LightWave 3D 9.0 released
Jul 13, 2006 by CGP Staff
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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.
cool…autodesk should buy them.
Autodesk turned them down a few years ago
lw9 is pretty nifty…renders 2.5 times faster than lw8.5 or better..and now has node based [and layer] surface editing
>>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….