This Monster LightWave Bundle contains every LightWave 3D Tutorial and Course that Adam Gibson has created since the year 2009. LightWave Versions: 9, 10, 11, 11.5, 2015, 2018, 2019 and 2020. Hundreds of hours of detailed training covering everything from 3D Modeling, Texturing, UV Mapping, Rigging, Animating and more!!

This LightWave 2020/2019/2018 Bundle contains: Volumes #1 to #23 (plus Huge-Bonus Content)

In this twentieth volume of the Lightwave 2020/2019/2018 Series 3D Instructor Adam Gibson introduces LightWave 2020's powerful modeling toolset. A great place to start for beginner LightWave Users. Topics and Tools Covered: 1) Sub-D Modeling, 2) Basic Polygon Theory, 3) Move Tool, 4) Rotate Tool, 5) Stretch Tool, 6) Size Tool, 7) Extender Plus Tool, 8) Bandsaw Pro Tool, 9) Mouse Action-Center Tools, 10) Point/Polygon/Edge Selection Tools, 11) Basic Surfing Introduction, 12) Copy/Cut/Paste Tools, 13)Model Layer Navigation, 14) Statistics Panel, 15) Mirror Tool, 16) Saving/Opening 3D Model Files, 17) Shadow Catcher, 18) Basic Compositing and more!! Running Time: 3 hrs. 22 mins., High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels), Video Format: MP4 (.mp4), Level: Beginner

This LightWave 2020/2019/2018 Monster Bundle Includes: Volumes #1 to #17 (+MASSIVE BONUS Content) by Adam Gibson. All 17 Volumes are included in this bundle!!

This Bundle Contains: 1) Lightwave 2020- Vol. #16- Cartoon Character Modeling I- Head Modeling 2) LightWave 2020- Vol. #17- Cartoon Character Modeling II- Body Modeling

In this seventeenth volume of the LightWave 2020/2019/2018 Series 3D Instructor Adam Gibson teaches the LightWave student how to get started modeling Cartoon Style Characters that are designed for the rigging process and animation purposes. Adam Gibson shows the important modeling techniques & basics for functional polygon flow so your characters can deform/bend for easier posing and animation. In this volume "Cartoon Character Modeling II" we show how to seamlessly create the Alien character's body building off the head structure from the previous volume. Learn how to control Points, Edges and Polygons to sculpt the shapes and structures needed for creating beautiful organic style Sub-D characters. The modeling techniques in this training series is the foundation for building characters, animals, monsters or any organic type 3D model. A great place to start for beginner LightWave Users or those new 3D Modeling. *Bonus Content Folder Includes: 1) Model Files 2) Background Reference Image Templates

Kat has released volume 2 of his DT Las Vegas Texture Pack. Taking through out the late summer months of 2021 in the downtown Las Vegas area  these lovely photographs for you that are perfect for textures in use with just about any 3D program on the planet, especially LightWave3D. This is a complimenting package to the first volume so make sure to check that one out as well so you have the complete set. You get: Graffiti = 53 GroundNStuff = 83 StuccoStoneWalls =56 Misc = 11 That's just over 200 images ready for you to drop into a program such as Materializer (Materializer example project included!) to create your texture sets from for PBR use in just about any modern rendering engine such as LightWave3D 2018+, game engine such as Unreal or Unity or other PBR system. They can also easily be used LightWave3D Legacy editions as well. They are untouched, pristine images taken at magic hour during the months of August, September and October of 2021. Crop and adjust as needed! Get 894MB  of awesome texture images for your next project in this collection today! All photos taken at 1960x4032 or 4032x1960 pixels.

Kat spent a good while walking around the Downtown Las Vegas area taking these lovely photographs for you that are perfect for textures in use with just about any 3D program on the planet, especially LightWave3D. You get: Brick = 16 CamoGrass = 16 Cement = 34 DirtSan =56 Metalics = 115 Misc = 9 PlasterStucco = 46 StoneRocks = 16 Woods = 114 That's 422 images ready for you to drop into a program such as Materializer (Materializer example project included!) to create your texture sets from for PBR use in just about any modern rendering engine such as LightWave3D 2018+, game engine such as Unreal or Unity or other PBR system. They can also easily be used LightWave3D Legacy editions as well. They are untouched, pristine images taken at magic hour during the month of August 2021. Get over 1.65GB of awesome textures for your next project in this collection today! All photos taken at 1960x4032 or 4032x1960 pixels.

It's the most awesome bundle of all! 20 Practical Production Techniques videos in one ultra bundle from Kelly "Kat" Myers! This is hundreds of hours of amazing learning material for LightWave3D, Fusion, Syntheyes and much more - spread across 20 titles for an amazingly low price! With titles dating back to 2010 when we first started, this series covers practically (pun intended) every major type of visual effects scenario a VFX artist may face in the course of their career or pursuits as a hobbyist. From flying space ships to fixing impossibly bad footage in comp, every artist can benefit from the titles in this ultra bundle! This is a massive product so be ready for some serious downloads!

As we all know, Bullet Dynamics in LightWave3D as with any program that supports Bullet, has a lot of uses beyond smashing and crashing stuff. Or a stupid box and ball demo. While either use can be fun, there is much more to it than that and this title demonstrates a great way to make use of Bullet in a real-world scenario. In Kelly "Kat" Myers' 18th installment in the Practical Production Techniques series of video training for LightWave3D, the subject is how to take a turbosquid sourced model, quickly texture and light it with volumetric lights and then animate each of the Ferris Wheel "carts" or cabins via Bullet Dynamics. It's a lot easier than you might think, but does take a bit of patience to get things "right" and then replicate for each element to be animated. In just under 3 hours, this video will take you from start to finish and show you everything you need to know about how to produce a similar animation while also teaching some fundamentals about Bullet Dynamics with respect to "Hinges" and bone relationships to constraints. Content is included with this for scenes, surface libraries, but unfortunately the model itself  and texture images are not part of the package as its a commercial product from outside Liberty3d.com. However, you can easily build out your own similar model or pick up the one featured in the video. Either way this is great for testing and evaluation purposes once you understand how the physics side of things work and apply it to just about anything that calls for "swinging", animated elements that behave naturally under normal gravity, motivated by a parent object's motion. This is a great tutorial for anyone who needs to dive into a practical application for bullet while not getting to deep into the far end of the pool. It's split up into eight easily digestible parts. For details on the model please view the TXT file included in the tutorial after purchase should you choose to want to grab it yourself. Support artists! Est. Runtime 174 minutes HD 1920x1080 Resolution

In an attempt to preserve some of the legacy of LightWave3D's history in the 3D and VFX world and its contributions to some of the most icon sci-fi television shows of the last 30 years; Liberty3d.com is making an effort archive and make available to the LightWave3D community many fan built assets from the series Babylon 5 (B5). In this free to download collection, there are dozens of objects and scene set ups that will allow you to reproduce many wonderful visuals from the mid-1990s series. This is a great collection for anyone with a copy of LightWave3D going back to version 5.6 (if not earlier but we haven't tested this) to LightWave3D 2015.3. Later versions of LightWave3D may cause some pretty serious breakage of certain textures, and - volumetric engine or weapons fire effects rigs, so be warned! This doesn't mean that they cannot be reproduced using later versions of LightWave3D. They can, it just takes a bit of work. While we can't list everything here, these are some highlights. Included in this collection: Whitestar LWO Vorlon Dreadnought Velarian_Class_Battleship v9etu69q4r28-Babylon5 Shadow_Ship_(non_cannon) Shadow_Alien Psy_Corp_Mothership narncruiser minbari_warcruiser Minbari_Sharlin_War_Cruiser minbari_fighter minbari Jump_Gate Hyperion G-'Quan_v1 Earth_Force_One EA_Shadow_New_Babylon_Station EA_Omega_Destroyer_by_M.Tarling EA Badger StarFury F3D Release Centauri_Liner big flying saucer Babylon6 Babylon5 Babylon_5_Starfury_Version_3 B5Dockv2 Ashinta_Class_Escort_Frigate ACTA_Jumpoint A_Call_to_Arms_Babylon_5_Jump_Point These and many more are included in this collection. They are provided "As Is" and where possible as they seem to be preserved from their original states produced by fans, credit for the authors is included in readme.txt files for most.

Catherine Smallwood's Boeing 737-700 aircraft. Check out Catherine Smallwood’s awesome Boeing 737-700 in LightWave 3D format (LWO3 2018+ LWS). Modeled to be technically accurate and look good on camera, this model has all the main fixings of an awesome LightWave3D asset. It is essentially “ready-to-render” in LightWave3D 2018+. Use your own paint scheme or use Catherine’s maps as a guide easily giving your shot or demo or whatever you might need a 737-700 for (AR/VR, games, you name it) a sense of reality without compromise.

C-130H Hercules for using LightWave3D. Made of 175,737 polygons, this detailed replica of the Lockheed C-130H Hercules has the major control surfaces separated but not animated, propellers are in their own layers with pivot points set for rotation in your animations or still images. The model comes painted in the Tennessee Air National Guard color scheme. For repainting the model easily, a Photoshop PSD file is included with the basic layers and the UV Mapping images. The rear door edges are modeled into the aircraft, but not separated and a simple interior is placed inside if you wanted to finish the cargo doors.

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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 before proceeding to the final stages in Fusion where he discussed the ins and outs of Rotoscoping, the caveats involved when dealing with bugs in Fusions Rototools (which are being fixed right now if not already by the time you read this), and how Keyers can work to your advantage if all else fails. This 31 part video includes assets used in the original VFX shot that was part of a real-world VFX job for the feature film "The Christmas Cabin" which Kat and Wes Sargent completed in a very short time in November/December of 2018 on order to make a tight deadline for the producers to successfully sell the film at a film market conference. More in the practical production techniques series feature this film as subject matter are in the works and will be available here on Liberty3d.com exclusively.

Lightwave 2019/2018 Bundle Pack-Volumes #1 to #12 (Free Bonus Content & Tutorials)

In this twelfth volume of the Lightwave 2019/2018 (12 Volume Series) 3D Instructor Adam Gibson continues to introduce Modeler's powerful toolset. A great place to start for beginner Lightwave Users.

In this eleventh volume of the Lightwave 2019/2018 (12 Volume Series) 3D Instructor Adam Gibson continues to introduce Lightwave’s powerful modeling tools. A great place to start for beginner Lightwave Users.

