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Archive for December, 2009

Merry X-mas from Santa the Undead Liche!

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Yesterday afternoon, Newtek, the makers of LightWave, announced more information regarding their new 3D Modeling, Animation, Rendering, Compositing, etc package named LightWave CORE. This information isn’t new to me, as I am a HardCORE Member (and so you should be too!), but for those of you out there that aren’t… You can finally find out more information on what it is, and what some of the features of v1 are.

Jay Roth, President of the 3D Division at Newtek, speaks on the matter HERE in their DEC09 newsletter.

Bullet dynamics. Instancing. Every parameter is animatable. Every parameter is a node… And so on. What’s not to love?

I am very proud to announce the launch of the Official 3D-Coat FREE Training Channel on Vimeo! You can find the channel HERE.

This Channel will carry any free tutorials and training that we publish and is an invaluable resource for those new and existing users alike.

The first series of videos on this new channel, are a part of the new free Retopology Series. Series one, covers the retopology tools in use on a human head. Series two, covers the retopology tools in use on a spider creature. In these two Retopology Series I discuss and describe at great length topics such as: Edge flow, mesh topology for deformation & animation, and the use of specific retopology tools.

You can find the Retopology Series HERE or as mentioned above, you can also view the Retopology Series on the new Official 3D-Coat Free Training Channel HERE!

More videos will be added as time goes on. You can subscribe to the channel on Vimeo to get updates when new videos are posted!

Today an update to the 3D-Coat Video Manual has been published. These videos cover each and every tool in the Retopology toolset as of v3.2. You can find them on the Official 3D-Coat Video Manual Channel on Vimeo.

I’ve also categorized all of the different types of videos by what they cover. You can find the new retopology videos HERE.

I am getting lots of questions about rigging lately from folks – It’s a rather complicated matter I usually say. Not one that cannot be learnt of course, so, I’ve been pointing people toward Craig Monins’ rigging training. It is the absolute best training you can find for character rigging in Lightwave.

Craig goes through expressions, LW IK, PLG IK, and skinning… To just name a few bits.

So, if you’re looking for rigging tutorials or professional training for rigging, look no further. Head on over to http://www.rebelhill.net/, grab yourself a copy of his training for £60 ($98USD, €66), then sit back with a cup of jolly joe and have yourself a peek.

It’s well worth the investment. I’ve seen all the other “training”  out there for rigging in Lightwave, so I can say with the utmost certainty: This is the definitive rigging training guide for Lightwave. Don’t waste your time nor money on anything else. You can thank me on that bit later.