DO NOT buy this if you already have the Kurv Studios Node Surfacing DVD.

In this 3 1/2hr introductory video to Node Based surfacing by James Willmott, you will learn most of the basic functions of the node editor, and how to think 'nodally' so you can recreate layer based setups using nodes quickly and efficiently, as well as flexible node setups from scratch,

Nodal based surfacing is quite a paradigm shift from layer based but offers infinite flexibility, and although not as fast as Layers for simple setups it has almost no limits in what can be achieved.

This video was recorded on LightWave 9. LightWave 10-11 has a number of changes to the node editor including new nodes and workflows, but all the concepts shown here are applicable to any nodal version of LightWave.

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Mechanical displays use moving parts to display an image. In the case of this project, the image is made by the tilting of little wooden tiles. This set of videos covers building this project from the ground up including modeling, texturing (both basic and Node-Based), instancing, and using an image sequence to animate the instances. This is not an in-depth study of any one area/tool in LightWave and little time is spent covering features and options that are not actually used in this project.

TRT: 4 hours 20 minutes

UPDATE: This product now includes a free bonus tutorial: Mechanical Displays: Morph, which shows how to set up and animate a morph-based mechanical display that will work LightWave 9 and up.

In this training video Instructor Adam Gibson shows how to detail a Spacefighter model that was created in Lightwave using 3D Coat's powerful normal mapping and painting tools. Learn how to take simple models and create complex surface geometry like Sci-Fi panels, vents, pipes, rivets, and all kinds of gadgets and nurnies. Tips and tricks on how to use the different brush types along with alpha brush collections is covered in great detail. The concepts learned from this video can be used for all sorts of other projects like machinery, vehicles of all types, and architecture. Great for detailing hard surface models, but not limited to. You can also apply what you learned for organic objects as well. Running Time: 6 hrs. 42 mins. High Quality (Screen-Res 1440 x 900 pixels) Quicktime Video Level: Beginner & Up

In this course, D.W. Burman unlocks the power of LightWave's gradient systems by demonstrating all of the various gradient types found in LightWave and by showing example scenes that use gradients. This course starts at a fairly basic level, but is geared toward people who have some experience using LightWave.

4hr 17min of video training.

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In this first video of our Starfighter Detailing series we show the 3D student how to use Lightwave's Atlas UV Mapping feature to create quick, clean and useable UV Maps for hard surface type objects to be imported into 3D Coat for painting Normal, Color, and Specular Maps. Although you could use 3D Coat's built in Automated UV Mapping Tool for quick UV's. However depending on the complexity of the object, Automated UV's can result in overlapping UV's creating errors for painting. So in turn they are unusable. Although you could use 3D Coat's manual UV Unwrap Tools to get perfect UV's, but you may be in a position where you don't have the time for the process. So in this tutorial a very simple method is shown using Lightwave's powerful Atlas Map Tool that can unwrap complex and multiple layered objects in a few mouse clicks. Problem solving techniques are shown to improve your ability to get the best UV Unwrap possible using the Atlas Tool's settings. Running Time: 1 hr. 26 mins. High Quality (Screen-Res 1440 x 900 pixels) MP4 Video Level: Beginner & Up

In this training video watch Lightwave 3D Instructor Adam Gibson show the beginner 3D student how to quickly get up and started using Cameras and Rendering images in Lightwave 10. Topics covered: Viewport Modes, VPR (Viewport Preview Render), Camera Set-Up and Control, How to Render Images and Animations, How to Export/Save Images and Animations to your Hard-Drive, Image Formats, 24-bit Vs. 32-bit (Creating Alpha Channels Embedded in your rendered images), Safe Areas Mode, Field Chart, Pixel Aspect Ratio, Antialiasing, Camera Types, Output Resolutions, and a quick intro to Stereo-scopic 3D in Lightwave. Running Time: 2 hrs. 32 mins. Level: Beginner Screen Resolution: 1440 x 900 pixels Format: MP4 Video (.mp4)

In this 14 hour video training course for beginner Lightwave students 3D Instructor Adam Gibson shows the essential basics to rig human style characters for posing and animation. Detailed demonstration of how to build/edit a complete skeletal structure with skelegons/bones, weight-mapping, bone parenting, model modification/adjustments, test deformations, adding powerful hand and foot control nulls, IK (Inverse Kinematics) Set-up and problem solving are all included within this course. A great training guide for beginner 3D students to get started rigging their 3D models for animation purposes. Make your 3D models and characters come to life!! *All Model and Scene Files are included with the course so that you can follow along. High Quality (Screen-Res 1440 x 900 pixels) Quicktime Video Level: Beginner Running Time: 14 hrs. 39 mins

In this first volume of Lightwave 10-Animation Essentials Lightwave Instructor Adam Gibson gives the beginner 3D student a tour of Lightwave's Layout interface, animation tools, and shows how to set up a scene and create a spaceship animation. A great video to get you up and started animating in Lightwave 3D. Level: Beginner Running Time: 2 hrs. 49 mins Format: MP4 (1440 x 900 pixels)

