NewTek LightWave 3D® is designed for independent artists who desire control of their vision from start to finish. Affordable, complete, easy to learn and use, LightWave is well established as one of the leading 3D systems on the market. With the ability to model, animate and render stunningly realistic imagery and animation, LightWave allows you to create new worlds, build your brand and shatter expectations. LightWave 2020 refined and retooled.
LightWave 2020
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System Specifications
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Windows™
Hardware
- Intel® Core™ 2 or AMD64 with SSE4 instruction set (Bulldozer onwards)
- System RAM: 4 GB minimum
Operating System
- Windows 7 64-bit or better
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macOS®
Hardware
- Intel® Processor
- 64-bit System RAM: 4GB minimum
- Available USB Port (for users with existing hardware dongles)
Operating System
- Sierra 10.12 or better
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Display
Minimum Graphics Card
- NVIDIA® GeForce® 9 series or ATI Radeon HD 4000 series (minimum)
Minimum Screen Resolution
- 1280 x 1024 pixels
Recommended Graphics card
- GeForce 10 series or newer at 1920 x 1080 or better
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Installation Requirements
Storage
- All systems require 750MB available hard drive space (excluding content); complete Content library is approximately 3GB.