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Lightwave 3D Software
NewTek, Inc., has announced LightWave v09. The new release is the first in a series of major rewrites and restructuring of LightWave 3D's core with the addition of comprehensive new features such as a node-based materials editor, optically correct cameras, adaptive pixel subdivision, Catmull-Clark subdivision surfaces, sub-surface scattering and vast render speed improvements.
Lightwave 9

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Feature Highlights - Layout

Rendering - Major Core Changes to the LightWave Rendering Engine

  1. Adaptive Subdivision
  2. Node Editor
  3. Node based Displacement
  4. Advanced Camera Tools
  5. Timewarp
  6. CCTV
  7. HV Deformer
  8. Stress Map
  9. Sketch
  10. Dissolve Ray
  11. Z-buffer improvements
  12. Realistic Fog
  13. 'Unaffected by Object' Alpha Channel mode
  14. Dynamics Improvements
  15. ParticleFX Improvements
  16. Hypervoxels Improvements
  17. IK Booster
  18. Pixie Dust

Animation/ Character Animation

  1. Relativity 2
  2. Sticky
  3. Proximity
  4. Quaternion Rotations
  5. Align to Path

User Interface/ Workflow Improvement

  1. Mesh Editing
  2. List Manager
  3. OpenGL Improvements
  4. UI Configuration
  5. Visor
  6. File Format Support: Tiff importer
  7. Configuration Files
  8. Layout General and Display Options Redesigned
  9. New Render Status Panel
  10. Render Globals
  11. Deformation Evaluation Order Controls
  12. Load-From-Scene System Redesigned
  13. Scene Loading

Feature Highlights - Modeler

Modeler

  1. Redesigned Subdivision Surface Core Engine
  2. Implementation of Catmull-Clark Subdivision Surfaces in Modeler
  3. Edge Selection (throughout Modeler)
  4. Edge Weights
  5. Multishift now operates across multiple layers

New Modeler Tools

  1. Center Pivot
  2. G-Toggle
  3. Set Sharpness
  4. Multishift

New LScripts

  1. Flip it/ Flip it fast
  2. Absolute Measure
  3. CutSwapPaste/CopySwapPaste
  4. Mirror X/ Mirror Y/ Mirror Z

System Specifications

General Requirements
  1. System RAM: 512 MB minimum requirement, 1 GB recommended
  2. Graphics Card: nVidia FX 5200 series (minimum) ATIFireGL V 5100 (minimum)
  3. Graphics support: Full OpenGL (OpenGL 2.0 support, or ARB_shading_language_100 OpenGL extension in earlier versions, required to use GLSL features)
  4. Driver: Latest from chipset manufacturer
  5. Dedicated Video RAM: 64 MB per display minimum requirement, 128 MB recommended
  6. Minimum Screen Resolution: 1024x768 minimum requirement, 1280x1024 recommended
  7. Hard Drive Space: 230 MB for program installation (not including content)
Windows® 32-Bit:
  1. Operating System: Windows® XP
  2. Processor: Intel® or AMD
Windows® 64-Bit:
  1. Operating System: Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition
  2. Processor: Intel® EM64T or AMD64
  3. RAM: 1 GB
Macintosh®:
  1. Operating System: Mac OS® X 10.3.9 Panther(TM)
  2. Processor: PowerPC® G4 minimum requirement, G5 recommended