In this video tutorial Lightwave 3D Instructor Adam Gibson introduces the beginner 3D student to surfacing objects with image maps. Surfacing using image maps is one of the best ways to creating amazing looking objects in 3D. Image maps can be used for various other things like creating amazing background plates for you scenes and creating cool bump details to your objects. If you are new to surfacing objects in 3D this video is a highly recommended addition to your library of tutorials. Running Time: 2 hrs. 50 mins Level: Beginner Screen Resolution: 1440 x 900 pixels Format: MP4 Video (.mp4)

In this sixth volume on LWCAD 3.6 Instructor Adam Gibson introduces the Lightwave 3D student to the essentials required to using this powerful modeling plug-in. LWCAD is known for it's architectural time-saving modeling tools. Introduction to LWCAD's advanced modeling tools is covered in great detail. This sixth volume is a must to able to get you up and started using LWCAD's core modeling tools.

Save $$ when you buy the Digital Bullet Hits LightWave tutorials together. This Bundle includes: Creating a Squib Line, Bullet Holes in a Metal Door Part One , & Bullet Holes in a Metal Door Part Two

This video is intended for more experienced Lightwave beginners. Knowledge of Model- and Layout’s interface would be recommended. That said, if you pay close attention to the video you’ll notice that all actions are clearly addressed.

In Project “Vaultage” Lightwave instructor Charlot Cobben covers planning, resource gathering, modeling, surfacing, texturing, lighting, animation, particle fx, volumetrics and composeting to create a movie intro or presentation intro. Charlot always created something special to kick off Marketing presentations and he now guides you through the process. You are guided to all of the steps and get some handy tips along the way.

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In this videos series we show 3D students how to use ZBrush 4 and Lightwave 3D together as an easy and functional workflow and pipeline in your 3D projects. Although this video series uses Lightwave 3D as the final output for your ZBrush work, most of the concepts, principles and techniques used here will work with all the most popular 3D programs like 3D Max, Maya, Softimage, Modo, Cinema 4D and many others. In this video tutorial ZBrush/Lightwave Instructor Adam Gibson shows how to use ZBrush to create high detail color map on a Velociraptor dinosaur that is exported as an image map for use inside of Lightwave 3D.

The Fanboy District 9-inspired weapon Modeling and UV unwrapping products are now available as a bundle for those users who wish to purchase both products at the same time and save! (approximately $10 cheaper when compared to individually purchasing each one separately) Download is approximately 3.7Gb (in 7 files), with a total running time of approx. 9.3 hours. Quicktime (.mov, Mpeg4) 1064x840.

Part two of the "District 9" inspired "FanBoy series" by Kevin Phillips, this training product takes the user through the process of creating a detailed UV map to allow the artist to paint the textures. The 3D model is also included for those who did not do part one of this series. This product is approximately a 1.8Gb download (3 files). Running time of approximately 3.8 hours. 1064 x 840 pixels, in Quicktime format (Mpeg4).

LWCAD 3.6 Modeling Tools (Volume #5)-by Adam Gibson In this fifth volume on LWCAD 3.6 Instructor Adam Gibson introduces the Lightwave 3D student to the essentials required to using this powerful modeling plug-in. LWCAD is known for it's architectural time-saving modeling tools. Introduction to LWCAD's advanced modeling tools is covered in great detail. This fifth volume is a must to able to get you up and started using LWCAD's core modeling tools. Running Time: 2 hrs. 5 mins. Level: Beginner Screen Resolution: 1440 x 900 pixels Format: MP4 Video (.mp4)

In this fourth volume on LWCAD 3.6 Instructor Adam Gibson introduces the Lightwave 3D student to the essentials required to using this powerful modeling plug-in. LWCAD is known for it's architectural time-saving modeling tools. Introduction to LWCAD's advanced modeling tools is covered in great detail. This fourth volume is a must to able to get you up and started using LWCAD's core modeling tools. Running Time: 2 hrs. 12 mins. Level: Beginner Screen Resolution: 1440 x 900 pixels Format: MP4 Video (.mp4)

In this third volume on LWCAD 3.6 Instructor Adam Gibson introduces the Lightwave 3D student to the essentials required to using this powerful modeling plug-in. LWCAD is known for it's architectural time-saving modeling tools. Introduction to LWCAD's advanced modeling tools is covered in great detail. This third volume is a must to able to get you up and started using LWCAD's core modeling tools. Table of Contents for LWCAD 3.6 Modeling Tools (Volume #3) Chapter 1- Intro Chapter 2- Circle Tool (Part One) Chapter 3- Circle Tool (Part Two) Chapter 4- Ellipse Tool Chapter 5- Rectangle Tool Chapter 6- Rec3p Tool Chapter 7- NGon Tool Chapter 8- Star Tool Chapter 9- Box Tool Chapter 10- Box3p Tool Chapter 11- Arc Section Tool Chapter 12- Cylinder Tool Chapter 13- Pyramid Tool Chapter 14- Tube Tool Chapter 15- Final Running Time: 2 hrs. Level: Beginner Screen Resolution: 1440 x 900 pixels Format: MP4 Video (.mp4)