The "Lightwave UV Mapping Bundle Pack I" contains: 1) Lightwave 2019- Volume #8- UV Mapping I, 2) Lightwave 2015- Volume #9- UV Mapping- Dinosaur UV Project, 3) Lightwave 11.5- UV Mapping a Human, 4) Lightwave 11.5 UV Mapping a Creature, 5) Lightwave 11.5 UV Mapping Essentials

Iron Sky Model and Scene Pack Vol. Three, features two very special ships from the feature film "Iron Sky". First up, the Russian "Mir" which is a proverbial kit bash if there ever was one in science fiction, the "Mir" from Iron Sky is it. A reflection of the horrific (if not always fully of surprises) state of Soviet and later Russian Federation space programs this ship combines what was supposed to the "burn up and splashdown" re-entry disposed of space station of Taco Bell publicity stunt fame fa few years back. That and spare parts of just about anything the Soviets and later the Russian Federation space programs shot into orbit. Meticulously detailed in many places, while head scratching in a few others where details could have been really been driven towards, the "Mir" in Iron Sky is a border line capital ship and the direct opposite of the USS George W. Bush scene in the film. It's primary weapon is in effect, a Particle Projection Cannon with its power source said to be re-purposed nuclear material from failed Mars missions, or orbital nuclear weapons platforms. Take your pick. With the "Mir" you probably would be right with both. "It came in pieces" so to speak, and the primary weapon system is a frontal assault type, more than likely intended to strike at ground based targets such as ICBM silos, power plants, critical infrastructure or ocean faring weapons platforms such as American Aircraft Carriers and their support ships. Fully rigged, this model and scene set up for LightWave 2015.3 (and previous versions going back to 10.1) has been checked and ready for you to play around with and study. It includes the original engine system and PPC weapon rig used in the feature film. Please note, the final effect was treated heavily in post and color corrected to the final result one sees in the picture. Next up is the controversial, almost lost to several hard drive crashes and idiots with lawyers and market courts with no concept of reality... the Japanese "Banzai" Ship. This ship has seen work in 4 different 3D packages. Originally built in 3DSMax, then modified and cleaned up in Modo, before being completely overhauled again in LightWave3D in order to get it it to hero level as picture ready requirements needed to be upped to the best level possible after several shots were added to the feature film shot list with close ups of this ship being called for (because its that's cool). This meant final work completed including the volumetric engine system and laser bank weapons rigging by Kat himself who also prepared it for destruction/ramming duties in shots found at the end of the picture. A combination of LightWave3D Modeler (mostly Modeler working on the fly during shot set ups) and 3D-Coat was used to produce the damage morphs needed to finish the job. 3 highly skilled VFX artists contributed to the design, construction, and "flight" of this model and it was produced completely independent of the "Production Designer" on the show who interfered constantly, with the VFX process. Maybe that's why it's so cool? Yes, because it's an absolutely original design. Seb, Tuomas and Kat say "banzai!" mofos!

Instant motion capture system using your existing VR headset and hand controllers. Free updates for the life of the product.

Instant motion capture system using your existing VR headset and hand controllers. This license is for the current version and one free update.

"The Commonwealth Ships" Three "Earth Fleet" ships, specifically those from the British Common Wealth as we referred to them on the show are included in Iron Sky Model and Scene Pack Volume 2. You get some really awesome craft in this one! The British "SpitFire", the Australia "Rooketer" (roo as in kangaroo) and the Canadian "CanadArm3". Each of which includes their appropriate volumetric engine set-ups and feature animated moving parts with the exception of the CanadArm3 ship which didn't have any moving parts. These are all "Hero" models, meaning they were the ones used for close up shots and later the base for downres or proxy objects used for shots where they appear in the distance or for previs. These models are an essential starting point to the series of packs being released later where entire shots will be made available to LightWave3D users with the goal of pretty much the entire work done in LightWave3D for the original film, being released. 4K, 6K and even 10K resolution texture maps are included where applicable, matching exactly the way they were used on the show.

After 7 long years, Liberty3D.com is proud to announce the availability of the Iron Sky LightWave3D assets library. Kat has opened up the “vault” and begun to prep each of the main Earth and Moon NAZI ships featured in the first film. These are not baked down, neutered versions of the originals. They ARE the originals! Used in the show! Initially produced using LightWave 10.1 and early beta versions of LighWave 11, all of the scenes have been pulled forward to LightWave 2015.3 for maximum compatibility. LightWave users from LightWave3D 9.6 to LightWave3D 2015.3 can load these scene files up along with the objects almost by default. Only two 3rd party plug-ins are required; DP Kit and DP Light which are both free to download and use. DB&W’s Material Booster Node may be required for some scenes to load correctly but is not required should you not have it. It is optional but we encourage you to support DB&W by picking up their tools. LightWave3D 2018 Compatibility is not entirely possible (at least out of the box) due to the massive changes in the rendering, shading and lighting systems in the new versions of LightWave3D. However, Kat is working on that. Most of the basic surfacing will come in with some adjustments using the emulated “layer” system but really it should be rebuit for the new PBR technology in LightWave3D 2018 and beyond. The lighting on the ships, specifically the volumetric lighting systems such as those for the engines of most craft will also have to be adapted to the new render and volumetric technology in Lightwave3D 2018. These incredibly rare and detailed assets represent thousands of hours of effort to produce and we are offering them exclusively to the LightWave3D community in their original form as an educational initiative. LightWave3D users new and old can study them and learn while also adapting them to their own scenes or making use of them as they see fit for their own reasons. Kat is granting a limited license for use by individual users of LightWave3D and options for commercial use as well. Several packs are planned and in the works. First up is Iron Sky Model and Scene Pack Volume 1. Iron Sky Model and Scene Pack Volume 1. Three iconic ships are included in Iron Sky Model and Scene Pack Volume 1. The USA’s George W. Bush, the Moon NAZI “Tanhauser” Zeppelin and the Moon NAZI Valkyrie. Each of which includes their appropriate volumetric engine set-ups an in the case of the Valkyrie the volumetric gun system which are able to be animated and aimed for firing. These are all “Hero” models, meaning they were the ones used for close up shots and later the base for downres or proxy objects used for shots where they appear in the distance or for previs. These models are an essential starting point to the series of packs being released later where entire shots will be made available to LighWave3D users with the goal of pretty much the entire work done in LightWave3D for the original film, being released. 4K, 6K and even 10K resolution texture maps are included where applicable, matching exactly the way they were used on the show.

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Kat is back with a new installment in the TurbulenceFD Advanced Concepts and Projects Series. This time in “Project Engine Fire”, Kat shows you what goes into setting up a WWII era USAF B-25 with an engine fire effect. This is a real-world shot from the upcoming feature-film (direct-to-video) “Behind the Lines” which is currently in post-production. With a run time of approximately 105 minutes, you get all the info you need to recreate such an effect using LightWave3D (works in 2015.x and 2018.x) and TurbulenceFD from Jawset.com You also get the renders and the Fusion composite flows from Kat for this project so you can play with the render results instead of having to render out things on your own (which can take a wee bit of time). Don’t worry though, if you want to play around with things in LightWave3D and tweak settings and sim things for yourself, we have you covered there, too. The basic geometry and the scene files are included so you have everything you need to follow along and get the exact results you want using the provided materials as a guide! You get almost 4GB of content and learning material, ready to go for just $24.95USD

What is an Ultra-Camera bundle? Simple! It is the ultimate triple threat of tools for LightWave3D artists who take their pictures seriously, especially those venturing into the realm of VR! Get everything you need to do the job and do it right! You get UberCam 2.6, RRCam and VR Scientist 1.0 for 80 dollars off what it would cost if you bought them separately.

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Kat has put together 10 of his Practical Production Techniques videos into a super bundle! Get up to speed fast on everything from surface baking to polygon reduction for games and VR/AR production as well as how to construct your shots for big space battles or mysterious nebula scenes and much much more in this bundle for a great low price! Here is a list of the videos you get! Practical Production Techniques Vol. One Practical Production Techniques Vol. Two Practical Production Techniques Vol. Three Practical Production Techniques Vol. Four Practical Production Techniques Vol. Five Practical Production Techniques - Vol. 6 Advanced Surface Baking Practical Production Techniques - Vol. 7 Advanced Surface Baking Part II Practical Production Techniques - Vol. 8 Capital Ship Combat Techniques Practical Production Techniques - Vol. 9 Polygon Reduction Practical Production Techniques Vol. 10 - Project Smoke Monster

Fusion for LightWave Artists: Volume 4 - Curse of the Phantom Shadow Award winning VFX artist and CG Supervisor, Kelly "Kat" Myers is back in his latest installment in the Fusion for LightWave Artists series. This time Kat walks you through a real-world production shot from the low-budget 30+ minute short film written and directed by Mark Ross; "Curse of the Phantom Shadow" With over 396 VFX shots in the current edit of the film, the daunting challenge of completing the task at hand is met through the use of LightWave3D and Fusion! In this tutorial, Kat demonstrates how one can employ creative uses of volumetrics supplied by LightWave3D natively as well as via TurbulenceFD From Jawset.com and mix them together in Fusion 8 in a way that "sells the shot". It doesn't stop there, however! Kat also demonstrates where the use of LightWave's PRMB is essential vs. the use of Vector-Based motion blur in post, and what to do if you ever have to "mix and match" in a compositing program like Fusion. If you have enjoyed the previous installments of Fusion for LightWave artists, then you are for sure going to want to grab this title as you can follow along with Kat as he breaks down the composite that made up the final shot and continues on improving it! Kat also discusses how you can ensure that 'WYSIWYG' for input and output when working with LightWave's Linear Color Space workflow and how Fusion's LUTs should be used with sRGB rendered material. Exclusively available from Liberty3d.com, Fusion for LightWave Artists: Volume 4 - Curse of the Phantom Shadow, includes the entire render results used in the tutorial. You can practice the techniques demonstrated by Kat without having to render a single frame out of LightWave! He's done that for you and the renders are included as a secondary download aside from the tutorial video so you can watch right away as the downloads for the renders come across to you in the background if you choose!

RR_Tools pro is simple, but powerful plugin set designed to enhance the rigging and animation workflows of Lightwave. See video demonstration for examples of how these tools are used in production.

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Practical Production Techniques Vol. 10 - Project Smoke Monster! Kat is back with another installment in the highly popular Practical Production Techniques series. In Volume 10, Kat walks you through an entire shot featuring a Daz3D character model, taking the asset from Daz3D into LightWave, surfacing it using the maps from the asset, setting it up with animation applied via MDD, transferring in TurbulenceFD settings from another scene, lighting the character using some nifty tricks for realism in a photographic plate and then compositing the rendered results in Fusion. With a runtime of almost 4.5 hours, this tutorial is jam-packed with lots of great tips and techniques pulled from Kat's experiences in production. The tutorial includes the rendered image files so you can follow along in the compositing process in Fusion or even AE and Nuke. You also get the scene files saved at every step along the way. Not included is the model which is a commercial asset but retails for 25 dollars on Daz3d.com and can be easily substituted for a character of your own design or any other Daz Character you may have laying about.

This massive Character Rigging Course is designed specifically for beginner 3D students who have never rigged a character in Lightwave or any other 3D package. Basic rigging concepts and principles are shown to get you up and started fast allowing you to be able to easily pose and control your characters movements with Lightwave's powerful rigging toolset. In this highly detailed course a Human Biped Character will be rigged using Lightwave's traditional rigging toolset first and then using the Genoma 2 Bi-Ped Rig (Lightwave's Auto-Rigging System). Learn how to Use and Download 2 pieces of "Free Character Creation Software" so that you can build thousands of you own detailed characters of all shapes and sizes that you can export and use in your Lightwave projects. Topics: Preparing your Models, Traditional Rigging Tools, Genoma Rigging, Bone Tools, Skelegons, Weight Maps, Facial Morphs (Endomorphs), Export/Import of DAZ Studio Characters, Export/Import of Make Human Characters, Surface Editing, Character Creation in DAZ Studio/Make Human Software, Saving Rig Presets, Inverse Kinematics (IK), Arm/Foot/Head/Eye Controls, Muscle Flexing/Joint Compensation. Also learn how you can import and use beautiful DAZ 3D Characters in Lightwave 3D. *Note: This course is not recommended for advanced-level or experienced rigging artists. *Bonus: Content Folder Included containing Scene, Model files, and Printable Pin-Up Notes/Diagrams from the tutorials.

