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LightWave v9.2 Training Bundle
Special Limited Time Offer

Now is the perfect time to step up to LightWave v9. For a limited time, NewTek is offering the LightWave v9 Training Bundle, a special offer that provides hundreds of dollars in training materials free with the purchase of LightWave 3D. By special arrangement with 3D Garage, Desktop Images, KURV Studios, Wordware Publishing and Replica Technology, purchasers of a new full or upgrade license of LightWave will be eligible to receive a training and royalty-free content package valued at over $350, free with every order!

The LightWave v9 Training Bundle includes the following materials:

• Tune Up for LightWave v9
  - Courseware by 3D Garage
• LightWave v9 Defined
  - DVD by Desktop Images
• Practical Lighting by Nicholas Boughen
  - DVD by Kurv Studios
• Essential LightWave v9 by Steve Warner
  - Book by Wordware Publishing
• The Interior Design Collection
  - Royalty Free Content by Replica Technology

This offer is valid on new full and upgrade commercial licenses purchased in North America between February 22, 2007 and May 31, 2007.

VFXWorld Review of LightWave v9.2

Award-winning designer and producer, Steve Warner takes a comprehensive look at LightWave 9.2 features, proclaiming it as: "a powerful upgrade cloaked in a humble dot 2 extension." Steve covers the gamut of improvements to modeling, surfacing, lighting, camera, rendering and more. "This is not just a collection of new features. It's the rebirth of a beloved application. With this release, NewTek has shown that it is committed to the future of LightWave. Not just to continue servicing an aging application, but rather to forge a bright future that is characterized by the type of innovative, easy-to-use features that have made LightWave an industry favorite the world over."

LightWave Rendition for Adobe Photoshop

NewTek, Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading 3D animation and video products, today announced launch plans for their latest development, LightWave® Rendition™ for Adobe® Photoshop®. The product created by NewTek’s 3D division provides photorealistic 3D render output, such as recently used in the feature film "300", for Adobe's just revealed Photoshop CS3 Extended. Based upon the Emmy® Award-winning render engine native to LightWave 3D, Rendition for Adobe Photoshop gives creative artists the ability to render models imported through Photoshop CS3 and deliver the richness of detail, textures and lighting attributes found in the original 3D object format, all within the Photoshop environment.

Zoic Studios Breaks New Ground in Drive

NewTek, Inc., innovator of award-winning 3D animation and video products, today revealed the extensive use of LightWave 3D® by the artists at Zoic Studios in the creation of the new Fox Series, Drive. The series as described by Fox is "an action-fueled drama following a diverse group of Americans driving for their lives (or the lives of their loved ones) in a sinister, cross-country road race." The show features locations all over the U.S. but the production is headquartered in Los Angeles, resulting in the extensive use of green-screen photography to transport the audience from location to location. Zoic Studios has developed an entirely new approach to the visual effects for Drive by introducing an omniscient camera that moves seamlessly from the open road in and around moving vehicles.

LightWave 3D Profile: Kevin Quattro

Kevin Quattro, better known to many in the 3D community simply as "Q", has contributed to the visual effects of many of the most watched shows on television today. Having contributed to the look of outer space in shows such as Battlestar Galactica, Firefly and Serenity, Kevin took on the challenge of inner space with dual roles for the most successful franchise on the air today as Zoic's CG Supervisor on CSI: Miami and Lead CG Artist on CSI. Kevin was able to spare some time from his busy schedule to share some background with us on his work and his one-letter moniker.

LightWave 3D Profile: Freddy Oropeza

Syndicate animator, Freddy Oropeza, has been blazing a path in Hollywood and his journey is just getting started. We talked with Freddy about the work he did for Rhythm and Hues on the Fable 2 trailer, Banjo Kazooie and Call of Duty commercials and his most recent work on the Syndicate spots for NASCAR.

Wordware Publishing Book
LightWave v9 Texturing

Wordware Publishing, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of LightWave v9 Texturing. This book takes you behind the fine art of surfacing your 3D objects using LightWave 3D. Because many artists find texturing and prepping objects for texturing intimidating or confusing, this book breaks down the process and makes it easier to understand by guiding you through LightWave’s powerful surfacing toolset and a number of helpful tutorials. LightWave v9 Texturing also demonstrates how easy it is to create surfaces using LightWave’s new, powerful node-based shading system.

With this book:

• Go beyond texturing theory to find out what makes a realistic texture.
• Learn how to build textures using both LightWave’s classic layer system and the new Node Editor.
• Discover how to unwrap and edit UV maps.
• Find out how to create a variety of surfaces through tutorials.
• Enhance your surfaces with gradients, image maps, and procedural textures.

Wordware is offering a 35% discount and free freight* for anyone who orders the book from their web site at www.wordware.com. Just use the coupon code lwtext0292 when prompted during the ordering process.
* free freight for continental U.S. only.

NewTek @ A-Kon 2007

Stop by the NewTek Booth at A-Kon 18 and find out how you can work more efficiently with NewTek's newest offerings in 3D animation. See how you can work faster with our demos of LightWave 3D® by Graham Toms and Deuce .

NewTek @ SIGGRAPH 2007

Stop by the NewTek Booth, Booth 1237, and find out how you can work more efficiently with NewTek's newest offerings in 3D animation, motion graphics and video production. See how you can work faster with our demos of:

LightWave 3D ®, LightWave Rendition for Adobe Photoshop™,
3D Arsenal™, SpeedEDIT™, TriCaster Pro™, TriCaster Studio™, VT™

More details coming soon.

LightWave 3D in the News

• LightWave creates Emmy-nominated nuclear explosions
• Doug Brown interview
• Studio Montly LightWave v9 review
• Driving hard: Zoic
• Dream Balloon, Atchity Shake Up Snowyville
• "You are here" ad campaign
• Graham Toms interview