So, good old Lightwave appeared to me as a RU-vid recommendation today. I've been using Maya for 20 years but sometimes the LW comes back and brings back good memories. A few months ago I found many CDs where I saved work I did on LW for Amiga, around 1993. I downloaded the latest demo version available of LW and to my surprise the scenes were loaded without any problem, most of the time. I should have rendered these old animations with everything that the modern LW has at their disposal, such as Radiosity and the like. But the demo time expired and I lost the opportunity. Thanks for the video, great to see my old friend again.
Thanks, yes a lot has moved in the last 20 Years, and there was a silent time about LightWave 3D. But now LightWave 3D is back and will become better and better again.
@@CDA3DLive I honestly believe that LW’s time has passed. I didn't see any major advances in the last version (well, I only explored the shaders, light and rendering options), and it wasn't better or faster than what I already do with Vray in Maya. And with Blender's competition, with its gigantic community, LW shouldn't have much space besides old users, I assume. Maybe it was time for someone to make a side-by-side comparison video, tool by tool, and show the possible advantages of LW for Blender users. But it must be difficult to beat something that is free and good, which is becoming the choice of thousands of people who don't have the money to pay for expensive software licenses. My original LW 5.5 no longer competes with anyone, I believe. :).
@@mtrivelin the advantage of lightwave is that it is NOT a time limited subscription model software. For someone who uses LW intermittently I do not want to pay fees when I am not using the software. Maya costs a a fortune every month! I bought all Adobe CS 6 products before they switched to the subscription model and saved myself mountains of cash.
Yeah, Lightwave keeps popping up in the most unexpected productions. Batman Ninja, Onimusha Anime on Netlix, Dragon's Dogma, Star Wars Visions 'the duel' Interestingly enough I still use it with Zbrush and Unreal Engine. Yes, I use it for character animation and modeling. It still holds up. I'm glad that it's got new owners however the core issues that need to be fixed have not yet been dealt with. There are rumors of a major rework after the 2024 release so I'm hanging on to my chips until then. I've tried Blender and I just am not feeling it. It's good at many things and great at nothing. I'm sure some Blender weebo is grinding his teeth right now but Lightwave still holds up when used with other more modern softwares.
