#Lightwave tutorials video update#
#Lightwave tutorials video android#

There are also smaller changes to modelling workflow and FBX export and the visual quality of the OpenGL viewport have apparently been improved, although the documentation doesnвЂ™t provide any details. Other changes: updates to the scene editor and environment lightД¬hanges to Layout, LightWaveвЂ™s scene layout and animation environment, include the option to set axis rotation order for objects, workflow improvements in the Scene Editor and updates to the environment light. Other new OpenVDB features include the option to split, merge and morph between level sets, and to advect particles using a velocity grid, as shown in the video above.

That includes MayaвЂ™s PDB and PDA formats, RenderManвЂ™s PTC, and HoudiniвЂ™s GEO and BGEO вЂ“ although the latter isnвЂ™t supported by LightWaveвЂ™s implementation, it can read the old.

The most significant is the integration of DisneyвЂ™s open-source Partio library, making it possible to import and edit particle systems in the native formats of other DCC software.

LightWaveвЂ™s OpenVDB toolset for editing and rendering volumetric data also gets several new tools. OpenVDB: Partio support, level set morphing and particle advection There are also two new hair materials for LightWaveвЂ™s FiberFX system: a simplified Principled Hair shader along the lines of BlenderвЂ™s Principled Hair BSDF, and the more parameter-rich AFC Shader. Materials: random walk subsurface scattering and two new hair shadersД¬hanges to the materials system include support for random walk subsurface scattering, also recently implemented in a number of third-party render engines.

#Lightwave tutorials video android#

Outside the core software, NewTek has also released free iOS and Android apps that enable users to monitor network renders, although it doesnвЂ™t appear to be possible to relaunch failed jobs. There are four options available, including ACES Filmic. Other new rendering features include support for tonemapping, as is standard in most other renderers. In place of the old Monte Carlo engine, users can choose new Brute Force or Irradiance Cache engines for either primary or secondary bounces, making it possible to trade render speed against output quality. The biggest changes in LightWave 2020 are to the renderer, which gets a new global illumination system with separate render engines for primary and secondary light bounces: a system also used in V-Ray. Rendering: new Brute Force and Irradiance Cache GI engines Whereas the firm looked to have settled into a pattern of annual updates every January, the new release popped out unexpectedly following a period of near-silence from NewTek on its forum.ДЄt the time of posting, there arenвЂ™t any demos of the new feature on the LightWave YouTube channel, although they are now appearing in the Learning section of the website.

#Lightwave tutorials video update#

LightWave 2020 is the first update to the software since NewTek was acquired by Vizrt, and perhaps as a result, comes a few months later than expected. The first update to LightWave under VizrtвЂ™s ownership The release also updates the softwareвЂ™s OpenVDB toolset, including the integration of DisneyвЂ™s Partio particles library, and features smaller workflow improvements to Layout, Modeler and the OpenGL viewport. Most of the changes affect LightWaveвЂ™s materials and rendering toolsets, which get two new GI engines, support for tonemapping, random walk subsurface scattering and two new hair shaders. NewTek has released LightWave 2020, the latest version of its 3D modelling and animation software.