LightWave 6.5 Magic
Published on 27. December 2000
Book
Mixed media product
320 pages
978-0-7357-0996-6 (ISBN)
Description
LightWave is one of the leaders in the 3D graphics and design industry. LightWave has set the standard in the industry with its modeling interface and capabilities, and is considered a must-have tool by the major movie and effect houses in the industry. In LightWave 6 Effects Magic, the contributors present two dozen effects (minimum) created with New Tek's LightWave 6, all designed to show off the considerable power and flexibility of the program. Effects are categorized logically and cross-referenced to make finding particular components of any effect easy to access later ("where did I see how to do X?"). Each effect is from 5 to 12 pages in length, and consists of a 2-column layout, with step-by-step instructions to the left, and corresponding graphics (or coded) to the right. Any effect, tip or technique in this book can be extrapolated and customized to suit the your own project needs.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 255 mm
Width: 204 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
776 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7357-0996-6 (9780735709966)
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Person
Authors Julian Kain is a student and artist. He practices both traditional and digital art, and believes that a perfect mix the two will someday create theLeonardo of the new millennium. He began working in 3D with LightWave 3D 5.5 in 1998. Julian has been a regular writer for Keyframe Magazine since May 1999, where he reviews graphics chips and their performance in LightWave. In his spare time, he writes photorealistic gold surfacing tutorials for great new LightWave 6 Effects books. You may e-mail him at julian@juliankain.com and visit his web site at http://www.juliankain.com. Jason Goodman lives in New York City and is the CEO of MSD a multimedia production company in Silicon Valley. Jason has been involved with 3D graphics since the days of Videoscape 3D on the Amiga (circa 1986). Contact him via email jason@msd-nyc.com. Michael Ash has been working with Newtek products since the Toaster 2.0 days and has worked as a Tech support specialist for Newtek and also served as Tech support Manager for Newtek. He has written articles and tutorials that have appeared in magazines such as Keyframe, 3d Artist and Newtekniques. Michael also wrote the Aura 2 manual and tutorials for the Lightwave 6 manual.
Content
1. Gear Expressions.
2. Photorealistic Fur and Hair Without Plug-Ins.
3. Welding Sparks.
4. Magnifying Glass.
5. Aged Film Effect.
6. Storm Clouds.
7. Rack Focus Camera.
8. Falling Rain and Snow.
9. Procedural Texture Motions.
10. Photorealistic Gold Using Radiosity.
11. Building a Campfire.
12. Creature Walk with Cyclist.
13. Volumetric Projections.
14. Tornado.
15. Dynamic Explosions.
16. Ocean Surf.
17. Under the Ocean.
18. Space Lighting.
19. Smoke Plumes.
20. Cheating Radiosity.
21. Fixed Projection Compositing.
2. Photorealistic Fur and Hair Without Plug-Ins.
3. Welding Sparks.
4. Magnifying Glass.
5. Aged Film Effect.
6. Storm Clouds.
7. Rack Focus Camera.
8. Falling Rain and Snow.
9. Procedural Texture Motions.
10. Photorealistic Gold Using Radiosity.
11. Building a Campfire.
12. Creature Walk with Cyclist.
13. Volumetric Projections.
14. Tornado.
15. Dynamic Explosions.
16. Ocean Surf.
17. Under the Ocean.
18. Space Lighting.
19. Smoke Plumes.
20. Cheating Radiosity.
21. Fixed Projection Compositing.