This plugin/video content bundle provides users a way transport high quality daz3d models into Lightwave, and utilize the entire CMU motion capture database (free) in a single click.

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Ryan covers all the bases to get you up and running quickly using the Octane renderer in Lightwave. (Available now. Sales page and promo video are in progress).

Advanced LightWave3D Modeling Projects - Chevy Impala Car Model Lewis3D (Elvis) Get this complete project and model a 1958 Chevy Impala using spline patch modeling techniques. Lewis takes you through the entire process from start to finish including the set up of modeler to make the most efficient use of your time by placing the most often used tools in front of you for easy access. With 68 Chapters in total running just over 37 hours this tutorial will turn you into an expert Lightwave modeler! No details are left untouched, everything from modeling the base body right down to the headlights and Chevy logo are covered in full. If you have always wanted to take your modeling to the next level but were unsure where to start then this is the tutorial for you. While not entirely intended for beginners, this tutorial will take someone from a basic knowledge of LightWave Modeler or any other modeling package and through the process of each step, teach you the tools needed to create awesome cars, trucks, planes, you name it. A full collection of reference images necessary to build with are included.

In part III of Fusion for LightWave Artists, Kelly "Kat" Myers breaks new ground in the series as he walks you through a complete shot to recreate a news broadcast style "playback" element using the assets from Iron Sky. SyntheyesTrackingMany years ago, Kat worked for a company that specialized in this area of film and television effects production working with Fusion and LightWave to produce video playback that would be used on set. This tutorial goes from start to finish including the tracking in Syntheyes of a plate shot using an everyday smart phone (in this case a Samsung Galaxy Note4), prepping the resulting footage for efficient use in Layout while getting the Iron Sky Valkyrie UFOs into the shot. From there this project takes a bit of a different turn as Kat demonstrates how to track elements in 2D using Fusions precise tracking tools and how to attach masks to these tracks providing for additional control of your composite. LightWave3DISValksThe tutorial finishes off with the introduction of several effects tools that you can use to "fake" broadcast TV interference or replicate the appearance of conventional television footage. Learn how to deal with noisy "tracks" from a 3D tracking program by working with the data in Layout's graph editor while at the same time knowing what you can get away with due to the nature of the final target element. There are several tricks and tips in this tutorial that you simply will not find anywhere else covering an area of VFX creation that is rarely discussed if at all by visual effects artists. With an approximate run time of 3.7 hours, Fusion for LightWave Artists Part III is a great companion title to the previous two parts in the series. With 20 video segments and all of the content included for you to follow along, this title is a must have for LightWave artists working with Fusion in their production work flows no FusionTrackingTwomatter what the tasks you may face. Visual Effects artists are sometimes asked to do some pretty odd things and creating "playback" for on-set shooting use is one of these odd ball jobs you are going to come across.

Do you need clouds in your shot? Hypervoxels got you down? Skytracer not cutting it? No problem! With "TFD Advanced Concepts and Projects - Clouds", learn how you can get awesome looking cloud formations that you can produce quickly with maximum control over their shape and appearance while rendering extremely fast compared to any other solutions available for LightWave3D. Jawset's Turbulence FD for LightWave is the key! Award winning CG supervisor and VFX artist, Kelly "Kat" Myers walks you through the process of creating photorealistic cloud formations in this 3.6 hour 13 part tutorial specifically aimed at VFX artists who need to produce clouds for their shots.

Kat does it again! Fusion for LightWave Artists Part II a 390 minute project based tutorial using the same techniques from Battle Star Galactica and Iron Sky for LightWave3D shot construction, Lighting, Rendering, Render Management, and Fusion Compositing that demonstrates how you can leverage the power of BlackMagic Design’s Fusion 7 (or 8) which is now free; into your LightWave production workflows. Whether you use Mac or PC, Fusion is your best and most affordable compositing option available that provides absolutely uncompromising results and speed. Now, experience how you can take your LightWave work to the next level. Fusion and LightWave have a long history of being used together in top studios over the last two decades producing some of the most iconic television shows and films of our time. In this video Kat takes you through an entire production level shot from "Battlestar Galactica" using freely downloadable assets (download links provided). Not only that, you get the complete renders from each lighting and buffer pass. That's 6500 frames from 16 different scene files to make up one awesome shot! No need to render at home! This package provides you with the content. That means you get all the the scenes, Fusion comp files and the renders in full! This video is the second part in a series of videos designed specifically for LightWave artists in mind and is balanced between Layout and Fusion’s interface building up each element so the artist gets a firm grasp as to how to break out shots for compositing and how to manage renders in a network environment leveraging the power of Lightwave and Fusion network rendering technology. This video gives you deep insight into how an entire shot would be produce on BSG or Iron Sky and can be applied to just about any product or project. Get it now for only $39.49USD

Liberty3D UberCam 2.6 for LightWave3D 9.3.1 - LightWave 2015 (and beyond!) with Oculus Rift Virtual Reality support! Studio Pack (5 Seats) More Awesome Cameras and tools for LightWave3D that you can use in production right away. We have updated our VR Cameras in this release to provide for "back seam" free rendering as well as a completely re-written algorithm for our VR Stereo Camera giving you the best stereoscopic rendering for VR video out there. You get the following Cameras: Liberty3D VR Stereoscopic Camera (New in 2.1) Make Stereoscopic Spherical 360 Degree VR Video! Liberty3D VR Camera (New in 2.0!) Make Spherical 360 degree videos on youtube! Liberty3D Surface Baking Camera (New in 2.0! - Experimental) Liberty3D Spherical Camera (Updated for 2.0!) Liberty3D Radial Shift Camera (Updated for 2.0!) Liberty3D OverScan Camera (Updated for 2.0!) Liberty3D SuperPano Camera (Updated for 2.0!) Liberty3D Stereoscopic Camera (Updated for use and compatibility with LW 2015 and Oculus Rift VR Headsets) Liberty3D Dual-Cam Camera (Updated for 2.0!) Liberty3d 4-Up Camera (Updated for 2.0!) Liberty3D 12-Up Camera (Updated for 2.0!) Liberty3D Perspective Camera (DOF) (Motion Blur) (Updated for 2.0!) Liberty3D Perspective Camera (No DoF) (Motion Blur) (Updated for 2.0!) Liberty3D Perspective Camera (No DoF) (No Motion Blur) (Updated for 2.0!) Liberty3D Panoramic Camera (Updated for 2.0!) Liberty3D Cylinder Camera (Updated for 2.0!) Liberty3D Skybox Camera (Updated for 2.0!) Liberty3D FishEye Camera (Updated for 2.0!) You get the following Tools: VRHeadset Manager (For use with both Oculus Rift DK1.1 and DK2 Virtual Reality Headsets) Virtual Studio Tools VR Headset Device Node (For connecting your camera in lightWave to the Oculus Rift via virtual Studio Tools) UberRift Viewer (A brand new floating viewer window that works with the Oculus Rift in stereoscopic, properly applying the barrel lens distortion effect to your layout camera viewport) L3D Oculus Rift Barrel Distortion Image Filter (For use with our Stereoscopic camera so you can render out images using LightWave's renderer for viewing on the Oculus Rift) This release of UberCam 2.6 is jammed packed with features and comes with an awesome 60+ page manual covering everything you need to know about how to set up your Oculus Rift and use it with LightWave3D. MacOS 32bit/64bit (Universal Binary), Win64bit and Win32bit versions are shipped in this plug-in along with our new manual. Please note that at this time the UberRift viewer works on Windows PC platforms (32bit and 64bit) only and requires at least LightWave3D 11.6.3. Most camera plug-ins are backward compatible to LightWave 9.3.1. LightWave 2017 is supported.

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This Lightwave 2015 Bundle Contains: Volumes #1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, and 10. Bonus: Free 3D Dinosaur Model Pack

In this 10th Volume of our 2015 training series 3D Instructor Adam Gibson introduces the beginner 3D student how to get started using Lightwave's powerful surfacing tools. Table of Contents for Volume #10: Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- What is Surfacing?, Chapter 3- Polygons and Surface Normals, Chapter 4- Color Channel Basics, Chapter 5- Creating Surface Names and Renaming Surfaces, Chapter 6- Working with Multiple Surfaces, Chapter 7- Smoothing Angle, Chapter 8- Luminosity Channel, Chapter 9- Enable Glow, Chapter 10- Diffuse Channel, Chapter 11- Specular and Gloss Channels, Chapter 12- Reflection Channel, Chapter 13- Transparency and Refraction Index, Chapter 14- Object Dissolve, Chapter 15- Translucency Channel, Chapter 16- Bump Channel, Chapter 17- Double Sided Polygons, Chapter 18- Surface Presets (Colors, Metals, Rock, Fabric, Glass and More), Chapter 19- Gradients Introduction, Chapter 20- Nodes Introduction (Part One), Chapter 21- Nodes Introduction (Part Two), Chapter 22- Final. Running Time: 4 hrs. 0 mins., High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels), Video Format: MP4 (.mp4), Level: Beginner.

In this latest Lightwave 2015 Series tutorial 3D Instructor Adam Gibson will demonstrate how to quickly UV Map a Parasaurolophus Dinosaur model using the "ABF UV Unwrap" tool and the "PLG UV Tools" Plugin (Free Plugin). Learn how to systematically break up your model for easy flattening of UV Islands. Tips and Tricks are also shown on how to avoid typical problems and also how to deal with issues along the way. Table of Contents for Volume #9: Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- UV Workflow for Project, Chapter 3- Dividing Up Body Parts (Part One), Chapter 4- Dividing Up Body Parts (Part Two), Chapter 5- Body UV Map, Chapter 6- Front Feet UV Map, Chapter 7- Claws of Front Feet UV Map, Chapter 8- Inner Mouth UV Maps, Chapter 9- Inner Nostrils, Eye Sockets, Ear Sockets UV Map, Chapter 10- Claws UV Map, Chapter 11- Neck UV Map, Chapter 12- Tail UV Map, Chapter 13- Eyes UV Map, Chapter 14- Arms UV Map, Chapter 15- Rear Feet UV Map, Chapter 16- Legs UV Map, Chapter 17- Head UV Map, Chapter 18- Merging Body Parts into One Layer and Merging Points, Chapter 19- Using the PLG Pack UV Chart Plugin, Chapter 20- Final. Running Time: 2 hrs. 44 mins., High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels) , Video Format: MP4 (.mp4), Level: Beginner.

