LightWave 3D 8 Lighting

“This book will take your lighting to a whole new level and give your work that edge you’ve been looking for.”
William “Proton” Vaughan
Newtek LightWave Evangelist

Whether you are lighting your own scene or adding CG elements to a background image, LightWave 3D 8 Lighting can help you achieve your lighting goals. From a discussion of lighting principles and color theory to a number of tutorials demonstrating the application of lighting tools and concepts, the emphasis throughout is on making your lighting believable, accurate, and pleasing to the eye.

• Discover the new features in LightWave 3D 8 that can improve your lighting.
• Learn how angles, colors, shadows, light sources, and atmospheric conditions affect the emotional impact of a scene.
• Enhance effect lighting using projection images.
• Find out how to add effects such as radiosity, volumetrics, and lens flares.
• Understand the process that goes into planning and creating a production lighting rig.

ON THE CD:

• Images, objects, and scene files discussed in the book, including a 60-frame underwater texture image sequence used in the tutorials
• All the figures from the book

Nicholas Boughen has been a visual effects animator using LightWave 3D since 1997. Currently living in North Vancouver, British Columbia, he has a 20-year background as a scenic and lighting designer for the stage and video. Among his visual effects credits are the television movies Voyage of the Unicorn, Aftershock: Earthquake in New York, and Snow White, the television series Stargate SG-1 and Dead Like Me, and the feature films Good Boy! and The Lizzie McGuire Movie.

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LightWave 3D 8 Character Animation

LightWave 3D is one of the most popular 3D packages on the market today, offering the most complete set of tools, the best-looking and fastest out-of-the-box renderer, and one of the most powerful IK engines available. Professional director and animator Timothy Albee updates the best-selling LightWave 3D 7 Character Animation with discussions of advanced animation tools, facial animation, and IK Booster. In addition, he details how to use LightWave to build strong, dependable character setups; provides proven, hands-on tools for mastering the complex mechanics of animation; and covers the importance of storytelling and acting through animation.

• Explore the complete crafting of powerful and reliable character setups.
• Master subtle acting techniques that imbue scenes with life, drama, and power, such as anticipation, gesture, overlapping action, and silhouette.
• Discover how IK Booster adds more power, ease, and functionality to LightWave’s existing Inverse Kinematics system.
• Use LightWave’s Dope Sheet, Dope Track, and Motion Mixer tools to improve your output in creating animation.
• Find out how to use morph targets to sculpt your characters’ facial performances.

On the CD

• Models and setups to enable immediate animation
  
• Exercises and practice scenes, including pre-animated 3D scenes to study and learn from
• Albee’s animation timer/ time-base converter
• Additional artwork by the author

Timothy Albee has worked in the entertain-ment industry since 1990 as a writer, director, animator, concept artist, producer, and studio owner/executive. His credits include Walt Disney Feature Animation, Warner Brothers/
Infogrammes, Babylon 5, and numerous video game titles. He has written, produced, and directed three short films in addition to Kaze, Ghost Warrior and is the author of several books including LightWave 3D 7 Character Animation, Essential LightWave 3D 7.5, and CGI Filmmaking: The Creation of Ghost Warrior.

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LightWave 3D 8: 1001 Tips & Tricks (Paperback)

Editorial Reviews

Book Description
In this collective wisdom, you will learn about hidden software features, times-saving tricks, and professional techniques for achieving better results.

About the Author
Contributing authors:
Gerald Abraham * Timothy "Amadhi" Albee * Patrik Beck * Wes "Kurv" Beckwith * Jack "Deuce" Bennett * Nicholas Boughen * Richard Brak * David Ebner * Jonny Gorden * Todd Grimes * Jennifer Hachigian * Erkki Halkka * Kurtis Harris * David Jerrard * Geoffrey Kater * Arne Kaupang * Brad Krause * Samuel Kvaalen * Mike Pauza * Kevin Phillips * Policarpo * Rob Powers * Emanuele Salvucci * Larry Shultz * Lee Stranahan * Lee Stringer * Peter Thomas * Leigh van der Byl * William "Proton" Vaughan * Steve Warner * Robin Wood

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Product Details

• Paperback: 614 pages
• Publisher: Wordware Publishing, Inc.; Pap/Cdr edition (July 25, 2004)
• Language: English

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LightWave 3D 8 Texturing

Creating interesting and detailed surfaces for objects and characters in 3D is a process many artists find complex and confusing. LightWave 3D 8 Texturing demystifies this task with a thorough discussion of how to use the various LightWave 3D tools to create stunning textures.

• Utilize texturing theory to create any type of surface you wish.
• Use the various options in the Surface Editor to affect your textures.
• Work with textures using vertex color maps, gradients, weight maps, and image maps.
• Manipulate layers in the Texture Editor.
• Apply textures with projection techniques and UV maps.
• Enhance your surfaces using image filters.
• Create metal, wood, and organic surfaces by working through a series of tutorials.
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ON THE CD:

• Tutorial files and completed examples
• Demo versions of Deep Paint 3D® and Deep UV™ from Right Hemisphere and BodyPaint 3D R2 from Maxon
• Models from various artists for your own use
• Color images of all the figures in the book

3D artist Leigh van der Byl has worked professionally as a texturing artist, modeler, and lecturer in the visual effects industry for a number of years. She is a member of the advisory board for Keyframe magazine, a manager for CG Talk forums, and a contributor to CGNetworks. She has also contributed a number of tutorials to newtek.com. She lives in Cape Town, South Africa.

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