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NewTek the Makers of Lightwave,
Video Toaster and Vidget. Some of the most powerful 3d, graphics,
and video software on the market. The center of it all. |
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Worley Labs - some of the most
amazing plugins in the LW universe. Sasquatch, G2, Gaffer, and Polk
to name just the ones in play nearly every day! |
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Adobe makers of After Effects,
Photoshop, Illustrator and Premiere. The workhorses of the graphics
and video industry. Here at GDL is no different. |
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Particle Illusion - Image Mapped
VFX - astounding quality and speed. Used alone or in conjunction with
LW, Aura, and After Effects this piece of software is a life saver. |
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Macromedia the makers of Flash,
UltraDev and Fireworks. For 2D work and web design Macromedia products
definately get the nod around here. |
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Swish, an alternative SWF authoring
solution, that for speed alone makes it worth exploring! |
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SwiftLW, bringing full SWF
authoring to LW. Absolutely amazing piece of software. |
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EKI creator of the Plug-Pak
and an all around Lightwave Genius. |
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FI's Tools and Scripts. - a
brilliant Japanese Lightwaver with some remarkable scripts |
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Digital Fusion and DFX+ - these
are two of the most powerful editing and compositing solutions around.
I am using DFX+ in house now -- very nice tool! |
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Mirage (formerly Aura) - The
team at Bauhaus software have re-invented Aura making it a remarjably
more poserful application. |
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Flay offers the most reeliable
and up-to-date News, Plugin and Technique Updates, and offers a searchable
DB as well. This is one to check out every day!
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www.3d.SK - this is Peter Levius'
website. Peter specializes in photo references for 3d character and
costume modeling and texturing. The image quality is phenomenal!!!
You have to check this one out!!
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Creative Community Sites -
Great News Selection, and an Industry Job Board! |
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3D Festival, a portal to some
amazing 3d resources! |
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CGTalk - Forums that cover
the full range of 3D 2D and compositing work. |
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3D Fight Club - challenge yourself
today! 5 minute, 15 minute, daily and weekly challenges and a very
sweet forum |
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10 Second Club - still the
coolest animation challenge around! new sound bytes posted each month!! |
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CGChallenge - If you're up
to it, or just need a kick of inspiration, this is one place that
won't let you down. |
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CGChannel - A huge CG-centric
news portal. Some great reporting and interviewing by these folks,
definately worth regular visits. |
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The Lightwave Group - an outstanding
forum, news, contests, and goodies galore. |
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Luxology, a dedicated group
of developers, hard at work on Lightwave 8!!! They also have
a great collection of presets, as well as news and other goodies! |
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Animation World Network and
the AIDB, two great resources for information and networking. |
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HiEnd 3D Discussion Forums
and Job Board (Maya and XSI centric most times) |
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dvGarage - compositing and
photorealism techniques and tutorials |
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Lost Pencil Studios - remarkable
forums, and great training materials too! |
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Lightwave Tutorials on the
Web - a warehouse of tutorials and techniques. |
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IFW2 Shaders collection, a
part of the Shaders project and remarkably useful!!! |
