Wednesday 13 August 2008

Inside LightWave v9


You hold in your hands the best-selling guide to NewTek’s LightWave 3D animation software, completely updated for LightWave v9 by award-winning animator and trainer Dan Ablan. Rather than rehash the documentation like other books, this down-to-earth, easy-to-follow guide offers an invaluable set of project tutorials that teach you the ins and outs of LightWave and show you the techniques you need to master this powerful 3D software. Inside LightWave v9’s accompanying DVD features hours of high- quality video training tutorials that will help you take the projects in the book to new heights. No other book has taught more LightWave 3D users than Inside LightWave.

Featured tutorials cover:

* Insights into the new LightWave v9 workflow
* Powerful new surfacing with the Node Editor
* Character modeling
* Bones and rigging for character animation
* Particle animation
* Hard body and soft body dynamics
* Rendering concepts with the new Global Render options
* Advanced camera tools

Accompanying DVD-ROM offers hours of unique training videos created just for this book, exclusively from 3DGarage.com (requires QuickTime); a demo of LightWave v9 for Mac OS and Windows; all of the projects from the book; royalty-free textures and reference images; and full-color screenshots from the book!

About the Author
Dan Ablan has been animating with LightWave 3D since 1989, and in 1994 he established his own business, AGA Digital Studios, which creates 3D animations for major corporations. Over the years he has written articles and tutorials for seminal 3D publications such as LightWave Pro, Video Toaster User, and 3D Design, and in1995 authored New Riders’ LightWave Power Guide. In 2003, Dan founded an educational division of AGA Digital dedicated to 3D tutorial courses, 3DGarage.com. For more information, visit www.danablan.com



http://w16.easy-share.com/1699893105.html

You hold in your hands the best-selling guide to NewTek’s LightWave 3D animation software, completely updated for LightWave v9 by award-winning animator and trainer Dan Ablan. Rather than rehash the documentation like other books, this down-to-earth, easy-to-follow guide offers an invaluable set of project tutorials that teach you the ins and outs of LightWave and show you the techniques you need to master this powerful 3D software. Inside LightWave v9’s accompanying DVD features hours of high- quality video training tutorials that will help you take the projects in the book to new heights. No other book has taught more LightWave 3D users than Inside LightWave.

Featured tutorials cover:

* Insights into the new LightWave v9 workflow
* Powerful new surfacing with the Node Editor
* Character modeling
* Bones and rigging for character animation
* Particle animation
* Hard body and soft body dynamics
* Rendering concepts with the new Global Render options
* Advanced camera tools

Accompanying DVD-ROM offers hours of unique training videos created just for this book, exclusively from 3DGarage.com (requires QuickTime); a demo of LightWave v9 for Mac OS and Windows; all of the projects from the book; royalty-free textures and reference images; and full-color screenshots from the book!

About the Author
Dan Ablan has been animating with LightWave 3D since 1989, and in 1994 he established his own business, AGA Digital Studios, which creates 3D animations for major corporations. Over the years he has written articles and tutorials for seminal 3D publications such as LightWave Pro, Video Toaster User, and 3D Design, and in1995 authored New Riders’ LightWave Power Guide. In 2003, Dan founded an educational division of AGA Digital dedicated to 3D tutorial courses, 3DGarage.com. For more information, visit www.danablan.com



http://w16.easy-share.com/1699893105.html

No comments: