#LIGHTWAVE 3D 2015 TUTORIALS SKIN#
#LIGHTWAVE 3D 2015 TUTORIALS SERIES#

Note the way the VPR now enables a user to mouse over a particular area of the image to refine the render faster.

#LIGHTWAVE 3D 2015 TUTORIALS SKIN#

The one above shows the skin shader you can see the volumetrics system here.Д«oth are recorded in real time on a quad-core laptop. Updated 22 October: NewTek has posted two videos on the blog showing LightWaveвЂ™s new render engine in action. ThereвЂ™s also no hint at a release date for the next version of the software, although given that Powers says that NewTek plans more posts over вЂњthe next few weeks and monthsвЂќ, that may still be some way off. ThatвЂ™s currently it for hard information, although Powers promises a future blog post going into more detail on both new engines. However, in a forum comment, Powers says that вЂњwe are aware of the strengths of a focused environment for the modeling workflow and that does not have to be exclusive to an entirely separate applicationвЂќ. What the post doesnвЂ™t do is discuss whether Modeler and Layout will continue to remain separate applications: an issue over which the LightWave user community has been historically divided. The blog post also adds some more information about the integration of Modeler and Layout, introducing what Powers refers to as the new вЂњunified geometry engineвЂќ.ДЄccording to Powers, the new engine will give Layout вЂњthe awareness of geometry elements such as polygons, edges, and vertices and also the ability to actually create new geometryвЂќ.

The post credits Antti JГ¤rvelГ¤ for the work, rather than Electric Image co-founder Mark Granger, lead developer on previous updates of the renderer, although NewTek has confirmed that Granger is still on the team. However, the blog post does add the information that the new engine will remove the distinction between the Viewport Preview Renderer and final-quality rendering вЂњbecause those are now the same thing entirelyвЂќ. Most of the key information is contained in the original forum thread, along with a set of early test renders. One of the results of that progress would seem to be the new вЂњvolumetric and PBRвЂќ engine: an entirely new physically based render engine, including a new global illumination system, materials and lights. Upcoming features: new PBR and volumetric render engine вЂњThis approach allowed us to make good progress toward our goals without completely going dark for a long period or disrupting the system as we LightWave 2015.вЂќ While many users regarded LightWave 2015, which followed the 11.x updates, as a вЂtreading waterвЂ™ release, Powers hints that significant work was continuing beneath the surface. вЂњProgressively, more and more tools would begin to use the new tech until we reach a point where the older technology can be вЂunpluggedвЂ™ and deprecated leaving only the new more advanced system in place.вЂќ вЂњIn the same way Borg technology grows from the inside until it takes over the system, allowed us to develop radically different technology without worrying too much about the вЂ¦ current architecture.вЂќ

#LIGHTWAVE 3D 2015 TUTORIALS SERIES#

On the blog, LightWave 3D Group president Rob Powers discusses what he describes as his вЂBorg QueenвЂ™ development philosophy for the software, proposed prior to the LightWave 11.x series of releases.

The first blog entry builds on the original forum posts, adding a few more details about the new render engine and the unification of the two applications that currently make up LightWave: Modeler and Layout. Neither those forum posts nor the new blog gives that release an official version number, but for the sake of simplicity, weвЂ™ll refer to it here as вЂLightWave 2016вЂ™.

Last week, we reported on NewTekвЂ™s change of pricing for upcoming versions of LightWave, and summarising recent forum postings about new features due in the next release of the software. Not necessarily LightWave 2016, but thatвЂ™s what weвЂ™ll call it here The first post teases some of the new features in the next release, including new render and вЂunified geometryвЂ™ engines.

NewTek has launched a new blog dedicated to discussing dev work on LightWave. NewTek has just set up a development blog to discuss other upcoming features in the next release of the software. An early test image from LightWaveвЂ™s new PBR render engine, showing off the new skin shader.

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