LightWave 3D
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| developer | Newtek, Inc. |
| Publishing year | 1990 |
| Current version | 2020.0.1 (March 26, 2020) |
| operating system | Mac OS X , Windows , Linux ( Wine ) |
| category | 3D graphics software |
| License | proprietary |
| www.lightwave3d.com | |
LightWave 3D , LightWave for short , is a 3D graphics software developed by NewTek for modeling , rendering and animating effects that are required in film and series production as well as in game development . LightWave 3D is one of the oldest programs of its kind in use.
history
LightWave was originally offered on the market in 1990 as part of the video toaster, which at that time was regarded as a future-oriented product, in combination with the appropriate hardware - initially an additional card for the Amiga 2000 , later as a separate device. In 1994 LightWave was ported so that from then on it ran natively under AmigaOS ( Commodore ), Mac OS - later a version for Mac OS X ( Apple ) - Windows (Intel and Alpha versions) and IRIX ( SGI ) followed. The ScreamerNet renderer was also ported to Linux .
Use in films and series
The software was used in many international productions to generate and model the special effects required there. This includes excerpts from the films 300 , Iron Man , and Avatar . LightWave also found its place in the series productions of the StarTrek franchise , in particular in the series Enterprise , Deep Space Nine and Voyager as well as in the American children's series Ni hao, Kai-lan .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lightwave 3D. (No longer available online.) Cinefreaks.com, archived from the original on February 1, 2014 ; accessed on November 15, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Jeremy Birn: High-end 3D animation and rendering software. 3dRender.com, accessed November 15, 2016 .
- ↑ Stephen Jacobs: Flying Toasters. Wired , January 5, 1994 (English).
- ↑ Jeremy Reimer: A history of the Amiga, part 9: The Video Toaster. arstechnica, March 18, 2016, accessed November 15, 2016 .
- ^ Armand Niculescu: The software used in the making of Avatar. Media Division, January 11, 2010, accessed November 15, 2016 .
- ↑ To Interview with Animation Technical Director of Avatar - Rob Powers. cgtantra, archived from the original on June 7, 2010 ; accessed on November 15, 2016 .
- ↑ Sennim: CGI in Star Trek. Ex Astris Scientia, accessed November 15, 2016 .
