philnolan3d Posted January 23, 2019 Report Share Posted January 23, 2019 I haven't tried it yet but it's pretty interesting. It includes a pretty good connection to Unreal Engine and also includes voxels via OpenVDB and sculpting / painting tools. I don't think it's enough to be a competitor to 3D-Coat in that space but still petty cool! https://www.newtek.com/lightwave/2019/features/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Member AndyM1969 Posted February 9, 2019 New Member Report Share Posted February 9, 2019 Very little point in trying it because 3d coat does not support the latest lwo file type! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philnolan3d Posted February 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2019 Well, that's not a 2019 issue. The new format came out in LW 2018. I'm hoping Andrew will add support for the new files but for now you can always just save in the old format from LW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Member AndyM1969 Posted February 9, 2019 New Member Report Share Posted February 9, 2019 Yeah but that's just another unneccesary step. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philnolan3d Posted February 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2019 Sure, but it's a pretty minor annoyance compared to all the features in the new LW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member geo_n Posted February 18, 2019 Advanced Member Report Share Posted February 18, 2019 I'm selling lightwave 2019 with transfer fee for $695. I have two licenses so I'm selling one. Price will probably go up to $1495 after march from Newtek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputable Contributor AbnRanger Posted February 18, 2019 Reputable Contributor Report Share Posted February 18, 2019 1 hour ago, geo_n said: I'm selling lightwave 2019 with transfer fee for $695. I have two licenses so I'm selling one. Price will probably go up to $1495 after march from Newtek. That's definitely a good offer, for anyone considering LW, still. I think it would be a mistake on Newtek's part, to go back up in price, until they have unified the two separate apps, somehow. They are making good progress, but too much of their userbase has already moved on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philnolan3d Posted February 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2019 I haven't seen any evidence that the price will go up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member geo_n Posted February 18, 2019 Advanced Member Report Share Posted February 18, 2019 4 hours ago, philnolan3d said: I haven't seen any evidence that the price will go up. What was the normal price for a full lightwave license? I remember it was 1495. Its 995+tax when there's an upgrade window. For 2019 its up to the end of march and after that it goes back up to normal price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member geo_n Posted February 18, 2019 Advanced Member Report Share Posted February 18, 2019 http://www.animationmagazine.net/vfx/lightwave-11-6-nevronmotion-plugin-hit-market/ LightWave 11.6 is priced at $1495 and the NevronMotion plug-in is priced at $299. Registered LightWave 11 customers can upgrade to LightWave 11.6 free of charge; upgrade pricing from LightWave 10 or earlier versions is $695 (USD). Educational pricing is also available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philnolan3d Posted February 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2019 The price dropped to $995 when 2015 came out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member geo_n Posted February 18, 2019 Advanced Member Report Share Posted February 18, 2019 4 minutes ago, philnolan3d said: The price dropped to $995 when 2015 came out. Indefinitely after the upgrade window? Still a discount of 300 Buy 3dcoat with that savings. Newtek really should raise the price a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philnolan3d Posted February 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2019 Well this post from when 2015 came out says "new pricing". Which sounds like 995 is a permanent price. https://www.lightwave3d.com/news/article/lightwave-2015-unveiled-new-pricing-announced/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputable Contributor AbnRanger Posted February 18, 2019 Reputable Contributor Report Share Posted February 18, 2019 5 hours ago, geo_n said: Indefinitely after the upgrade window? Still a discount of 300 Buy 3dcoat with that savings. Newtek really should raise the price a bit. It's still a good offer, even if $995 is semi-permanent, but I think it's always a bad idea to raise prices when a company is already struggling to remain solvent. I think LW has more to offer on the animation side of things, than Modo, but Blender 2.8 is going to make life rough for both of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philnolan3d Posted February 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2019 I admit there are some apps with more/different features than LW but it's hard to imagine blender being much trouble. I'll have to see how this 2.8 works out but I don't have high hopes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member geo_n Posted February 19, 2019 Advanced Member Report Share Posted February 19, 2019 6 hours ago, AbnRanger said: It's still a good offer, even if $995 is semi-permanent, but I think it's always a bad idea to raise prices when a company is already struggling to remain solvent. I think LW has more to offer on the animation side of things, than Modo, but Blender 2.8 is going to make life rough for both of them. I think the price is pretty cheap for a full 3d package that can model, animate, render. You can buy a perpetual license of lightwave equivalent to 3 months of subs from autodesk. Freelance generalist can do amazing stuff with any of these full 3d packages its down to the skills and experience. But some people are overpaying for autodesk software imho because you're renting and that's never good. Blender is blender. Some people click with it some people won't even with the rewrite. I'm still on 2.79 and won't be moving to 2.8 because its like relearning which I don't have time for. I'd rather travel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philnolan3d Posted February 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2019 1 minute ago, geo_n said: Freelance generalist can do amazing stuff with any of these full 3d packages its down to the skills and experience. But some people are overpaying for autodesk software imho because you're renting and that's never good. Right, I'm actually in the process of interviewing for a job. I knew their other artist uses max and he seemed OK with me using LightWave as long as the files would transfer over. Friday I had my second interview and one of the other guys asked if I would be OK with learning max. If course I said I would, but didn't like it. But later I was thinking that by having a LightWave artist on the team would be an advantage, not just because of LW but because of more variety of packages means more stuff can be accomplished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputable Contributor AbnRanger Posted February 19, 2019 Reputable Contributor Report Share Posted February 19, 2019 44 minutes ago, philnolan3d said: Right, I'm actually in the process of interviewing for a job. I knew their other artist uses max and he seemed OK with me using LightWave as long as the files would transfer over. Friday I had my second interview and one of the other guys asked if I would be OK with learning max. If course I said I would, but didn't like it. But later I was thinking that by having a LightWave artist on the team would be an advantage, not just because of LW but because of more variety of packages means more stuff can be accomplished. Well, that can be a hindrance, since they may want to stick with a certain pipeline, including different Max plugins and such. You staying on Lightwave throws a bit of a wrench into that. If I'm going to a shop that is all C4D, I suck it up and learn C4D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member geo_n Posted February 19, 2019 Advanced Member Report Share Posted February 19, 2019 10 hours ago, philnolan3d said: Right, I'm actually in the process of interviewing for a job. I knew their other artist uses max and he seemed OK with me using LightWave as long as the files would transfer over. Friday I had my second interview and one of the other guys asked if I would be OK with learning max. If course I said I would, but didn't like it. But later I was thinking that by having a LightWave artist on the team would be an advantage, not just because of LW but because of more variety of packages means more stuff can be accomplished. You should learn max. Its what they use, its an opportunity. I've been in 4 studios in almost 20 years and used max, lw, maya, modo at a competent level. You will be more flexible as a cg artist. Compositing with AE was also something I wanted to learn and I did with a guy who worked at ghibili. But now I use hitfilm and the technique transfered well. Be like water 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member SPACEY Posted February 20, 2019 Member Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 I've has a lot of fun with LW and still think the animation interface is worthwhile, but as was mentioned Blender is starting to look like more viable. By the way if anyone is interested, my new site is up. http://www.wholebitmedia.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member geo_n Posted February 26, 2019 Advanced Member Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 A good video about the Live link of lightwave and unreal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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