In this training tutorial 3D Instructor Adam Gibson introduces the new and powerful DDO Painter to the currently released Quixel Suite 2.0. Learn how to get started quickly texturing your 3d models using the new painting tools and how to create automated input maps without having to leave the Quixel Suite. Table of Contents for Volume #7: Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- Input Map Baking Glitch in 3DO (Work-Around Explained), Chapter 3- Baking Input Maps Via NDO (AO, Curvature, Object Space Normal, XYZ Gradient), Chapter 4- Baking Input Maps Via DDO (AO, Curvature, Object Space Normal, XYZ Gradient), Chapter 5- DDO Paint Brush Basics (Brush Size, Changing Colors, Albedo Viewing Mode), Chapter 6- DDO Paint Brush Basics (Channel Selection, Transferring Paint Data to Image Maps), Chapter 7- How to Add a Bump Channel in DDO and Paint Bump Displacement, Chapter 8- Keyboard Shortcuts (Othographic/Perspective Toggle, 90-Degree Ortho-Views), Chapter 9- Gloss Channel Painting, Chapter 10- How to Paint on Meshes with Multiple Groups, Chapter 11- Dynamask Painting, Layer Blending, Adding Dirt, Bump Map Detail, Chapter 12- Exporting Final Maps from DDO to Lightwave and Initial Texture Set-Up, Chapter 13- Test Renders in Lightwave, Chapter 14- Post Process Render Presets in 3DO and Final. Running Time: 2 hrs. 28 mins., High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels), Video Format: MP4 (.mp4), Level: Beginner.

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In this training tutorial 3D Instructor Adam Gibson introduces the new and powerful NDO Painter from the newly released Quixel Suite 2.0. Learn how to get started quickly painting Normal Maps directly on your 3d models in 3DO using the new painting tools. Table of Contents for Volume #6: Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- NDO Paint Basics (Part One), Chapter 3- NDO Paint Basics (Part Two), Chapter 4- NDO Paint Basics (Part Three), Chapter 5- Brush Tool, Chapter 6- Eraser Tool (Transparency and Alpha), Chapter 7- Object Navigation Review (Rotate, Move, Zoom), Chapter 8- Camera Animator (Make Animations of your 3D Model), Chapter 9- Creating Multiple Camera Views (Create, Save, Delete), Chapter 10- How to Create Groups/Parts and Hide Groups/Parts, Chapter 11- Alpha Brushes, Chapter 12- How to Change Alpha Brush Angle, Chapter 13- Importing and Creating Alpha Brush Collections, Chapter 14- Final. Running Time: 2 hrs. 13 mins., High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels), Video Format: MP4 (.mp4), Level: Beginner. *Bonus: 150 FREE Sci-Fi Alpha Brushes!!! (Reg. Price $19.00 US)

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UV Mapping has always been one of the most challenging and dreaded aspects for creating amazing textures for 3D models. 3D artists around the world know this pain as it can be a very lengthy process trying to get your UV Maps with as little "Texture Distortion" as possible with manual tweaking methods which is necessary in most typical 3D packages. In this video course 3D Instructor Adam Gibson will be showing how to get started fast using the amazing "UV Layout" Software Package with Lightwave 3D!! Although Lightwave 3D will be used in this course with UV Layout, the concepts and techniques can easily be used with any other 3D Software package like: Modo, Maya, 3D Max, 3D Coat, ZBrush, etc. When it comes to UV Mapping, UV Optimization is the Key to getting near perfect UV Maps. Manual Optimization Methods (in other words tweaking your maps by hand) with the typical checkboard pattern can be extremely long and tedious, frustrating, and not to mention cutting into your production time where you could be working on other more important things. Spending more time on modeling and the actual textures for you model can be immensely stolen by having to spend hours, days, weeks tweaking your UV Maps. With that being said "UV Layout" not only contains all the traditional UV Map editing tools, but has one of the industries top "Automated UV Map Optimizers" at a very low price. With a few mouse clicks and few seconds of your time, your UV Maps can be flattened and optimized with amazing accuracy which would in most cases be impossible with manual methods. In this course we demonstrate how to 1) Create all your UV Maps within UV Layout and 2) How to Import and Optimize UV Maps that have been Created in Other 3D Software Packages. Running Time: Volume #1- 2 hrs. 30 mins. and Volume #2- 3 hrs. 39 mins., High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels), Video Format: MP4 (.mp4), Level: Beginner.

In Particles and HyperVoxels II 3D Instuctor Adam Gibson demonstrates how to make your particles and hypervoxels interact with other objects and 3D Models in your scene. This can be useful for limitless amount of situations whether it be making dust, debris or liquids fall and bounce off the ground, a character, or any other 3d models in the scene or for making a 3d object realistically pass through smoke, steam, or fire. The possibilities are limitless. In the second part of the tutorial how to convert your 3D models/meshes into Particle Emitters is shown. This is a very powerful feature as you can create effects like making your 3D models look like they are on fire or emitting smoke or steam or even sweating. If you are new to Lightwave 3D this a great tutorial to get started fast with Particles and HyperVoxels. Table of Contents for Volume #8: Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- Collision Object (Plane-Type), Chapter 3- Collision Object (Roughness Setting), Chapter 4- Using 2 Collision Planes at the Same Time, Chapter 5- Collision Mode Types, Chapter 6- Polygonal Collision Mode (for Polygonal Models), Chapter 7- HyperVoxel Surface Permeation Problem (Radius/Level Fix), Chapter 8- SubDiv Collision Mode (for Sub-D Models), Chapter 9- Particle Collision Using Textured Deformed Terrains, Chapter 10- Using an Object/Mesh as a Particle Emitter, Chapter 11- Final. Running Time: 1 hrs. 51 mins., High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels), Video Format: MP4 (.mp4), Level: Beginner.

Learn How to Create Clouds and Outer Space Nebulas in Lightwave 2015. Spice up your sky environments and outer space scenes. In this Beginner Level Lightwave 2015 tutorial Adam Gibson demonstrates easy to follow steps for Cloud and Nebula creation in Layout. So if you are new to Particles and HyperVoxels this tutorial is a great place to start. Table of Contents for Volume #7: Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- HyperVoxel Cloud Concepts, Chapter 3- HyperVoxel Cloud Initial Set-Up, Chapter 4- HyperVoxel Cloud (Stretch Direction Input Parameter), Chapter 5- HyperVoxel Cloud (Shading Using Procedural Textures), Chapter 6- Nebula Creation (Using a Multi-Colored Gradient), Chapter 7- Nebula Render and Tweaking, Chapter 8- Final. Running Time: 1 hrs. 34 mins., High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels) , Video Format: MP4 (.mp4), Level: Beginner.

This title is massive! Fusion for LightWave Artists is a 420 minute exploration and project based tutorial that demonstrates how you can leverage the power of BlackMagic Design’s Fusion 7 (or 8) which is now free; into your LightWave production workflows. Whether you use Mac or PC, Fusion is your best and most affordable compositing option available that provides absolutely uncompromising results and speed. Now, experience how you can take your LightWave work to the next level. Fusion and LightWave have a long history of being used together in top studios over the last two decades producing some of the most iconic television shows and films of our time. In this video learn how to make use of Fusion’s powerful workflow and LightWave render buffer system to integrate photographic (stills or video can be used) material producing photorealistic composites. Kat masterfully walks you through the process over the course of 27 video clips and 4 project based examples demonstrating the use of Object ID, Surface ID, Depth (linear fog and z-Buffer techniques are covered) to gain maximum control over your shots. Learn how to produce color correction effects over distances using depth as well as DoF application and how to avoid “gotchas” when working with deep pixel data. Take advantage of LightWave’s Shadow Catcher node and learn how you can precisely control the results in comp helping you to save time in render as well as remain flexible when it comes to your final look. Learn how you can take advantage of LightWave’s native Composite Buffer tool or DB-W’s exrTrader buffer saver export plug-in to reduce the amount of image files you have to manage while getting the most out of each render pass to create your final composites. Learn how to use the power of motion vectors and work with them in comp without the need for any RSMB plug-ins or fancy tricks to make them work. Over 1.64GB in size this video is a huge value and comes with rendered image content and scenes (The A-10 model/scenes are not included due to copyright reasons, but the renders are). This video is the first part in a series of videos designed specifically for LightWave artists in mind and is balanced between Layout and Fusion’s interface building up each element so the artist gets a firm grasp as to how to break out shots for compositing later. Get it now for only $39.49USD

This Lightwave Bundle Contains: Lightwave 2015 Getting Started Volumes #1,2,3,4,5, and #6. It is intended for Beginner Level 3D Students as an introduction to the Layout portion of Lightwave. *Bonus: Dinosaur Mega-Pack and Creature Eye Pack. Over 40 Base Dinosaur Mesh Objects and Creature Eye Image Maps.

What is Lightwave 3D? Lightwave is powerful 3D Modeling/Animation and VFX software used in the Film and Television Industry by 3D artists/studios in Hollywood and all over the world. This 12 volume series is designed for beginners who are new to 3D or students who are new to Lightwave. The series will be covering everything you need to get started fast. Some of the Topics Covered throughout the 12 Volume Series will be: User Interface, Polygonal Modeling, Sub-D Modeling, UV Mapping, Surfacing Techniques, Animation Basics, Compositing Tools, Particle FX, Genoma II Character Rigging and more!! Table of Contents for Volume #6: Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- Volumetric Light Introduction, Chapter 3- Volumetric Light Types, Chapter 4- How to Create a Vortex Effect with Volumetrics, Chapter 5- Particles Introduction, Chapter 6- Particle Attributes (Part One)- Emitter Size, Birth Rate, Lifetime, Particle Limit, Gravity, Chapter 7- Particle Attributes (Part Two)- Explosion, Vibration, Particle Resistance, Variance, Chapter 8- Snow Particle Scene Set-Up (Part One), Chapter 9- Snow Particle Scene Set-Up (Part Two) and Final. Running Time: 2 hrs. 24 mins., High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels) , Video Format: MP4 (.mp4), Level: Beginner.

What is Lightwave 3D? Lightwave is powerful 3D Modeling/Animation and VFX software used in the Film and Television Industry by 3D artists/studios in Hollywood and all over the world. This 12 volume series is designed for beginners who are new to 3D or students who are new to Lightwave. The series will be covering everything you need to get started fast. Some of the Topics Covered throughout the 12 Volume Series will be: User Interface, Polygonal Modeling, Sub-D Modeling, UV Mapping, Surfacing Techniques, Animation Basics, Compositing Tools, Particle FX, Genoma II Character Rigging and more!! Table of Contents for Volume #5: Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- Fog FX Scene Set-Up (Fog Color, Thickness, Backdrop, Gradient Backdrop), Chapter 3- Fog Min Distance and Max Distance Circles (Radius), Chapter 4- Setting Up Textured Fog, Chapter 5- How to Animate Fog and Multiple Fog Layers, Chapter 6- Water Plane Set-Up (Basics of Making a Lake or Ocean), Chapter 7- Animating Water (Part One), Chapter 8- Animating Water (Part Two), Chapter 9- Final. Running Time: 1 hrs. 43 mins., High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels), Video Format: MP4 (.mp4), Level: Beginner.

