Lightwave 3D Tutorials (interface, modelling, animation, materials, maps, modifiers, lights, cameras, rendering) - 3DLessons.com
This lesson goes into much more depth concerning manipulating a model using an endomorph, and introduces the concept of making shapes that are irregular on the model into regular map shapes for ease of painting.
July 8,
2008
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This lesson covers manipulating the vertices on the map, and how to make an endomorph so you can manipulate your model for ease of mapping without any risk of harming it.
July 7,
2008
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This lesson covers how to make a map from scratch, when you don't have any kind of color map or template to follow, by using a checkerboard pattern to ensure that nothing is stretched.
July 2,
2008
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This lesson covers the basics; how to begin a New UV Map, how to apply UV Maps to models, and how to use the basic mapping tools to make planar and cylindrical maps.
June 30,
2008
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Many times, when you hear the pros talking about rendering, you'll hear them say to reduce the Ray Recursion Limit to speed your render. But what should you reduce it to? If you've ever wondered, or wondered if there's an easy way to find out, this tutorial is for you.
June 27,
2008
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There are a lot of commands and tools in LightWave 8; more than there have ever been before. And there's been some reorganization, so many of the tabs are now missing in the Default configurations, and many of the tools ...
June 26,
2008
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If you have ever tried it, you know that it takes for-freaking-ever to use both Ray Traced Refraction and Ray Traced Reflection. The good news is, you can get the effect without the render time using a filter that ships with Lightwave!
June 25,
2008
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Glass and other transparent surfaces in Lightwave work a little differently than they do in some other programs.
June 24,
2008
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This lesson goes into more depth with model manipulation, as we unfold a book jacket to map it to a scan of the real thing.
June 23,
2008
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Learn to light and render a still frame.
June 19,
2008
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