In this second volume on LWCAD 3.6 Instructor Adam Gibson introduces the Lightwave 3D student to the essentials required to using this powerful modeling plug-in. LWCAD is known for it's architectural time-saving modeling tools. Introduction to LWCAD's advanced modeling tools is covered in great detail. This second volume is a must to able to get you up and started using LWCAD's core modeling tools. Running Time: 2 hrs. 6 mins. Level: Beginner Screen Resolution: 1440 x 900 pixels Format: MP4 Video (.mp4)

In this first volume on LWCAD 3.6 Instructor Adam Gibson introduces the Lightwave 3D student to the essentials required to using this powerful modeling plug-in. LWCAD is known for it's architectural time-saving modeling tools. Introduction to LWCAD's advanced Universal Coordinate System (UCS) and powerful Snapping Tools is covered in great detail. This first volume is a must to able to learn how to use all of LWCAD's tools in the latter volumes in this video training series. Running Time: 1 hrs. 54 mins. Level: Beginner Screen Resolution: 1440 x 900 pixels Format: MP4 Video (.mp4)

In this training video watch Lightwave Instructor Adam Gibson build a Sci-Fi Style Corridor/Hallway similar to many that have been created for big screen sci-fi action films. Learn how to take simple shapes and turn them into highly detailed geometry. Learn how to make your polygons glow to be used a light sources. A great video for the beginner 3D modeler and those who wish to learn a few more new modeling tricks.

Lightwave 3D 9.6 Animating a Tyrannosaurus-by Adam Gibson In this video tutorial Lightwave Instructor Adam Gibson demonstrates how to animate a Tyrannosaurus dinosaur using Lightwave's powerful animation tools. Walking and adding secondary motions for the T-Rex are shown in great detail. Table of Contents for Animating a Tyrannosaurus Chapter 1- Intro Chapter 2- Importing the Scene File and Rigged/IK Model Chapter 3- Setting Up the Viewports in Layout Chapter 4- Correcting Object Size to Real World Scale Chapter 5- Reviewing the Object Size Correction and using the "Item Picker" Plugin Chapter 6- Timing for Animation Chapter 7- Creating the First Walk Cycle (Adding Key Frames and Tension) Chapter 8- Creating the Second Walk Cycle (Adding Key Frames and Tension) Chapter 9- Creating the Third Walk Cycle (Adding Key Frames and Tension) Chapter 10- Key Framing the Feet Lifting off the Ground Chapter 11- Key Framing Head and Body Bobbing Chapter 12- Leg IK Error Fix Chapter 13- Key Framing Body Side-to-Side Movement (Part One) Chapter 14- Key Framing Body Side-to-Side Movement (Part Two) Chapter 15- IK Thigh Fix Chapter 16- Body Movement Edit Chapter 17- Key Framing Tail Movement Chapter 18- Key Framing Neck Movement Chapter 19- Key Framing Foot Bend (Part One) Chapter 20- Key Framing Foot Bend (Part Two) Chapter 21- Forearm Animation Test Chapter 22- Key Framing Neck Turn and T-Rex Roaring at Camera Level: Beginner High Quality (Screen-Res 1440 x 900 pixels) Quicktime Video

This model pack contains over 40 Untextured 3D Dinosaur models in 6 different model formats. Formats: LWO, OBJ, 3DS, XSI, MAYA, and MAX. The purpose of this Model pack is so that you may practice your rigging, UV Mapping, Retopology, and Texturing Skills on Pre-made 3D Models. Have fun with our Dinosaurs and make your own adventures with them and also give them your own style and look. -You may use our royalty free 3d dinosaurs for your animations in film/video or still images. Below is a list of the dinosaurs included in this model pack: Achelousaurus, Anhanguera, Apatosuarus, Brachiosaurus, Camptosaurus, Centrosaurus, Chasmosaurus, Corythosaurus, Deinonychus, Dilophosaurus, Dsungaripterus, Einiosaurus, Germanodactylus, Gnathosaurus, Ichthyosaurus, Iguanodon, Kentrosaurus, Kritosaurus, Lambeosaurus, Maiasaura, Monoclonius, Ouranosaurus, Pachyrhinosaurus, Parasaurolophus, Pteranodon, Pteranodon Sternbergi, Saurolophus, Shonisaurus, Spinosaurus, Spinosaurus (Textured), Stegosaurus, Styracosaurus, Suchomimus, Tenontosaurus, Therizinosaurus, Triceratops, Troodon, Tropeognathus, Tuojiangosaurus, Tyrannasaurus, Velociraptor, Wuerhosaurus

Part Two of the Bullet Holes in a Metal Door tutorial picks up where part one left off by adding sparks and smoke (particle emitters), the interior of the hangar (very simple modeling), and making a couple of variations on the project. Project files are included so you can follow along even if you don't have Part One.

Video run time is 1hr 55 min

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This project based video tutorial for Lightwave 9 and up covers the basics of image sequences and the Image Editor, gapped image sequences, node-based surfacing, simple sub-division and polygonal modeling, and image-based deformations.

