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Old January 25th, 2011, 03:56 AM   #31
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The only thing i wish Lightwave would embrace is character animation. It seems, even with the release of 10, that they are still miles behind the top packages like Maya for charater stuff. Otherwise i'm with you Mikala. Never could latch onto any other programs including apps like Zbrush. I took a couple weeks with Zbrush but alway's found myself back in lightwave. I guess it's a curse.

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Old January 25th, 2011, 08:52 AM   #32
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ZBrush is my favorite plugin for Lightwave.
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Old January 27th, 2011, 12:38 AM   #33
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Love lightwave...
Have tried Blender, but it makes my head hurt....
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Old January 27th, 2011, 01:15 AM   #34
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Old January 31st, 2011, 05:41 PM   #35
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Hey there Shaggy.
I love what Blender can do but I simply can't grasp that interface.
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Old February 1st, 2011, 01:31 AM   #36
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I love what Blender can do but I simply can't grasp that interface.
that would be me too.
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Old February 1st, 2011, 01:33 AM   #37
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Hey there Shaggy.
I love what Blender can do but I simply can't grasp that interface.
mikala, there is an introductory interface video online at cgtuts.com. Look for the poster named Karan Shah. he gives a very good, very thorough introductory video regarding the interface of Blender. After viewing it, I was building stuff in no time. Download the video (likely it will be an .flv file...so make sure you have a media player that can playback flash files), and keep it on hand. Blender's basic interface is actually quite easy to grasp.
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Old February 1st, 2011, 02:35 AM   #38
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that would be me too.
Yeah took me about an hour to work out how to move the camera!!!!!
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Old April 11th, 2011, 06:41 AM   #39
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Just wanted to drop by and say Hi, and i'm looking forward to doing whatever I can to help out on this project, and working with everyone here.


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Old April 11th, 2011, 07:25 AM   #40
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Thanks its great to have so much talent in this ...... makes it all the better
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Old April 12th, 2011, 09:24 PM   #41
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Well, I have heard of blender and Lightwave.

I use Cinem4d.

I only began 3d actually like in October 2010.


prior to that I tried blender,sketchup and had a hard time trying to figure them out. was a complete nboob then.

Also tried Gmax originally with Renx, was for game Renegade and even with the quikstart guide manual it failed terribly as a learning guide for new users, though it says that for new users.

C4d is the first I have been able to grasp and understand to an extent.
3ds is the descendant of Gmax which is why I dont even want to try and learn it. it's UI is so confusing to me just as RenX and Gmax was.

Have seen 1 tut for Lightwave and must say it looks unusual.


Got my hands full trying to learn what I got. :-) maybe in future.
in all honesty though I think C4d is a very good and very powerful app.
and that many are adamant users of it.

Modeling aspects am waiting to buy some training on soon.
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Well, I have heard of blender and Lightwave.

I use Cinem4d.

I only began 3d actually like in October 2010.

Have seen 1 tut for Lightwave and must say it looks unusual.

Got my hands full trying to learn what I got. :-) maybe in future.
in all honesty though I think C4d is a very good and very powerful app.
and that many are adamant users of it.

Modeling aspects am waiting to buy some training on soon.
I started with Truespace for a few months before I switched to Lightwave
as most of the best models available where in that format ..... mostly Star Trek ..... apart from SteveW Galactica models there where at the time very few good modeller or models around........ I know a few great Truespace modellers now and my opinion of the Program has altered since


But I find lightwave easier from the start until now....... of course I only model now and rarely do any rendering and never animation.....

I think its down to what ever work for you and when you like what you use the product can be great as the results.

I have Tried Blender and found I cannot make the transition to it...
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And I'm stuck here at the bottom using Doga L3! (scrabbles through lego box)
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Try Blender..... better option than Truespace as it an ongoing program ,,, Truespace as far as I know is no longer getting updates ......

Its free and is becoming very good from what I have heard and seen
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Long time LW user. Have experience in MAX and Maya but love LW the best. (Started with Truespace and then Bryce in 1994). I'm a version behind with LW but considering the upgrade. Not sure as I don't do 3D stuff anymore -- or at least its been dormant.

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Hey Good to see you again Russell.

hope to see you get back into LW soon..

I using Lightwave9.6 working on a few projects before I hit a creative Block ... arrgh
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