat has released Volume 2 of his DT Las Vegas Texture Pack. Taken throughout the late summer months of 2021 in the downtown Las Vegas area, these lovely photographs are Read More

ZBrush 2022 is out!

Nice to get a notice that ZBrush 2022 is out on a Sunday evening. Further details are here https://pixologic.com/features/ Once again, perpetual licenses remain available for a very reasonable price Read More

Kat’s LW 2020 Presets Vol. 1. Glass, Gemstones, General Metals

Get awesome new surface presets covering Glass, Gemstones and General Metals!55 Presets (.pst files) for Glass and Gems featuring smooth, double sided, opaque settings that range from physically accurate to Read More

Get 30% off during our Annual Back to School Sale here at Liberty3D.com!

Back to school with Liberty3D.com has never been better! Save 30% on almost everything in the store from August 26th until September 8th, 2021 by using the coupon code: L3D2021BTSSaving Read More

LightWave3D 2020.0.3 Released!

Ok, so we called it in our newsletter this past weekend and sure enough, NewTek has released a patch update in the form of LightWave3D 2020.0.3. While this is not Read More

Practical Production Techniques Vol. 16 – Kitbash3D.com “Brooklyn” to LightWave3D

In this installment of the Practical Production Techniques series, Kat is back with a KitBash3D.com to LightWave3D conversion tutorial dealing with PBR nodal based surfacing using the metalness and roughness Read More

Not All Models Are Equal

Many years ago, a very green first time director wanted to make a swashbuckler action adventure film along the lines of “Raiders of the Lost Ark”, “Star Wars,” and “Sky Read More

LightWave3D 2020.0.2 Released!

Just about 1 hour ago, NewTek’s LightWave Group released the latest in the 2020 series of patches. LightWave3D 2020.0.2 corrects for some very interesting bugs, but also some interesting development Read More

C-130 Aircraft

Catherine Smallwood’s Lockheed C-130H Aircraft model in LightWave3D 2018+ ready-to-render form. Consisting of 175,737 polys, props ready to animate and primary control surfaces capable of being animated. The aircraft model Read More