Video run time is 2hr 40 min

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Table of Contents for Volume #6 Chapter 1- Intro Chapter 2- Connect Tool (Edge Mode) Chapter 3- Connect Tool (Point Mode) Chapter 4- Connect Tool (Polygonal Mode) Chapter 5- Bridge Tool (Part One) Chapter 6- Bridge Tool (Part Two) Chapter 7- Remove Polygons Tool Chapter 8- Collapse Polygons Tool Chapter 9- Band Glue Tool Chapter 10- Boolean Tool (Operations: Union, Intersect, Subtract, and Add) Chapter 11- Drill Tool (2D Operations: Core, Tunnel, Stencil, and Slice) Chapter 12- Solid Drill Tool (3D Operations: Core, Tunnel, Stencil, and Slice) Chapter 13- Speed Booleans (Operations: Union, Intersect, Subtract, and Add) Chapter 14- Final Running Time: 1 hr. 10 mins. High Quality (Screen-Res 1440 x 900 pixels) Quicktime Video Level: Beginner

Continuing on with the concepts and techniques from Advanced Space Scene Creation Volumes 1 and 2, Kelly "Kat" Myers brings things full circle in volume 3 at light speed! Learn how to replicate a wildly popular effect from the star trek series, "warp speed" stars, and take the effect and concepts even further. This video includes the assets for you to immediately open up, drop in your own space ship and go (but one is included just in case you need one). You can follow along with the tutorial video and make your own scene easily. At this low price of just $17.99USD, Advanced Space Scene Creation Vol. 3 is a great deal. More videos in this series are planned, advancing each time in complexity and techniques and will be made available exclusively through Liberty3d.com

JeffrySG brings to Liberty3D his knowledge and experience with this excellent video that every modeler should watch. This collection covers the basics to get you started with hard surface subdivision modeling. It is presented using LightWave 3D 9.6 and 10. The series is over 6 hours long and covers many of the techniques, tools and plug-ins that you'll need to learn to get started with your sub-d work. It also covers ways to troubleshoot your models as well as a few real world examples to get you started. The series is geared toward people just getting started with hard surface sub-d modeling and people that just want a better understanding of the basic techniques to help their work-flows. You should know how to use most of the tools in LightWave and be able to find your way around but most things are explained in detail if you're new to LightWave. All of the models and reference photos that are used in the main videos are included so you can open them and use them as you go through the videos. As an added bonus I've included high resolution versions of the perfume bottle and DNA tutorials from my free videos for an extra hour of training bringing the total time to over 7 hours. Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate Run Time: Over 7 Hours total Video Resolution: 1440 x 900 pixels (the two extra videos are 1280 x 970) Video Format: Quicktime H.264 with AAC audio File Size: Download is 1.8GB Total (3 ZIP files approx. 600MB ea.) All this for Only $23.99USD

The first in the "FanBoy series" by Kevin Phillips, this training product takes the user through the process of creating a detailed 3D model of an Alien weapon inspired by the amazing film "District 9".

This value-packed project-based tutorial from Dana Burman teaches you how to use LightWave's particle system and HyperVoxel sprites to simulate bullets from a machine gun hitting the ground. Several techniques are used in building this scene including front projection mapping, controlling transparency with weight maps, adding and editing particle emitters, using collision objects to trigger particles, setting up HyperVoxel sprites, converting curves to motion paths, and more.

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In this Rigging Video Course Lightwave Instructor Adam Gibson shows the beginner 3D student how to use the Bone Tools in Lightwave's Layout to rig a Tyrannosaurus dinosaur. Weight Mapping is also covered in addition to show how to keep your character's mesh stable during posing and animation. This video is an excellent way to learn how to quickly and easily get your characters set up so they can eventually be animated to walk, run, jump and much much more. Chapter 1- Intro Chapter 2- Creating Eye Weight Maps Chapter 3- Teeth Weight Maps Chapter 4- Merging Layers Chapter 5- Setting Up Rig Scene File Chapter 6- COG Bone Chapter 7- How to Rest a Bone Chapter 8- Leg Bones Chapter 9- Fixing Leg Bones Chapter 10- Bone Connector Tool Chapter 11- Renaming Leg Bones Chapter 12- Tail Bones Chapter 13- Fixing Tail Pitch Chapter 14- Fixing Hip Pitch Chapter 15- Spine Head Bones Chapter 16- Lower Jaw Bones Chapter 17- Renaming Bones Chapter 18- How to Split Chapter 19- Renaming Head Bones Chapter 20- Creating Arm, Hand and Finger Bones Chapter 21- Checking Pitch Channels on Fingers Chapter 22- Groin Belly Hold Bone Chapter 23- Eye Bone Chapter 24- Mirror Eye Bone Chapter 25- Renaming Arm and Claw Bones Chapter 26- Mirroring Arm Bones Chapter 27- Mirroring Leg Bones Chapter 28- Parenting Eye Bones to the Head Bone Chapter 29- Checking Bone Chain Parents Chapter 30- Resting Bones Problem Chapter 31- Fixing Bone Sizing and Scaling Issues Chapter 32- Resting the Bones Chapter 33- Fall Off Type and Subdivision Order Chapter 34- Testing Tail Bones Chapter 35- Testing Spine Bones Chapter 36- Testing Neck Bones Chapter 37- Testing Eye Bones Part One Chapter 38- Testing Eye Bones Part Two Chapter 39- Upper and Lower Jam Weight Maps Chapter 40- Testing Eye Bones Part Three Chapter 41- Testing Eye Bones Part Four Chapter 42- Lower Jaw Bone Test Chapter 43- Arm Test Chapter 44- Leg Testing Chapter 45- Creating Object Nulls Chapter 46- Parenting Object Nulls Chapter 47- Positioning Goals Chapter 48- Setting Up IK(Inverse Kinematics) in the Legs High Quality (Screen-Res 1440 x 900 pixels) Quicktime Video Level: Beginner

