LightWave 3D Surfacing Volume II

This video is the second in the “Get into Surfacing” series. In this video Adam starts the training by getting back into the Surface Editor in LightWave 3D. But this time he is taking you into the more intricate tabs like Lighting, Specular, Luminosity and Reflectivity. If you find these areas in the Surface Editor a bit difficult to use or you feel you don't fully understand what each of these properties do then this video is the perfect training video for you.

This title is designed to get you up to speed on LightWave 3D’s Surface Editor and texturing basics. After watching Surfacing Volume I (sold separately) and II you will have a very intimate knowledge of all of the options, tabs and tools that make up the Surface Editor.

Surfacing Volume II takes you deeper into these tools while showing you how to setup renders of these objects and how lighting affects the objects with the various settings on the Surface Editor. LightWave 3D is one of the most powerful 3D applications on the planet. With it’s almost limitless layering capabilities to achieve textures and surfaces LightWave offers 3D artists a wealth of power. Save years of time on your learning curve and unleash LightWave 3D’s Surfacing capabilities in your pipeline with Surfacing Volume II.

This title was created with beginner to intermediate LightWave 3D users in mind. Adam’s approach of tool based training will have you using LightWave 3D more often in your work flow. After watching this video you will easily be able to master LightWave 3D’s UV unwrapping tools.

Artist Profile

Adam Gibson is a 3D artist from Bowmanville,
Ontario, Canada.  He's been doing freelance work using Lightwave 3D and various other 3D/2D applications since the early Commodore Amiga/Video-Toaster days. He enjoys doing creature and sci-fi style modeling/texturing projects and has a passion for digital compositing using blue/green screens.

Adam is also a 3 x time published book author and has earned a Masters Degree in Taekwondo under the legendary Bill "Superfoot" Wallace-Undefeated World Kickboxing Champion.

About NewTek
Benefiting producers and artists with its cost-effective and ground-breaking technologies, NewTek Inc. is a leader in portable live production, video editing, 3D animation and special effects tools, including the TriCaster™ product line and LightWave 3D®. NewTek has won numerous industry accolades, including two Emmy® Awards. Clients include: Fox News, BBC, NHL, NBA Development League, MTV, VH1, the Steve Harvey Radio Show, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). NewTek products have been used in blockbuster films and television shows, including “Iron Man II,” “Avatar,” “The Dark Knight,” “Iron Man,” “300,” “Hancock,” “Tropic Thunder,” “Battlestar Galactica,” “Lost,” “Fringe” and more.

About LightWave 3D
LightWave® is a complete modeling, rendering and animation system. Used extensively in broadcast television production, film visual effects, video game development, print graphics and visualization, LightWave is responsible for more artists winning Emmy Awards than any other 3D application.

LightWave 3D has been used in the production of some of histories best visual effects films and television series of all time: Iron Man II, Avatar, The Dark Night, Angels and Demons, Alice in Wonderland, Eagle Eye, Iron Man, Spiderman I, II, and III, 300, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Pirates of the Carribean: At World's End and the list goes on and on...

From Battlestar Galactica / Star Trek on TV to Avatar and The Dark Night in Cinema, LightWave 3D can take you there.