What is Lightwave 3D? Lightwave is powerful 3D Modeling/Animation and VFX software used in the Film and Television Industry by 3D artists/studios in Hollywood and all over the world. This 12 volume series is designed for beginners who are new to 3D or students who are new to Lightwave. The series will be covering everything you need to get started fast. Some of the Topics Covered throughout the 12 Volume Series will be: User Interface, Polygonal Modeling, Sub-D Modeling, UV Mapping, Surfacing Techniques, Animation Basics, Compositing Tools, Particle FX, Genoma II Character Rigging and more!! Table of Contents for Volume #4: Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- Importing Explosion Clip into Lightwave, Chapter 3- Explosion Surface Settings (Transparency Channel), Chapter 4- OpenGL Setting for Explosion Clip, Chapter 5- Clip Map Set-Up Concepts, Chapter 6- Frame Rate Fix for Explosion Clip, Chapter 7- Spaceship Animation Keyframe Set-Up, Chapter 8- Laser Explosion Set-Up, Chapter 9- Lens Flare Options and Time Envelope, Chapter 10- Motion Blur Basics and More Camera Animation, Chapter 11- Final Animation Rendered. Running Time: 2 hrs. 25 mins. High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels) , Video Format: MP4 (.mp4), Level: Beginner.

What is Lightwave 3D? Lightwave is powerful 3D Modeling/Animation and VFX software used in the Film and Television Industry by 3D artists/studios in Hollywood and all over the world. This 12 volume series is designed for beginners who are new to 3D or students who are new to Lightwave. The series will be covering everything you need to get started fast. Some of the Topics Covered throughout the 12 Volume Series will be: User Interface, Polygonal Modeling, Sub-D Modeling, UV Mapping, Surfacing Techniques, Animation Basics, Compositing Tools, Particle FX, Genoma II Character Rigging and more!! Table of Contents for Volume #3: Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- Textured Environment- Part One- Images, Chapter 3- Textured Environment- Part Two- Procedural Textures, Chapter 4- Sky Tracer (Part One) -Sun, Chapter 5- Sky Tracer (Part Two)-Clouds, Chapter 6- Sky Tracer (Part Two)-Atmosphere, Chapter 7- Sky Baker Plugin, Chapter 8- Lighting Your Scene with a Baked Environment Map, Chapter 9- Final. Running Time: 1 hrs. 34 mins., High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels), Video Format: MP4 (.mp4), Level: Beginner.

What is Lightwave 3D? Lightwave is powerful 3D Modeling/Animation and VFX software used in the Film and Television Industry by 3D artists/studios in Hollywood and all over the world. This 12 volume series is designed for beginners who are new to 3D or students who are new to Lightwave. The series will be covering everything you need to get started fast. Some of the Topics Covered throughout the 12 Volume Series will be: User Interface, Polygonal Modeling, Sub-D Modeling, UV Mapping, Surfacing Techniques, Animation Basics, Compositing Tools, Particle FX, Genoma II Character Rigging and more!! Table of Contents for Volume #2: Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- Backdrop Color, Chapter 3- Gradient Backdrop Colors, Chapter 4- How to Animate the Backdrop Color (Part One), Chapter 5- How to Animate the Backdrop Color (Part Two), Chapter 6- Backdrop Image Concepts, Chapter 7- How to Resize Backdrop Images, Chapter 8- Camera View Background Modes, Chapter 9- OpenGL Image Resolution Settings, Chapter 10- How to Use an Image Sequence as a Background, Chapter 11- Foreground Image Concepts and Tools, Chapter 12- Foreground Image Set-Up in Adobe Photoshop, Chapter 13- How to Create 3D Images with an Alpha Channel to Export to Photoshop, Chapter 14- Final. Running Time: 2 hrs. 16 mins., High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels), Video Format: MP4 (.mp4), Level: Beginner.

What is Lightwave 3D? Lightwave is powerful 3D Modeling/Animation and VFX software used in the Film and Television Industry by 3D artists/studios in Hollywood and all over the world. This 12 volume series is designed for beginners who are new to 3D or students who are new to Lightwave. The series will be covering everything you need to get started fast. Some of the Topics Covered throughout the 12 Volume Series will be: User Interface, Polygonal Modeling, Sub-D Modeling, UV Mapping, Surfacing Techniques, Animation Basics, Compositing Tools, Particle FX, Genoma II Character Rigging and more!! Table of Contents for Volume #1: Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- What is Lightwave?, Chapter 3- Layout Vs. Modeler, Chapter 4- Lightwave's Hub, Chapter 5- Selecting Items in Layout (Loading, Positioning, Rotating), Chapter 6- Creating Your First Animation, Chapter 7- How to Render Your First Animation, Chapter 8- Space Scene Project and Final. Running Time: 2 hrs. 28 mins., High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels), Video Format: MP4 (.mp4), Level: Beginner.

This very concise, carefully designed course will get you up to speed using Realflow by identifying all of the critical elements necessary to produce fluid simulations. Lightwave connectivity plugin usage is also covered. See product page for more information.

What is Substance Painter? Substance Painter is an extremely powerful 3D Painting Software package that is becoming very popular in the 3D Industry. It comes fully loaded with eye-popping materials to paint on your 3D models. Metals, Stone, Rock, Fabric, Wood and more. It also has a huge collection of tools and brushes to create weathering, dirt, scratches, corrosion, rust, skin, lizard scale detail (and more) with great speed and quality. A must have piece of software for those who want to add huge amounts of detail to their 3d Models. Table of Contents for Volume #5: Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- Image Viewer Settings Vs. Final Map Output, Chapter 3- Height Force Setting Vs. Normal Map Amplitude Setting in Lightwave, Chapter 4- How Environment Map Lighting Affects Texture's Appearence, Chapter 5- Image World in Lightwave, Chapter 6- Textured Evironment in Lightwave and Light Tweaking, Chapter 7- How To Import Environment Maps into the Substance Painter Shelf, Chapter 8- Tips onHow to Figure Our Smart Material Controls, Chapter 9- Weapon Metal (Smart Material Preset), Chapter 10- Glossy Plastic (Smart Material Preset), Chapter 11- Monster Skin (Smart Material Preset), Chapter 12- Sand (Smart Material Preset), Chapter 13- Where Substance Painter Stores Newly Created Smart Materials, Chapter 14- Final. Running Time: 2 hrs. 9 mins., High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels), Video Format: MP4 (.mp4), Level: Beginner.

Knowledge of Python scripting will augment what you already know about Lightwave by introducing automation to your workflow. Forget wading through overly complicated examples or fighting with undocumented functions, this content is results-focused and will immediately benefit your production process. This material will easily pay for itself in the time you will save having programming capabilites in your tool-set.

What is Substance Painter? Substance Painter is an extremely powerful 3D Painting Software package that is becoming very popular in the 3D Industry. It comes fully loaded with eye-popping materials to paint on your 3D models. Metals, Stone, Rock, Fabric, Wood and more. It also has a huge collection of tools and brushes to create weathering, dirt, scratches, corrosion, rust, skin, lizard scale detail (and more) with great speed and quality. A must have piece of software for those who want to add huge amounts of detail to their 3d Models. Table of Contents for Volume #4: Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- What are Smart Materials and Input Maps?, Chapter 3- How to Bake Input Maps (Ambient Occlusion, World Space Normal, and more), Chapter 4- How to Add a Smart Material and Adjusting the Smart Material Settings, Chapter 5- Result of Not Having Input Maps Explained, Chapter 6- How to Import a Premade Normal Map from Other Software Packages, Chapter 7- Modifying a Preset to Create a New Preset, Chapter 8- How to Create a Preset Preview Image in Photoshop, Chapter 9- How to Build a Smart Material from Scratch, Chapter 10- Final. Running Time: 2 hrs. 14 mins., High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels) , Video Format: MP4 (.mp4). Level: Beginner.

What is Substance Painter? Substance Painter is an extremely powerful 3D Painting Software package that is becoming very popular in the 3D Industry. It comes fully loaded with eye-popping materials to paint on your 3D models. Metals, Stone, Rock, Fabric, Wood and more. It also has a huge collection of tools and brushes to create weathering, dirt, scratches, corrosion, rust, skin, emissive-glow, lizard scale detail (and more) with great speed and quality. A must have piece of software for those who want to add huge amounts of detail to their 3d Models. Table of Contents for Volume #3: Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- Texture Set-Up in Lightwave (Color, Specular, Gloss, Normal, Luminosity/Emissive), Chapter 3- Emissive Map Glow Options (Radiosity and Corona Image Filter Set-Up), Chapter 4- How to Create Emissive Channels in Substance Painter (Layer Settings), Chapter 5- Emissive Alpha Brushes, Chapter 6- Emissive Color Image Stamp Brush, Chapter 7- Final. Running Time: 2 hrs. 24 mins., High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels), Video Format: MP4 (.mp4), Level: Beginner.

Would you like to Earn Money from Selling 3D Models on the Internet? If so, this video course is designed to teach you how to do just that. One of the largest 3D content market places on the internet is www.daz3d.com. DAZ Studio is a "FREE" piece of 3D Software that you can download from DAZ3D.com that is used by thousands and thousands of people all over the world. Sounds complicated? Well don't worry in this course we will take you step-by-step on: Getting started with DAZ Studio UI (User Interface), Optimizing/Exporting Your Models for Import into DAZ, Converting/Adjusting your Models in DAZ Studio, Submission Guidelines, Dealing with the tricky DAZ File/Runtime(Texture) Folder Structure, Marketing and more!! Although this course is designed for anyone who wishes to create models for DAZ3D.com we will be using Lightwave 3D as our starting point demonstrate model/optimization and object file export. But once again the principles shown can be used in all other software packages to get your 3D models into DAZ Studio. *Please Note: Although this video tutorial is meant as a "Stand-Alone" Product it is also considered as Volume #5 of the "DDO for Lightwave Users" Series. Converting models and textures over to DAZ Studio for the purpose of Selling them on DAZ3D.com is part of the DDO series. Table of Contents for DAZ 3D Model Creation Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- Basic DAZ Publishing Info Orientation, Chapter 3- DAZ UI (User Interface) Layouts and Menu Tabs, Chapter 4- IPR (Interactive Progressive Rendering) Image Preview, View Modes, Add Camera, Chapter 5- Draw Style Options Menu and Deleting Cameras, Chapter 6- Navigating View Modes (Pan, Orbit, Dolly Zoom, Frame Selection), Chapter 7- Item Selection and Transforms (Translation, Rotation, Scale), Chapter 8- Multiple Item Selection, Item Groups, Parenting Items, Chapter 9- Surface Selection Tool, Chapter 10- Item Duplication and Node Instances, Chapter 11- Create Primitives, Surfacing Primitives, Grouping Primitives, Chapter 12- Lights and Glowing Surfaces (Ambient Color and Strength), Chapter 13- Diffuse Color Vs Ambient Color (Glow Issue), Chapter 14- Rendering Product Images, Chapter 15- DAZ Content Library and Submission File Folder Structure, Chapter 16- Mesh Optimization (Tips on Triangles, Quads, Non-Planer Polys, UVs, and More), Chapter 17- FBX Export from Lightwave 3D and Proper UV Islands, Chapter 18- Import FBX into DAZ and Tweaking Surfaces, Chapter 19- Creating a Product Base Directory for your Files, Chapter 20- Runtime Texture Folder Structure Set-Up, Chapter 21- Setting Your Author/Artist Name in the Preferences Menu, Chapter 22- Props/Environments and Materials Folder Structure Creation, Chapter 23- Saving Prop Assets with Correct File Path and Settings, Chapter 24- Reassigning Texture File Paths to the Runtime Texture Folder, Chapter 25- Creating a Material Preset in the Materials Folder, Chapter 26- Zipping Up Your Product Folder and DAZ PASS Website, Chapter 27- Saving Multiple Item Products, Chapter 28- Helpful Websites for Selling Products on the Internet. Chapter 29- Final. Running Time: 7 hrs. 0 mins., High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels) . Video Format: MP4 (.mp4), Level: Beginner.