Lightwave 3D 9.6 Rigging a T-Rex with Skelegons-by Adam Gibson In this 6 hour rigging course Lightwave Instructor Adam Gibson shows the student how to easily set-up a Tyrannosaurus base skeleton using Lightwave's "Skelegons" Tool in modeler and then how to convert it to Bones in Layout. The video then continues to show the set-up process in Layout as well as how to apply Weight Maps for more control over your mesh. Problem solving, test deformations, and IK (Inverse Kinematics) are also shown in great detail. A perfect video for a beginner 3D student to get started rigging characters quickly.

Continuing on in this series of videos, award winning VFX artist Kelly "Kat" Myers walks you through an actual production shot from a low budget film in Practical Production Techniques Vol. 4. Understand work flow for completing a visual FX shot using live action footage that has to be tracked in 3D, technical considerations of the footage itself and then tracking the seemingly impossible shot with ease. Jumping into LightWave gain control over you new world and then smash a meteor into it. Don't get complicated! Get it done! Do it all all in under 100 minutes! This is how fast you need to work in order to get work and keep it. The techniques in this video are major time savers, and will let you expand on the concepts into your own shots right away. Example Scenes are included!

Continuing on in this series of videos, award winning VFX artist Kelly "Kat" Myers walks you through several handy concepts battle tested on productions that you can take advantage of in Practical Production Techniques Vol. 3. In this video learn about "Light Boards", Light Cookies or "Gobos" and how to link up controllers to give you control over just about any aspect you can think of in LightWave's Lighting system and be able to expand on these concepts to just about anything that can be controlled via an envelope. At a run-time of 110 Minutes in 7 parts at a glorious 1920x1200 display resolution this video gives you the low down on time saving techniques and ultra simple but elegant ways of controlling light arrays from just a few lights to literally hundreds if not thousands. Example Scenes are included!

Kat is back! Now in Practical Production Techniques Volume Two, Kelly "Kat" Myers walks you through setting a scene using appropriate camera angles and discusses cinematography rules, in CG. Learn to set up a multiple camera shot so that it "cuts" together nicely from camera to camera and make use of the Camera Selector in LightWave3D. Learn about "Soft-Stops", craning moves and more in this "get in, learn and get out" format video. Also discussed are the new Liberty3D Multi-Cam and Dual Cam tools from the Liberty3D UberCam package.

Learn the secrets of box modeling using SUB-Ds in Lightwave 3D. Creature and animal modeling can be a difficult task without the proper knowledge of where to start by pre-planning your character. In this video Adam Gibson shows how to set-up a backdrop image for reference and then starting with a single polygon create a fully detailed dinosaur. Learn the secrets of creating new geometry and detail from awkward positions during the modeling process. A powerful training video for the aspiring 3D modeler.

Adam Gibson shows how to UV Unwrap a Velociraptor style dinosaur from head to toe. Very few Lightwave tutorials show the whole process of UV Unwrapping a character and organizing the all the UV islands into one "Giant UV Island" in preparation for 2D digital painting programs such as Adobe Photoshop or 3D Painting Programs like ZBrush, Modo, 3D Coat and others.

If you are looking to learn the art of UV Mapping quickly this is the video you need to get you there. And since this a project based video you'll actually get to see how to use these tools in full production environment. Also at the end of the video Adam Gibson shows how to import your UV Map into Adobe Photoshop for Digital Painting of your character.

This is the fifth volume in a tool-based learning series on Lightwave 9.6's Modeler taught by Lightwave Instructor Adam Gibson. Each tool is broken into it's own video for quick and easy reference. The Modeler Series is designed so that you can find the tool you want to learn about instantly by looking at the name of each video clip. You don't have to watch the whole volume in one sitting or be searching through hours of content to find the tool you want to learn about.

This is the fourth volume in a tool-based learning series on Lightwave 9.6's Modeler taught by Lightwave Instructor Adam Gibson. Each tool is broken into it's own video for quick and easy reference. The Modeler Series is designed so that you can find the tool you want to learn about instantly by looking at the name of each video clip. You don't have to watch the whole volume in one sitting or be searching through hours of content to find the tool you want to learn about.

