take that further and be a digital filmmaker working with LightWave just adds to the
breadth of my experience and my enjoyment in this career. It’s just been a
lot of fun, and it just doesn’t stop. "
- Aristomenis Tsirbas , MeniThings Productions
Star Wars:Revelations
The Duke Movie
Phoenix mission to Mars
Kaze Ghost Warrior
A Malaysian Friday
My Wrongs 8245-8249 and 117
One Lucky Night
Ray Tracey in Full Tilt
The Groob
The Freak
Geri's Game
Right out of the box, LightWave gives independent and short film producers exactly what they need to bring their vision to life. LightWave provides an affordable, complete modeling, animation and rendering solution to individuals and small production teams. LightWave’s ease-of-use and flexibility make it possible for an individual to master all aspects of the program providing a realistic solution for film producers who want to have total control over their project.
With 999 free render nodes, versions for Windows 32/64-bit and Macintosh Universal Binary, world-class modeling and rendering capabilities, real world lighting, node-based texturing and shading, free technical support and more, LightWave is the proven solution for independent filmmakers.
LightWave in the hands of independent artists has delivered winning results year after year, with three of the nine winners at Annecy in 2008 - including the prestigious FIPRESCI award for Croatian entry Ona Koja Mjeri (She Who Measures) - all created with LightWave, either exclusively or in a pipeline with other software. Terminus, by The Embassy, tells the tale of a man haunted by a silent stone statue that dances a mean jig to attract attention and was an official selection at the Toronto International Film Festival. LightWave-produced Dwayne The Goob Gunderson by Dwayne Gunderson has been seen by thousands around the world as he blogs his road trip to Hollywood.
"We used LightWave for our short film because of its ease of use, its stability and its versatility. What I like the most in LightWave right now is how LightWave 9 is developing - the team is doing a fantastic job, if they continue this way LightWave 10 is going to be the version all users are dreaming of"
- Jesús Pinal, head animator "La dama en el umbral", prize winner at Annecy 2008.
Category: Independant Film
For the last few years, Josh Burton was the proprietor of New Eyes Media, a small freelancing firm of talented artists. His work with the firm helped pay his way as a student at Savannah College of Art and Design, from which he graduated in March 2005. Josh and the team he recruited for the project recently put the finishing touches on The Potter, an amazing animated short. We pulled Josh away from his busy schedule to find out more about this talented artist, his project, and his plans for the future.
Category: Independant Film
A phenomenon that has developed around Stars Wars is the production of "fan films" that present new stories set in the SW universe. One of the more interesting aspects of that is the growing number of films with visual effects that rival those in film or television. Perhaps the height of that trend to date is Panicstruck Productions' short film Star Wars: Revelations, currently creating a huge buzz in the VFX community as well as among Star Wars fans. We recently had the opportunity to chat with Shane Felux, the director, about his work in this incredible project.
