Inside Lightwave 8

The most complete, extensive, and accessible guide for LightWave 8. Inside Lightwave 8 is chock full of step-by-step tutorials on every topic LightWave users need to know. It is also clear, well-organized and easy to use--essential for a comprehensive book when you need to find answers to their questions quickly. Dan Ablan, award-winning animator and LightWave author, offers Inside LightWave X to get you up-to-speed and enhances productivity with NewTek's LightWave 3D software. No other LightWave book is more comprehensive, packed with clear step-by-step tutorials and helpful tips. Coverage includes plug-ins, Motion Designer, SubPatch modeling, Graph Editor, expressions for complex animation control, Motion Mixer, compositing techniques, inverse kinematics to control complex characters, modeling and surfacing methods for architectural animation, skeletons and bones for precise animation control, logo creation, camera and lighting techniques, particle animation, and using motion-capture files.

For nearly 15 years, Dan Ablan has been involved in every aspect of television production and 3D animation. Dan has authored six best-selling computer software books on 3D animation, includingLightWave Power Guide, Inside LightWave 3D, Inside LightWave 6 and 7, LightWave 6.5 Effects Magic , and Digital Cinematography and Directing . Dan is president of AGA Digital Studios, Inc., a 3D animation company and has been teaching LightWave seminars across the country since 1995. His work includes animation for United Airlines, NASA (SOFIA Project), Abbott Labs, McDonald's Corp., Wendy's Corp, ABC, Paramount, Xerox, ATKearney, Radio Disney, Coke, and more.