Larry Shultz continues on with more advanced techniques for working with LightWave3D's powerful system for Displacements and Endomorphs in Volume Two of this two part video series. With SplineGod as your guide, he will walk you through the tips, techniques and help you to avoid traps that are common for first time users of the Endomorph technology so that you are up and running in no time making stuff move with textures applied as geometry displacements and morphs! Areas in Modeler and Layout are covered.

Larry Shultz gets you going with LightWave3D's powerful system for Displacements and Endomorphs in Volume One of this two part video series. With SplineGod as your guide, he will walk you through the tips, techniques and help you to avoid traps that are common for first time users of the Endomorph technology so that you are up and running in no time making stuff move with textures applied as geometry displacements and morphs! Areas in Modeler and Layout are covered.

Rigging a quadruped in LightWave3D with Larry Shultz. In this video, Larry expands on the basics of character rigging and animation by showing you how to rig a Quadruped (4 legged character) using the standard tools inside of LightWave3D. This video covers the basics but also expands into more intermediate and advanced subjects related to character rigging and animation.

In this video Larry Shultz walks you through the steps of modeling commercial products like shampoo bottles or toothpaste for use in a commercial on TV or a product advertisement. Learn the ins and outs of clean polygonal and spline modeling techniques and then apply them to your projects quickly and easily with this video that is loaded with tips!

Larry Shultz is your guide in this video on LightWave3D expressions and the expression system. Gain access to functions generally hidden and only accessible via expressions that make LightWave sing with this video! If you are into TD work, then this one is for you, but anyone who uses LightWave, even casually will appreciate the instructional value of this video.

Larry Shultz video on Character Rigging in LightWave3D. This video covers how to rig your character using the CA tools in LightWave3D and helps you understand the basics of rigging any character for animation later on, applying these techniques to your own set ups.

In Kelly "Kat" Myers latest video, Practical Production Techniques Volume One, you will find several secrets and newly evolved technologies being applied in LightWave3D. From DP Custom Light Uses to additional render passes described in detail for practical uses just as they are deployed on VFX jobs for TV and film productions this video expands on concepts from Kat's other videos but now puts them into directly applicable techniques that can be used just about anywhere. Using real-world content (included in this video) learn not only how to apply these techniques in LightWave3D but also how to manipulate the render results for maximum flexibility in compositing. 80% of this video deals with LightWave Layout and Modeler, while the remaining 20% jumps over to Eyeon's Fusion compositing system, bringing everything together. Learn to avoid traps, while exploiting functions not commonly used in LightWave 9.6 such as the refraction buffer on export through exrTrader or LightWave's native rendering buffer saver system. Learn to break out the shot using Kat's system and see how changes to refractive surfaces play with DP Light Kit Additional lights like the DP Dome light, Custom Light, and Infinite Light. You get everything needed to follow along, models, scenes, rendered images and the Fusion composite flow! This is an incredible value and more in this series are being produced. Don't let the product image fool you, it really is largely a LightWave based tutorial!

Continuing on with the concepts and techniques from Advanced Space Scene Creation Vol. 1, Kelly "Kat" Myers takes you to another level showing you how to mix LightWave volumetrics and objects to create even more fantastical space scenes. This video includes the assets for you to immediately open up, drop in your own space ship and go. You can follow along with the tutorial video (which is over 2 hours in length) and make your own scene easily, building on these techniques which are widely used in space scenes as shown on TV and in Film. This video tutorial compliments Advanced Space Scene Creation Vol. 1 and makes a great addition to that volume, but can be used and understood without having it in your collection. At this low price of just $17.99USD, Advanced Space Scene Creation Vol. 2 is a great deal. More videos in this series are planned, advancing each time in complexity and techniques and will be made available exclusively through Liberty3d.com

LightWave 3D 9.6 Modeler Volume #3- by Adam Gibson This is the third volume in a tool-based learning series on LightWave 9.6's Modeler taught by LightWave Instructor Adam Gibson. Each tool is broken into it's own video for quick and easy reference. The Modeler Series is designed so that you can find the tool you want to learn about instantly by looking at the name of each video clip. You don't have to watch the whole volume in one sitting or be searching through hours of content to find the tool you want to learn about. Project based video training is great but this video is designed so that the beginner and advanced LightWave student can learn the software in small chunks and get a better understanding of what each tool does before attempting a project. No point in teaching someone how to build a house if they've never used a hammer. Here we start at the basic so the student is better prepared for more advanced applications of their LightWave tool set. Table of Contents for Volume #3 Chapter 1- Intro Chapter 2- FlipIt Tool Chapter 3- FlipIt Fast Tool Chapter 4- Aligner Tool (World Mode) Chapter 5- Aligner Tool (Foreground to Background Mode) Chapter 6- Aligner Tool (Background to Foreground Mode) Chapter 7- Aligner Tool (Absolute Mode) Chapter 8- Smooth Scale Tool Chapter 9- Segment Scale Tool Chapter 10- BG Conform Tool Chapter 11- Wrap Sphere Tool- Part One Chapter 12- Wrap Sphere Tool- Part Two Chapter 13- Mirror Tool Chapter 14- Mirror X Tool Chapter 15- Mirror Y Tool Chapter 16- Mirror Z Tool Chapter 17- Spin It Tool Chapter 18- Knife Tool Chapter 19- Subdivide Tool Chapter 20- Triple Tool Chapter 21- Divide Tool Chapter 22- Fractalize Tool Chapter 23- Symmetrize Tool Chapter 24- Split Tool Chapter 25- Band Saw Tool Chapter 26- Band Saw Pro Tool Chapter 27- Make Pole Tool Chapter 28- Julienne Tool Chapter 29- Julienne 2 Tool Chapter 30- Add Points Tool Chapter 31- Quick Saw Tool Running Time: 3 hrs. 19 mins. High Quality (Screen-Res 1440 x 900 pixels) Quicktime Video

