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BFX Imageworks Takes Center Stage at Directors Guild of America

Highlights LightWave in "VFX Across The Board: From Indies to Blockbusters" Panel

Mon 19 Aug 2013

At a recent Directors Guild of America panel, BFX Imageworks shares "outside the box" problem solving when dealing with ever shrinking budgets and deadlines using off-the-shelf software solutions such as  Lightwave 3D, Imagineer Mocha Pro and Adobe After Effects.

CGW: SIGGRAPH 2013 Interview

Chief Editor Karen Moltenbrey interviews Rob Powers about the new announcements at the show

Mon 19 Aug 2013

CGW's Karen Moltenbrey sits down with Rob Powers at SIGGRAPH 2013 to learn about the new announcements at the show from the LightWave 3D Group.

Production Hub: SIGGRAPH 2013 Interview with Rob Powers

Highlights new LightWave 11.6 features and unveils ChronoSculpt and NevronMotion

Wed 14 Aug 2013

The Production Hub crew stops by the LightWave 3D Group's booth at SIGGRAPH 2013 to  find out the latest from Group President Rob Powers.

SIGGRAPH 2013: NevronMotion Live Demonstration

See how NevronMotion for LightWave 11.6 can really streamline mocap for character animation

Tue 13 Aug 2013

Dave Vrba and Lino Grandi of The LightWave 3D Group reveal NevronMotion, a motion re-targeting plug-in with Kinect support for LightWave 11.6, at SIGGRAPH 2013.

SIGGRAPH 2013 Sneak Peek: ChronoSculpt

Sculpt over time to review and correct cache animation and dynamic simulation from any professional 3D program

Tue 13 Aug 2013

ChronoSculpt is a game changer for the 3D community. It introduces sculpting over time, a revolutionary way to review and correct cache animation and dynamic simulation using time-based sculpting tools. Its flexible interface supports leading file formats for all professional 3D software programs, including LightWave 3D®, Autodesk 3ds Max and Maya, Luxology Modo, and Maxon Cinema 4D.

CGChannel: Best New Software from SIGGRAPH 2013

LightWave 11.6, ChronoSculpt and NevronMotion get accolades

Tue 06 Aug 2013

With two of the major players having announced updates to their products just before the show... the way was clear for other developers. NewTek took full advantage, with three major product announcements: one expected, two complete surprises.

ChronoSculpt is a Game Changer for 3D Sculpting

Brings revolutionary time-based cache sculpting to all 3D software pipelines

Tue 23 Jul 2013

Interactive 3D sculpting software has forever changed the way 3D modelers, texture artists and designers create and manipulate CG content. ChronoSculpt™ from the LightWave 3D® Group, introduces sculpting over time, a revolutionary way to review and correct cache animation and dynamic simulation using time-based sculpting tools. Its flexible interface supports leading file formats for all professional 3D software programs, including LightWave 3D®, Autodesk 3ds Max and Maya, Luxology Modo, and Maxon Cinema 4D.

NevronMotion Transforms Mocap in LightWave 11.6

Powerful new cost-effective Microsoft Kinect based motion retargeting system allows users to easily capture, adjust and retarget motion to 3D objects and characters

Tue 23 Jul 2013

The LightWave 3D® Group, a division of NewTek, Inc., today unveiled NevronMotion™, an exciting new motion capture retargeting software for LightWave 11.6 that supports the popular Microsoft Kinect camera. With NevronMotion, artists and animators can quickly and easily capture, adjust and retarget motion data to 3D models inside LightWave.