In this seventh video volume of 12 volumes 3D Instructor Adam Gibson introduces the beginner 3D student how to get up and started quickly with ZBrush 4R7's GoZ Plugin. Learn how to import/export Multi-Layered Meshes and Subtools between ZBrush and Lightwave. Table of Contents for Volume #7: Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- How to Install the GoZ Plugin, Chapter 3- Lightwave Layers Vs ZBrush Subtools, Chapter 4- How to Convert Multiple Lightwave Layers to Multiple Subtools in ZBrush, Chapter 5- Splitting Subtools with Masking, Chapter 6- Exporting Individual Subtools to Lightwave Using GoZ, Chapter 7- Export All Subtools Button Using GoZ, Chapter 8- Export Visible Subtools Button Using GoZ, Chapter 9- GoZ Export to Layout, Chapter 10- Final. Running Time: 1 hrs. 39 mins., High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels) , Video Format: MP4 (.mp4), Level: Beginner.

Syflex is a very powerful 3rd party soft body simulation engine for Lightwave... but it's poorly understood despite the fact it's up to 50 times faster than native tools. Simulate character clothing, hair, water, mud, leaves, and anything you can think of in *real time*. Ryan demystifies this underrated plugin and introduces trade secret workflows that will let your dynamics work with your scene rather than against it!

Kelly "Kat" Myers is back with another installment in the Practical Production Techniques series. In this video, Kat gets you into QemmLoss3 and Motool's Polygon Cruncher for LightWave Modeler. For anyone who is doing work with LightWave and wants to create game ready assets, effective polygon reduction is the other half of the process apart from Texture Baking. This title is the third and final volume in the sub-series on Advanced Texture Baking. The skills you will learn in this video carry over the concepts of those learned in Practical Production Techniques Vol. 6 - Advanced Surface Baking and Practical Production Techniques Vol. 7 - Advanced Surface Baking Part II. With a run time of 180 minutes this video details the process of working with QemmLoss3, MooTools Polygon Cruncher as well as PB Texture Baker. Learn when and where to rebuild geometry rather than poly reduce objects using reductions plus tricks on how to handle tricky geometry that doesn't want to seem to cooperate. Only $24.95USD

What is Substance Painter? Substance Painter is an extremely powerful 3D Painting Software package that is becoming very popular in the 3D Industry. It comes fully loaded with eye-popping materials to paint on your 3D models. Metals, Stone, Rock, Fabric, Wood and more. It also has a huge collection of tools and brushes to create weathering, dirt, scratches, corrosion, rust, skin, lizard scale detail (and more) with great speed and quality. A must have piece of software for those who want to add huge amounts of detail to their 3d Models. Table of Contents for Volume #2: Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- Lazy Mouse, Chapter 3- Bump Material Mode and Brush Settings, Chapter 4- Particle Brush Introduction, Chapter 5- Tool Presets, Chapter 6- Creating your own Brush and Material Presets, Chapter 7- Exporting Textures from Substance Painter to Use in Lightwave and Final. Running Time: 1 hrs. 39 mins., High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels) , Video Format: MP4 (.mp4), Level: Beginner.

What is Substance Painter? Substance Painter is an extremely powerful 3D Painting Software package that is becoming very popular in the 3D Industry. It comes fully loaded with eye-popping materials to paint on your 3D models. Metals, Stone, Rock, Fabric, Wood and more. It also has a huge collection of tools and brushes to create weathering, dirt, scratches, corrosion, rust, skin, lizard scale detail (and more) with great speed and quality. A must have piece of software for those who want to add huge amounts of detail to their 3d Models. Table of Contents for Volume #1, Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- What is Substance Painter?, Chapter 3- User Interface (UI) Orientation, Chapter 4- 3D Viewer Navigation (Rotate, Move, and Zoom-In/Out), Chapter 5- 2D Viewer Navigation (Rotate, Move, Zoom-In/Out, Show Entire Mesh), Chapter 6- How to Rotate the Environment Map, Chapter 7- Viewer Setting Modes, Chapter 8- Mesh Normal View, Chapter 9- Environment Map Settings, Chapter 10- How to Open and Close a Project, Chapter 11- Preparing Models in Lightwave, Chapter 12- Importing Box Primitive into Substance Painter, Chapter 13- Correcting the Smoothing Issue for the Ball Primitive, Chapter 14- Correcting NGons in your Models, Chapter 15- Correcting Non-Planar Polygons in your Models, Chapter 16- Painting Introduction (Layers and Fill Layers), Chapter 17- Final. Running Time: 2 hrs. 7 mins., High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels), Video Format: MP4 (.mp4), Level: Beginner.

What is dDo? dDo is an extremely powerful 3D texturing plugin for Adobe Photoshop used by top Video Game Companies and Movie Studios around the world. Imagine being able to detail your Sci-Fi and Industrial style models with adjustable rust, scratches, corrosion, water damage, dirt, leakage, dust, mud spattering, paint wear...and much more...all within a few seconds instead of spending hours and hours or weeks painting and tweaking texture maps by hand. The software also comes with a library of surfacing presets and the ability to create and save out your own. In this course we will step-by-step show you how to get up and running fast using this amazing and powerful tool that you get at the following website: www.quixel.se. It's very affordable. Only $50 US Funds and can do amazing things. In this fourth volume we'll be demonstrating how to create amazing "input normal maps" with another external software package called "NDO" which is part of the Quixel Suite. Techniques on how to create Sci-Fi Detail (Nurnies, Panels and Plates) will be demonstrated using NDO's unique normal map creation tools. In Volumes #5 to #12 of the course we will be going through a wide variety of tools in dDo, doing some basic and advanced project work, modeling & uv mapping(with dDo in mind), and how to create your own 3D models to sell on the internet on websites like Daz3D.com and Turbosquid, and more!! Table of Contents for Volume #4: Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- Input Map Creation, Chapter 3- NDO Introduction (Part One), Chapter 4- NDO Introduction (Part Two), Chapter 5- NDO Introduction (Part Three), Chapter 6- NDO Introduction (Part Four), Chapter 7- Wall Panel Creation (Part One), Chapter 8- Wall Panel Creation (Part Two), Chapter 9- Wall Panel Creation (Part Three), Chapter 10- Wall Panel Test in DDO, Chapter 11- Export Final Baked Images, Chapter 12- Testing Images in Lightwave, Chapter 13- Final. Running Time: 2 hrs. 31 mins., High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels) , Video Format: MP4 (.mp4), Level: Beginner.

What is dDo? dDo is an extemely powerful 3D texturing plugin for Adobe Photoshop used by top Video Game Companies and Movie Studios around the world. Imagine being able to detail your Sci-Fi and Industrial style models with adjustable rust, scratches, corrosion, water damage, dirt, leakage, dust, mud spattering, paint wear...and much more...all within a few seconds instead of spending hours and hours or weeks painting and tweaking texture maps by hand. The software also comes with a library of surfacing presets and the ability to create and save out your own. In this course we will step-by-step show you how to get up and running fast using this amazing and powerful tool that you get at the following website: www.quixel.se. It's very affordable. Only $50 US Funds and can do amazing things. In this third volume we'll be demonstrating how to create amazing "input normal maps" with an external software package called "3D Coat". Techniques on how to create Sci-Fi Detail (Nurnies, Panels and Plates) will be demonstrated using 3D Coats powerful paint tools. In Volumes #4 to #12 of the course we will be going through a wide variety of tools in dDo, doing some basic and advanced project work, modeling & uv mapping (with dDo in mind), introduction to NDO (Normal Mapping Plugin that can be used with DDO, and how to create your own 3D models to sell on the internet on websites like Daz3D.com and Turbosquid, and more!! Table of Contents for Volume #3: Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- Creating Input Normal Maps Using Other Software Packages, Chapter 3- Creating Normal Maps in 3D Coat for DDO Introduction, Chapter 4- Painting Normal Maps in 3D Coat for DDO (Part One), Chapter 5- Painting Normal Maps in 3D Coat for DDO (Part Two), Chapter 6- Painting Normal Maps in 3D Coat for DDO (Part Three), Chapter 7- Painting Normal Maps in 3D Coat for DDO (Part Four), Chapter 8- Exporting Normal Map from 3D Coat, Chapter 9- Exporting Normal Map from 3D Coat, Chapter 10- Loading Input Maps in DDO, Chapter 11- Testing Normal Map with Smart Textures, Chapter 12- Normal Map Error, Chapter 13- Normal Map Input Fix, Chapter 14- Exporting Textures in DDO, Chapter 15- Testing Final Textures in Lightwave, Chapter 16- Final. Running Time: 3 hrs. 0 mins., High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels), Video Format: MP4 (.mp4), Level: Beginner.

What is dDo? dDo is an extemely powerful 3D texturing plugin for Adobe Photoshop used by top Video Game Companies and Movie Studios around the world. Imagine being able to detail your Sci-Fi and Industrial style models with adjustable rust, scratches, corrosion, water damage, dirt, leakage, dust, mud spattering, paint wear...and much more...all within a few seconds instead of spending hours and hours or weeks painting and tweaking texture maps by hand. The software also comes with a library of surfacing presets and the ability to create and save out your own. In this course we will step-by-step show you how to get up and running fast using this amazing and powerful tool that you get at the following website: www.quixel.se. It's very affordable. Only $50 US Funds and can do amazing things. In this second volume we'll continue to cover what's involved to set-up, creating input maps (Color ID Maps, Normal Maps, etc) and further your understanding of the interface and get you started making awesome textures for your model for use in Lightwave and other pieces of 3D software. In Volumes #3 to #12 of the course we will be going through a wide variety of tools in dDo, doing some basic and advanced project work, modeling & uv mapping(with dDo in mind), introduction to NDO (Normal Mapping Plugin that can be used with DDO, and how to create your own 3D models to sell on the internet on websites like Daz3D.com and Turbosquid, and more!! Table of Contents for Volume #2: Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- Assigning Polygon Colors to Create a Color ID Map, Chapter 3- Using Surface Baker in Layout to Bake Color ID Map, Chapter 4- Saving Extra File Formats of Color ID Map, Chapter 5- Creating Other Input Maps in XNormal, Chapter 6- Baking a Curvature Map in XNormal, Chapter 7- Multiple Surfaces Gotcha, Chapter 8- Select Surfaces in DDO, Chapter 9- ReBaking the Color ID Map with Anti-Aliasing Fix, Chapter 10- Import Corrected Color ID Map, Chapter 11- Baking Out Image Maps in DDO, Chapter 12- Testing Baked Image Maps in Lightwave, Chapter 13- How to Create a Color ID Map in a 3D Paint Program (3D Coat), Chapter 14- Testing the Color ID Map Created in 3D Coat, Chapter 15- Final. Running Time: 2 hrs. 17 mins., High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels) , Video Format: MP4 (.mp4), Level: Beginner.