This is the second volume in a tool-based learning series on LightWave 9.6's Modeler taught by LightWave Instructor Adam Gibson. Each tool is broken into it's own video for quick and easy reference. The Modeler Series is designed so that you can find the tool you want to learn about instantly by looking at the name of each video clip. You don't have to watch the whole volume in one sitting or be searching through hours of content to find the tool you want to learn about. Project based video training is great but this video is designed so that the beginner and advanced LightWave student can learn the software in small chunks and get a better understanding of what each tool does before attempting a project. No point in teaching someone how to build a house if they've never used a hammer. Here we start at the basic so the student is better prepared for more advanced applications of their LightWave tool set.

List of Titles in this mega-collection by LightWave3D Instructor Adam Gibson List of Titles in Collection-by Lightwave Instructor Adam Gibson Lightwave 9.6 Advanced UV Mapping and Texturing-Volume #1 (Photo-Realistic Human Series)-Reg. Price $29.00 US Funds Lightwave 9.6 Advanced UV Mapping and Texturing-Volume #2 (Photo-Realistic Human Series)-Reg. Price $29.00 US Funds Lightwave 9: Surfacing for Beginners Volume #1 (Surface Editor Essentials)-Reg. Price $19.00 US Funds Lightwave 9: Surfacing for Beginners Volume #2 (Diffuse, Reflectivity, Transparency, Luminosity, and more!!)-Reg. Price $19.00 US Funds Lightwave 9: Spacecraft Modeling-Reg. Price $35.00 US Funds Lightwave 9: Dinosaur Modeling-Project Velociraptor-Reg. Price $20.00 US Funds Lightwave 9: Dinosaur UV Mapping-UV Mapping a Velociraptor -Reg. Price $20.00 US Funds ZBrush 3.1 for Lightwave Users Volume #1-How to Paint Color-Reg. Price $16.00 US Funds ZBrush 3.1 for Lightwave Users Volume #2-Normal Maps-Reg. Price $16.00 US Funds ZBrush 3.1 for Lightwave Users Volume #3-Displacement Maps-Reg. Price $16.00 US Funds *Get all 10 Videos Only $119.00 U.S.

Lightwave 3D Spacecraft Modeling-by Adam Gibson This video is great for those of you who wish to get into Sci-Fi or Vehicle modeling. In this training tutorial you will how to create an organic style spaceship that combines both smooth and hard edged Sub-D surfaces in one mesh. There are very few videos which show how to do this. It also shows traditional Polygonal modeling to create certain details and parts of the spaceship. 3D Students will greatly benefit from this fully detailed tutorial which shows all parts of the production process in modeling an advanced-level model of this kind. Software Used: Lightwave 3D 9.3.1 User Level: Beginner to Novice Video Codec: Quicktime Video

This is the first volume in a tool-based learning series on LightWave 9.6's Modeler taught by LightWave Instructor Adam Gibson. Each tool is broken into it's own video for quick and easy reference. The Modeler Series is designed so that you can find the tool you want to learn about instantly by looking at the name of each video clip. You don't have to watch the whole volume in one sitting or be searching through hours of content to find the tool you want to learn about. Project based video training is great but this video is designed so that the beginner and advanced LightWave student can learn the software in small chunks and get a better understanding of what each tool does before attempting a project. No point in teaching someone how to build a house if they've never used a hammer. Here we start at the basic so the student is better prepared for more advanced applications of their LightWave tool set.

