LightWave 3D Group Ultimate Creativity Bundle with OctaneRender

LightWave 11.6 3D modeling, rendering and animation software paired with OTOY’s OctaneRender 2.0, the world’s fastest GPU-based renderer that is both unbiased and physically-based, gives artists and designers a powerful, intuitive way to quickly create, animate and deliver projects with amazingly photorealistic detail.

LightWave 3D Creativity Bundle OctaneRender LightWave 11.6 3D modeling, rendering and animation software paired with OTOY’s OctaneRender 2.0, the world’s fastest GPU-based renderer that is both unbiased and physically-based, gives artists and designers a powerful, intuitive way to quickly create, animate and deliver projects with amazingly photorealistic detail. With LightWave 11.6 and OctaneRender 2.0 users can:

  • Create stunning 3D images and animation of the highest possible quality, for everything from architectural visualization and product design to visual effects and motion graphics for television and film
  • Experience up to 50x faster rendering speeds compared with traditional CPU-only rendering
  • Integrate OctaneRender 2.0’s intuitive workflow seamlessly with LightWave
  • Use OctaneRender’s real-time scene editor to change camera viewpoints, lights, materials and object positions for immediate viewing in the viewport
  • OctaneRender 2.0 is included as both a plugin for LightWave and a standalone program

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The LightWave 3D Advantage

Created by artists for artists, LightWave 11.6 offers a complete end-to-end production pipeline for artists and designers to efficiently model, animate, capture, retarget, render, and input and output to 3D.

It features a robust set of 3D modeling and animation tools, including many award-winning, industry-first features like Sub-D modeling, Global Illumination, Geometry Cache (MDD), and Embedded Morph Targets (Endomorphs). LightWave also includes a full suite of artist-friendly tools that can be used to create an endless variety of 3D models, visual effects, and animation for all projects large and small.

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Studios in Hollywood and around the world rely on LightWave to help deliver 3D content and visual effects under the most grueling deadlines. It is – from single artist to teams – and its robust interchange tools and supported formats such as Alembic, Autodesk Geometry Cache, OBJ, Unity3D, ZBrush and more, make it easy to integrate into any 3D software pipeline.

Some of the many features of LightWave 3D include:

  • Modeling – Robust polygonal sub-d modeler with real world units
  • Surfacing – Stunning photoreal layer-based and nodal surfacing tools
  • Rigging – Instant rigging presets with or without weight maps
  • Object Referencing – Flexible object referencing architecture or ASCII scenes
  • Animation – Procedural, nodal, flocking and keyframe animation tools
  • Rendering – Integrated state-of-the-art renderer with unlimited nodes
  • Viewport Preview Renderer (VPR) – Interactive shading, raytracing, DOF, motion blur, lighting and GI
  • Bullet Dynamics – Fast and simple rigid and soft body Dynamics Engine
  • Industry Standards – Supports Alembic, FBX, Autodesk Geo Cache, Python, DPX, ZBrush GoZ, After Effects, MDD, and OBJ

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