This bundle includes everything Ryan Roye has ever made on Liberty3d.com, including the RR_Tools Pro Lightwave plugins and is not only discounted, but may be combined with product codes for even more savings. See product page for details!

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What is dDo? dDo is an extemely powerful 3D texturing plugin for Adobe Photoshop used by top Video Game Companies and Movie Studios around the world. Imagine being able to detail your Sci-Fi and Industrial style models with adjustable rust, scratches, corrosion, water damage, dirt, leakage, dust, mud spattering, paint wear...and much more...all within a few seconds instead of spending hours and hours or weeks painting and tweaking texture maps by hand. The software also comes with a library of surfacing presets and the ability to create and save out your own. In this course we will step-by-step show you how to get up and running fast using this amazing and powerful tool that you get at the following website: www.quixel.se. It's very affordable. Only $50 US Funds and can do amazing things. In this first volume we'll be covering what's involved to set-up and optimize you meshes so that they are ready for loading into dDo and also take you through the interface and get you started making awesome textures for your model for use in Lightwave and other pieces of 3D software. In Volumes #2 to #12 of the course we will be going through a wide variety of tools in dDo, doing some basic and advanced project work, modeling & uv mapping(with dDo in mind), introduction to NDO (Normal Mapping Plugin that can be used with DDO, and how to create your own 3D models to sell on the internet on websites like Daz3D.com and Turbosquid, and more!! Table of Contents for Volume #1: Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- What is DDO?, Chapter 3- DDO Workflow/Pipeline for Lightwave, Chapter 4- Where to Download XNormal Software for Free, Chapter 5- Baking Input Maps in XNormal: Tangent Space Normal Map, Chapter 6- Baking Input Maps in XNormal: Object Space Normal Map, Chapter 7- Baking Input Maps in XNormal: Ambient Occlusion Map, Chapter 8- Loading Input Map and Object File into DDO for Texturing, Chapter 9- How to Add a Material , Chapter 10- How to Add a Smart Material and Export your Baked Maps, Chapter 11- Testing Baked Maps in Lightwave, Chapter 12- How to Create Your Own Custom "Smart Materials", Chapter 13- Re-Using a Smart Material Preset on another Model, Chapter 14-Final. Running Time: 2 hrs. 36 mins. High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels) , Video Format: MP4 (.mp4), Level: Beginner.

Cage and Lattice workflows were introduced to Lightwave via the 3rdpowers commercial plugins. This content covers everything you need to know about these new, ultra-powerful layout tools that will change the way you animate and rig things.

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 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 with goodies (scene files, HVs are included with the content!) this video runs 4.5 hours and Kat is just warming things up with the new TV and Film VFX series that Kat has been developing for release here on Liberty3D.com over the last couple of months. This is the first part of that series and there are more to come. So if you have ever wanted to throw metal against metal in a big ship dogfight, this video will help you along with your efforts.

RR_Tools pro is simple, but powerful plugin set designed to enhance the rigging and animation workflows of Lightwave. See video demonstration for examples of how these tools are used in production.

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Kelly "Kat" Myers is back with another installment in the Practical Production Techniques series. This time he covers the process of surface baking in LightWave3D Modeler with PB_Baker (www.blytools.com) and Weighter2.0 to produce game ready assets, drawing on the large resources available at Daz3d.com. For anyone who is doing work with LightWave and wants to create game ready assets, or reduce the burden of their renders by baking certain geometry details to maps and low poly objects, this video covers essential tips and tricks you need to know in order to save you huge amounts of time. The skills you will learn in this video carry over the concepts of those learned in Practical Production Techniques Vol. 6 - Advanced Surface Baking. With a run time of 109 minutes this video details the process of taking a character from Daz3D.com, getting it ready for export from Daz3D via FBX, then over to layout to check it and get things ready for Polygon Reduction Baking using Modeler and the PB_Baker Tool from BlyTools.com. Also discussed in the video is the transfer of weights using Weighter 2.0, so that your characters from Daz can be used in Layout correctly with the weights intact before transferring to Unity or UnrealUDK. Please note: Other than the video content no assets are provided due to their Copyright nature.

In this sixth video volume of 12 volumes 3D Instructor Adam Gibson introduces the beginner 3D student to a hands on project on how to detail a sci-fi prop that was modeled in Lightwave 3D. The main goal is to show how to take a basic model created in Lightwave, detail it in ZBrush, and then import it seamlessly back into Lightwave with all the ZBrush created maps (Color, Displacement, Normal) in tact. Table of Contents for Volume #6: Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- Optimizing the Mesh in Lightwave for Export to ZBrush, Chapter 3- Importing Mesh into ZBrush and Initial Set-up (Morph Target, UV's), Chapter 4- How to Import Custom Alpha Brushes into ZBrush, Chapter 5- Adding Panels and Details in Projection Master, Chapter 6- Exiting Projection Master, Chapter 7- Creating the Maps (Color, Displacement, and Normal), Chapter 8- Exporting and Set-Up in Lightwave, Test Renders, and Final. Running Time: 1 hrs. 22 mins., High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels) , Video Format: MP4 (.mp4), Level: Beginner.

In this fifth video volume of 12 volumes 3D Instructor Adam Gibson introduces how to integrate Lightwave 3D with ZBrush and how to use the GoZ system. The main focus of this beginner integration tutorial is how to optimize hard surface meshes for sculpting and painting in ZBrush and how to export that data back into Lightwave as seamlessly as possible. Zbrush is a very powerful 3D package but there are also some gotchas and pitfalls along the way that require some extra knowledge to get the best results possible. This tutorial covers those hidden items in great detail. Table of Contents for Volume #5: Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- GoZ Import to Zbrush from Lightwave, Chapter 3- NGon Import Issues to ZBrush, Chapter 4- Unified Skin Option, Chapter 5- Sci-Fi Prop Optimized, Chapter 6- Adding Details in ZBrush, Chapter 7- Creating Maps in ZBrush (Color, Normal, and Displacement Maps), Chapter 8- GoZ Export to Lightwave, Chapter 9- Delete Lower Subdivision Level Fix, Chapter 10- More Displacement Gotchas, Chapter 11- Morph Target Solution, Chapter 12- Final. Running Time: 2 hrs. 52 mins., High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels) , Video Format: MP4 (.mp4), Level: Beginner.

Mechanical and Pixel Displays in LightWave Bundle! Save $$ when you purchase Mechanical Displays 1 & 2 and Pixel Displays together. Learn how to move instances and parts of objects with texture maps using built-in tools and DP-Kit's part move In Mechanical Displays 1 & 2. Learn how to light up or color whole instances or parts of objects using textures in Pixel Displays!

*Newly expanded in June 2017!* The Disco In-Fur-No bundle is now better than ever! It's been expanded to include two more videos not previously included in this bundle for a total of 7 kick ass tutorials for TurbulenceFD. This includes the video tutorial that goes along with the dozens of Nuclear Weapons Detonations that are ready to load into your LightWave shots. Simply find a Nuclear detonation that's to your liking out of the dozens included in the collection, load it into your shot, simulate it, and you're pretty much good to go! Kat's done the heavy lifting for you and now you can get it all and up to speed. Fast. Does it get better than this? Absolutely. Every single person who participated in the TFD group buy-in this spring needs to pay attention here! Get these great videos of Kat's at one low price to get... Introduction to Turbulence FD Advanced Concepts and Projects: Fireball Advanced Concepts and Projects: Atmospherics The complete Nuclear Weapons Pack (which includes a training video and of course the dozens of pre-built nuclear weapons detonations made with TurbulenceFD and LightWave3D) Advanced Concepts and Projects - Clouds Practical Production Techniques Vol. 10 - Project Smoke Monster Fusion for LightWave Artists: Volume 4 - Curse of the Phantom Shadow All together that's $193.65USD in awesome product from Liberty3D.com, but it gets more awesome with the bundle pricing of $139.65USD! That's 53.70USD saving if bought separately and this bundle is discountable so if we have a sale on and you want to use a sale coupon to get even a further discount - you can use on this product! While coupons can't be mixed with each other in our store... some of you have a really, really extra special coupon and you should use it for this exact bundle! This means you, recent TFD Group Buy-in Participants! Do I have your attention still? Good. Because the Liberty3D.com Coupon code I issued you during the last phase of the Buy-in can be applied to discount this bundle while your coupon remains active! Even if you have picked up a couple of these titles since picking up TFD during the spring 2017 buy-in, the discount possible with your coupon code top of the bundle discount will more than likely still you big savings!

The animation kit includes the entire IKBooster Comprehensive Guide series, Common Scenarios for Character Animators, Cage and Lattice workflows, and the Delura Behind the Scenes content at a bulk buy discount price.

Weapons FX in Lightwave finally introduces solid workflows that allow the user to operate guns and automate all of the effects tied to it, including damaging the environment.

This step by step tutorial covers how to perform animations using the four different methods available in Unity, and shows how the pipeline works from a 3D app into the game environment. It also includes a more advanced version of the files you'll see in the tutorials, including free models, scripts, and a good head start for a game. The tutorials are divided into four 15 minute, easy to follow videos, with accompanying files. Also included is a bonus addendum with tips and secrets to getting around a few known bugs, what drawbacks exist, and generally how to make your animation life easier.

In this tutorial for LightWave 3D, Dana W. Burman shows how to build and animate "pixel displays" using Denis Pontonnier's DP_Filter and DP_Kit plugins. He starts with explaining concepts relevant to these projects, shows how to set up the surface of instanced blocks using DP_Filter's Replace Spot to color their surface, and follows it up with expanding on the technique to specific use scenarios including LCD pixel with separate red green and blue channels, LED displays, to using the technique on parts (connected polygons) and instances attached to moving particles, and he shows how this technique can be used in projects other than "displays". He ends with an overview on setting up each display so it can be moved around in your scene as well as a few different ways to parent objects in Layout.

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Kelly "Kat" Myers continues his series Advanced Concepts and Projects for Turbulence FD by Jawset.com with the Nuclear Weapons Pack. In this video and download package, Kat has created dozens (Over 50) Nuclear Weapons Style explosions and ground blast wave scenes. Named after early Atomic and Nuclear Blasts from Hiroshima and Nagasaki to Operations Buster-Jangle and Plumbbob, it contains all of the elements you need to create your own explosions for MOAB to multi-megaton detonations. Many of them set up and render ready. Just sim and go. With a run time of 125 minutes this video also includes Quicktime and EXR Renders (optional download) of many of the detonations featured in the package so you can see what they look like without having to render them out yourself first. In addition, bonus content has been provided that can be used in conjunction with the other material in this video giving you the greatest options possible for custom tailoring explosions to your needs. Want to blow up a car or an aircraft carrier or an oil refinery? Samples included in the bonus package give you these styles of explosions. Each of the Advanced Concepts and Projects videos in this series are designed to get you the information and scene examples you need to quickly produce an effect covered in a project. Pick and choose which ones you need when you need them mixing and matching to create unlimited variations on your own. This package is over 5.6GB to download in full. The main tutorial video content is approximately 500MB and the rest is optional for download.

