Essential LightWave v9
Essential LightWave 9
Wordware Publishing | ISBN: 1598220241 | 992 pages | August 25, 2007 | English | PDF | 54 MB
Wordware Publishing | ISBN: 1598220241 | 992 pages | August 25, 2007 | English | PDF | 54 MB
Essential LightWave v9 offers an unparalleled guide to LightWave 3D. Written to help users quickly take control of the software, this book is filled with easy-to-understand explanations, time-saving tips and tricks, and detailed tutorials on nearly every aspect of the software, including the new features in LightWave v9.2!
Key features of this book:
- Learn to model, light, surface animate, and render within the first seven chapters!
- Master the LightWave v9 Node Editor for advanced surfacing, texturing, and deformations.
- Learn to model with polygons, Catmull-Clark/Subpatch SubDs, and splines.
- Uncover the secrets of distortion-free UV mapping and high-quality texturing.
- Learn to seamlessly composite 3D objects with real-world images.
- Create professional-quality character animation using FK, IK, and IK Booster.
- Enhance your animations with expressions, particle effects, and dynamics.
- Set up a render farm to rip through complex rendering tasks.