Lightwave 3D

LightWave is a complete 3D solution to model, render and animate. Used extensively in broadcast television production, film visual effects, video game development, print graphics and visualisation, LightWave is responsible for more artists winning Emmy® Awards than any other 3D application.

• Fast, efficient workflow and powerful, proven render engine
• Deliver stunning graphics and animation on time and on budget
• Innovative, interactive and immersive
• seamless integration into diverse pipelines

• Interactive Display and Rendering Tools
  Viewport Preview Renderer (VPR) that provides instant results with realistic view of scenes and objects with interactive light, nodal shading and scene set up. CG hardware real-time viewport shading that provide real-time OpenGL view of Ambient Occlusion, Bloom, Stereoscopic Anaglyph and HDRI background images. New linear workflow that supports consistent gamma, color space, and custom Look Up Tables (LUTs) for more realistic lighting, and to maximize compositing flexibility in a 3D pipeline. 
• Flexible Data Interchange Enhancements
  New MDD enhancements include support for Autodesk® Geometry Cache that provide the freedom to move deformations and transforms between applications for an extremely flexible, extensible pipeline for animation, dynamics, effects, and rendering. Additional support includes COLLADA?, FBX®, and ZBrush® interchange which lets artists transfer, load and save camera data, lighting, objects, UV and image maps, plus parenting hierarchies and more. 
• New Immersive, Real-Time and Game Tools
  Integration with InterSense VCam, virtual camera system provides virtual production capabilities allowing real-time interaction with 3D scenes. Integration with 3Dconnexion line of 3D mice that let you move through the virtual world and interact with models and scenes, controlling cameras and lights in real time. 
• Bullet Rigid Body Dynamics
  New integrated dynamics and simulations allow you to create dynamics, calculations and simulations for effects, such as collapsing buildings, breaking glass and more. 
• Advanced UV Mapping Tool
  Enhanced LightWave 10 workflow delivers powerful new UV tools such as Transform, Scale Rotate, Move, Separate, Stitch, Relax, UV Unwrap, Front, Cubic, Spherical and Cylindrical projections, plus cameras with both UVs and an automated texture node. 

Hardware
Windows: Intel® Core 2 or AMD Athlon II (or better), 64-bit System RAM: 4GB minimum, 32-bit System RAM: 2GB minimum. Mac: Intel processor, Available USB Port. 

Operating System
Windows: 64-bit Windows Vista® or Windows 7 64-bit Edition, 32-bit Windows Vista or Windows 7 Edition. Mac: Snow Leopard® 10.6 or better 

Graphics Card
Windows: Minimum: NVIDIA® GeForce® 8400 series or ATI X1600. Mac: Minimum NVIDIA GeForce 8400 series or ATI X1600.