Common Scenarios for Character Animators is a quality training series by Ryan Roye that focuses on interactions between 3d characters and their environments in Lightwave and provides insight into practical and rapid workflows revolving around the subject.

Tom Roth's Basic Principles of Character Animation for 3D Animators. Legendary animator, Tom Roth, with over 40 years of experience in the animation industry guides you through the essential fundamental principles of Character Animation. Intended for Character animators of all levels the techniques discussed in this video are not just for 3D by are rooted and apply to any character animation type. With video and demonstration content, this tutorial is complete with hours of insight into techniques and principles taught to Walt Disney Feature Film Animators and put into practice The download includes: Several hours of Video Content covering the basics to more advanced concepts including The Bouncing Ball, Character Flexibility, Body Mechanics, "Warm up" or beginning acting, animating walk, run and skipping cycles plus much more. Also included are the character model, animation thumbnail sketches and rigs!

The Comprehensive Guide to IKBooster ====================================== CONTENT INCLUDED WITH PURCHASE ------------------------------------------ ------- SUMMARY ------- All videos included are encoded in h264 format, 1600x868 resolution, and include optional subtitles. Total video content runtime is 114 minutes. The download includes: - The IKBooster Comprehensive Guide, parts 3 through 5 - Scenes, prefabs, and example/demonstrative Lightwave content to open and play with - 5 character models - Sample IKB relative motion files, including relative motion capture samples - Sample commented Lscripts demonstrating time saving functions - Supplementary video content -------------- VIDEO DETAILS -------------- ? VIDEO PART 3: Relative Motion Loading ? Relative motion loading is a workflow in IKBooster that allows you to load animations so that the character will perform the actions contained within that clip "relative" to their current position and orientation in 3d space. Because the motions are relative, one can, for example, use a run cycle, make the character turn while running, and not worry about slipping foot placement which is a typical problem in most 3d animation programs. This also introduces the concept of a "tweaker's" workflow, where one simply edits existing motions in order to create entirely new ones. Relative motion loading will change the way you work, whether you prefer IKBooster's part-time IK or not. Also included with this tutorial is how to edit and blend these relative motions. ? VIDEO PART 4: Motion Capture Adaptation ? Motion capture sounds great, but often times it is a real pain to take advantage of in production. One problem is simply knowing how to adapt a custom character rig to a motion capture clip. Another is the fact that normally, tedious re-positioning is required in order to seamlessly blend the motion into the production. This section introduces how one can end up with a "1-click" workflow for adapting a character to motion capture, and how to utilize the techniques learned in part 3 to make the motion capture clip play relatively to the character's position. ? VIDEO PART 5: IKBooster Dynamics ? IKBooster dynamics can be difficult to take advantage of without knowing how it works. If you want to do things like have characters interact with long ropes, or simulate things but retain total control over them at the same time, this section shows how to achieve that with IKB dynamics.

Kelly "Kat" Myers is back with the next video in the Advanced Concepts and Projects Series for Turbulence FD by Jawset.com In this video, Kat shows you how to use TFD to create various lighting effects normally difficult to produce with LightWave on its own. This is an extension of the concepts shown in the Introduction to Turbulence FD for LightWave3D video available here from Liberty3d.com. With a run time of 128 (approx) minutes this video includes all the scene files you need to follow along and experiment with your own settings while learning more about how to produce things like Disco Ball and Night Club style lighting effects such as ultra-realistic looking lasers. Also covered in this tutorial is how to create atmospheric effects such as the downdraft from helicopter blades and steam coming out of vents. Each technique takes advantage of Turbulence Fluid Dynamics ability to produce a variety of volumetric lighting looks that you can tweak to suit your project needs. Each of the Advanced Concepts and Projects videos in this series are designed to get you the information and scene examples you need to quickly produce an effect covered in a project. Pick and choose which ones you need when you need them.

This Bundle Contains 19 Lightwave 11.5 video titles: 1) Lightwave 11.5 Genoma Rigging Bundle (Vol. #1,2,3,4), 2) Lightwave 11.5 Modeler Tools Bundle Volumes #1 to 12, Lightwave 11.5 UV Mapping Essentials, Lightwave 11.5 UV Mapping a Creature, and Lightwave 11.5- UV Mapping a Human.

This bundle contains all 12 volumes of "Lightwave 11.5 Modeler Tools". Volumes #1 to 8 is designed for Tool-Based training. Volumes #9 to 12 are Project Based training. In the Project-Based section Lightwave Instructor Adam Gibson shows how to create a Gigantanosaurus dinosaur using Sub-D's.

In Volumes 9, 10, 11, and 12 of our Lightwave 11.5 Modeler Series Lightwave Instructor Adam Gibson will take you through a complete Sub-D Character Modeling project broken up into four Modules (1 to 4) . From A to Z the creation of a Gigantonosaurus Dinosaur will be taught step by step in great detail all starting from a simple box primitive. The concepts and techniques used here in this extensive training course will give you the knowledge on how to create amazing characters, animals, beasts and monsters of your own. Some of the things you will learn from this course: 1) Sub-D Theory, 2) Setting Up Backdrop Images, Using the Internet to find useful images for your own projects, Box-Modeling Concepts, Quad-Patching, Creating Complex Geometry Starting from Basic Shapes, Redirecting Polygon Flow, Mesh Prepping/Cleaning/Optimizing/Tweaking and more. A great series for beginner 3D students or those who wish to improve their Sub-D Modeling skills with a minimal amount of tools. Bonus Content: 1) All Lightwave model files, Back-Drop Reference Images, and absolutely free our "Creature Eye Pack" texture collection (Retail Value- $19.00 US Funds). Running Time: Approx 12 hrs. 0 mins., Resolution: 1920 x 1080 pixels, Video Format: MP4 Video (.mp4), Level: Beginner.

In this Eighth Volume of 12 Volumes Lightwave Instructor Adam Gibson introduces the 3D student to Lightwave's Powerful Modeler. A great series for beginner 3D students. Table of Contents for Modeler Volume #8: Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- Multi Text Tool, Chapter 3- Mirror X Tool, Chapter 4- Mirror Y Tool, Chapter 5- Mirror Z Tool, Chapter 6- Mirror Tool (Part One), Chapter 7- Mirror Tool (Part Two), Chapter 8- Clone Tool, Chapter 9- Rail Clone Tool, Chapter 10- Array Tool, Chapter 11- Final. Running Time: 2 hrs. 0 mins., Resolution: 1920 x 1080 pixels, Video Format: MP4 Video (.mp4), Level: Beginner.

The Comprehensive Guide to IKBooster ====================================== CONTENT INCLUDED WITH PURCHASE ------------------------------------------ ------- SUMMARY ------- All videos included are encoded in h264 format, 1600x868 resolution, and include optional subtitles. Total video content runtime is 110 minutes. The download includes: - The IKBooster Comprehensive Guide, parts 1 and 2 - Scenes, prefabs, and example/demonstrative Lightwave content to open and play with - 5 character models - Sample IKB relative motion files - Sample commented Lscripts demonstrating time saving functions - Bonus videos (~ 3 minutes) -------------- VIDEO DETAILS -------------- ? VIDEO PART 1: User Interface and Fundementals ? With exception of motion files and dynamics (covered in the yet-to-be-released parts 3 and 5), every conceivable aspect of IKBooster is revealed in this segment. After watching this part, you will know what all of IKBooster's tools do and be provided with insight as to where those tools are useful. Additionally, I include tips and advice that are absolutely required for smooth operation of IKBooster. Why doesn't Apply Keys work all the time? Why would anyone use FK control? Why do my characters wobble around after I use and animate with fixed bones? Why can't I load my IKBooster characters into a new scene? Countless questions like this are answered entirely, allowing you to use IKBooster seamlessly in your workflow. ? VIDEO PART 2: Rigging and Animation ? Just knowing what IKBooster's tools do isn't enough. You need to know to use them and how they all work together to give you a completed production. The following is covered in part 2... - IKBooster's advantages vs. normal character rigs in Lightwave - Creating a master template rig you can use on all your characters, includes basic usage relativity (little to no math! I promise!). I explain the control mechanisms, the reasons behind bone placement, and other details. - How to quickly (in minutes) adapt your master template rig to other characters. - Micro Scale Hold Nulls. These allow for easy 2-channel click-drag movements without using any motion modifiers or adding bulk to your scene. - Expressionless Multimorphs. A more visual and interactive approach to combining morphs (uses micro scale hold nulls). - How to do Character Interaction... by clicking a checkbox. I'm not kidding. - Using IKBooster to rig other things like lights, cameras, and other things to make animation as a whole much easier. - Why you should NEVER, EVER do character animation at above 20 frames per second... no matter what program you are using, Lightwave included. - I demonstrate the basic animation process and how it relates to IKBooster's workflow. IKBooster's animation workflow is more traditional in approach rather than technical. - How to make any looping animation in half the time. Literally.

Kelly "Kat" Myers is back with another installment in the Practical Production Techniques series. This time he covers the process of surface baking in LightWave3D using the LightWave3D Surface Baking Camera to produce photo-realistic bakes of set pieces that can easily be transferred into game engines or help speed up renders inside of LightWave in general. With a run time of 210 minutes this video includes all the scene files you need to follow along.

Liberty3D.com is proud to present the complete TA-Tools set from Timothy Albee. This legendary tool package has been used on several productions around the world. As an LScript set of tools these will run on LightWave3D up to version 11.6 in Modeler and Layout. They include the following tools.

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In this tutorial for LightWave 3D, Dana W. Burman shows how to build and animate a mechanical display with irregularly shaped panels using Denis Pontonnier's DP Kit Part Move plugin. Along the way he covers some simple modeling techniques, surfacing with the node editor, and using Part Move in animation and texturing. He also demonstrates a couple of other mechanical display scenes which are also included in the tutorial files.

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Most of this tutorial should be able to be done in LightWave 9.6 and up with the exception of a few of the modeling tools used which were added in 11.5, and the .mdd baking tools used. We did not check the LightWave 9 or 10 versions of DP Kit to see if they have the functionality used in this tutorial.

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Kelly "Kat" Myers is back with the first in the Advanced Concepts and Projects Series for Turbulence FD by Jawset.com In this video, Kat shows you step by step the process in creating a fire ball effect similar to a ground burst or that of a gas bomb explosion. This is an extension of the concepts shown in the Introduction to Turbulence FD for LightWave3D video available here from Liberty3d.com. With a run time of 150 minutes this video includes all the scene files you need to follow along and experiment with your own settings while learning more about the shading and emission techniques used. Each of the Advanced Concepts and Projects videos in this series are designed to get you the information and scene examples you need to quickly produce an effect covered in a project. Pick and choose which ones you need when you need them.