| Description |
1 online resource |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- LightWave v9 modeler -- LightWave v9 layout -- Understanding basic textures -- Lighting -- 3D cameras -- Principles in motion -- Text and logo creation -- Modeling still-life objects -- Gadget modeling -- Character modeling -- Node-based texturing -- Bones and riggings -- Particles in motion -- Dynamics in motion -- Advanced cameras and rendering -- Compositing and postprocessing techniques -- Plug-ins and resources -- What's on the DVD -- Index. |
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DVD-ROM : hours of additional video tutorials to complement the chapters, exclusively from 3D Garage; high-quality color JPEGs of the book's screen shots; all the scene files for the book's projects and tutorials; a full working demo of LightWave v9 from NewTek; royalty-free textures and backgrounds from 3D Garage. |
| Summary |
You hold in your hands the best-selling guide to NewTek's LightWave 3D animation software, completely updated for LightWave v9 by award-winning animator and trainer Dan Ablan. Rather than rehash the documentation like other books, this down-to-earth, easy-to-follow guide offers an invaluable set of project tutorials that teach you the ins and outs of LightWave and show you the techniques you need to master this powerful 3D software. Inside LightWave v9's accompanying DVD features hours of high- quality video training tutorials that will help you take the projects in the book to new heights. No other book has taught more LightWave 3D users than Inside LightWave. Featured tutorials cover: Insights into the new LightWave v9 workflow Powerful new surfacing with the Node Editor Character modeling Bones and rigging for character animation Particle animation Hard body and soft body dynamics Rendering concepts with the new Global Render options Advanced camera tools Accompanying DVD-ROM offers hours of unique training videos created just for this book, exclusively from 3DGarage.com (requires QuickTime); a demo of LightWave v9 for Mac OS and Windows; all of the projects from the book; royalty-free textures and reference images; and full-color screenshots from the book! |
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LightWave 3D.
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LightWave 3D. |
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LightWave 3D |
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Computer animation.
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Computer graphics.
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Computer Graphics |
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Animation par ordinateur. |
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Infographie. |
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computer animation. |
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computer graphics. |
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Computer animation. |
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Computer graphics. |
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Computer animation |
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Computer graphics |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Ablan, Dan. Inside LightWave v9. Berkeley, Calif. : New Riders, 2007 (DLC) 2007279763 |
| ISBN |
9780321426840 |
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0321426843 |
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