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Posted Thu Jul 13, 2006
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LightWave 3D 9.0 released
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NewTek announced the availability of LightWave 3D 9.0. New features include a node-based materials editor, optically correct cameras and adaptive pixel subdivision which provides a variety of capabilities for displacement mapping, normal mapping and level-of-detail control at render time. Read the whole PR for more.
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by Anonymous - July 14, 2006 1:32 pm
cool…autodesk should buy them.
by Anonymous - July 15, 2006 12:44 pm
Autodesk turned them down a few years ago
by steve g - July 16, 2006 10:29 am
lw9 is pretty nifty…renders 2.5 times faster than lw8.5 or better..and now has node based [and layer] surface editing
by particlelife - July 17, 2006 4:13 pm
>>renders 2.5 times faster than lw8.5 or better..
That is is probably because, until now, LW was lacking any spatial partitioning scheme found in almost all the raytracers out there.
I wonder if they would support mentalray….