Video Contents of Volume 1 * Advanced UV Unwrapping Techniques * Advanced use of the PLG UV Tools-A FREE Tool for Download. * Advanced UV EDITING * UV Island Creation * How to take Multiple UV Islands and Create 1 Giant UV Island. * How to fix OVERLAPPING UV's using basic tools like the Drag and Move Tool. * How to Unwrap UV's Objects/Meshes without have to break it into different layers. * How to Unwrap UV's with the help of the Surface Editor and Create Parts tool. * How to break down your model into logical parts for easier UV Unwrapping. * Where to logically create UV Seams when UV Unwrapping. * How to Apply Checkerboard Patterns * How to Edit your UV Map using Checkerboard Patterns. * Understanding UV Space in relation to Image Map/Pixel space. * And much much more. Running Time: Approx. 6.5 Hours High Quality Quicktime Files for clean and sharp viewing on your Computer Monitor. $29.00 USD - Instant Download

A detailed introduction to Lightwave's powerful Surface Editor. * Learn how to name surfaces/polygons. * Learn how to load preset surfaces. * Learn how to make your own surfaces and save them as surface preset. * Learn how to make a save all your own pre-made surfaces in their own special directory. * Discover Lightwave's collection of built-in pre-made/pre-set surfaces like: rock, metal, glass, chrome, nature, organic.....and tons more!!! * Learn how to edit a surface preset made and create whole new surface based on the original. * Learn how to rename surfaces. * Learn how to preview surfaces in the Surface Editor. * Learn how to use the search command to find textures quickly. * Introduction to the Viper Preview Renderer. Running Time: 2 Hours-Approx. Instant Download

Topics Covers: * Learn how surfaces react with Lighting. Brightness and Colors. * Learn how to use the Diffuse Channel, Reflectivity, Luminosity, Glossiness, Translucency and much more. Running Time: 2 Hours-Approx. Please note that this is a "Buy it Now" only product purchase at this time. Thank you for your understanding. $19.00 USD - Instant Download

Heat things up! Get Pyro FX Techniques from SplineGod today and start learning how to use geometry and textures to produce fire and lava effects that render quickly and give you all the control you need and more, spicing up your LightWave3D scenes! Larry takes you through the steps and shows you how to set things up fast. This video is a great value at just $19.99USD. Please note that this product is available only as a "Buy it Now" purchase at this time and cannot be combined with other purchases. We thank you for your understanding.

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. Artist Kevin Phillips will take you through creating your own custom cel shaders, as well as introduce a variety of time-saving workflow concepts to help you work faster.

The 1hr 20 min video tutorial comes complete with the 3D character and scene used in the tutorials. Download is 360Mb.

Water Drops - Creating water drops onto the surface of an object using hypervoxels but without the use of particles. This technique uses textures to drive the creation of the hypervoxels. Very fast and easy! SplineGod takes you through the steps and gets you up and running. Please note that this is a "Buy it Now" product and cannot be combined with other purchases at this time. Thank you for your understanding. Water Drops $19.99 - Download

Larry Shultz (Splinegod) shows you the ins and outs of Watery FX in Bubbles And Waves for LightWave3D. In this video Larry brings to you techniques for creating Waves in LightWave using animated procedural textures and displacements. Also in this video, learn how to create realistic bubbles and combine the results to produce great water fx. This video is an excellent value at just $19.99USD Please note that this is a "Buy it Now" product and cannot be mixed with any other purchase at this time. Thank you for your understanding.

SciFi Style Planet Creation: Making Mars! You get the assets used in this video (The mars planet, images for the textures, and the scene set up). You learn how to create and texture your planet using the same techniques used on SciFi network space TV shows (Like BSG for example), then light this scene while understanding the principles of functions like “Fast Fresnel”, “StarMatte” objects and other neat tricks that used to be exclusive and well guarded secrets of the pros! Now this knowledge is yours! This is a rapid fire video and jams a huge amount of hand project based practical use techniques. A super great value at just $17.99USD Buy it now, get it now via instant download!

Here is Kat’s training tutorial video using LightWave 3D, Fusion and the DP Light Kit for Lightwave3D 9.6. Check out the scene using LightWave 3D and then work with the images saved via exrTrader for use in a compositing program such as Fusion or AfterEffects. You also get the Fusion 5.0 and up compatible .comp file. Drop it into your seat of Fusion and see how it was put together right away. This is a rapid fire video and jams a huge amount of hand project based practical use techniques. A super great value at just $17.99USD Buy it now, get it now via instant download!

This new video is just the beginning of a series of videos that I am starting showing you how to create awesome looking space scenes. You get the assets used in this video (You get the scene files, additional scene examples and a rendered sequence of this shot in motion so you can see it working immediately) for you to experiment and follow along with. You learn simple but fast techniques on how to take advantage of hidden (aka secret) functions in LightWave 3D that used to be exclusive and well guarded secrets of the pros! Now this knowledge is yours! This is a rapid fire video and jams a huge amount of hands on project based practical use techniques that will help you to build a project like this right away. Take advantage of LightWave 3D’s awesome speed for rendering what you might have passed off as a useless function – fog! and turn it into a wicked looking Nebula in minutes, fully controllable and animated! Fly your ships through it with maximum creep factor as this video is inspired by effects scene in movies such as Event Horizon, StarTrek II and Serenity. But this is just the beginning! Many of our site visitors and customers have been requesting nebula space scene creation tips and tricks and this is just the tip of the iceberg! The fundamentals shown in this video set the stage for even more advanced techniques to be featured in videos in this series coming very soon from Liberty3d! This video is a great value, with a run time of over 1 hour and 15 minutes (approx). Buy it now, get it now via instant download!