NewTek LightWave 3D 9.6

The software offers most of the 3D tools available today in the market including out-of-the-box renderer and IK engines. Here we will show you how to create a cup

Wednesday, April 01, 2009

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LightWave is a 3D modeling, rendering and animation software, mainly used for television production, video game and print graphics. The program runs very fast and offers a comprehensive solution for lighting, modeling, animation and even compositing. The software has an easy to use interface and gives you a flexible way of creating a 3D object. The solution is also good for publishing and advertising professionals working with deadlines. LightWave's ability to generate photo realistic images quickly makes it the perfect solution for print graphic artists.

The latest version has lots of new features that include complete hair and fur solution, improved character animation controls and the high speed rendering. New rendering technology makes fantastic effects like UV map generation, true orthographic rendering and lens distortion duplicating real-world lenses. You can physically correct cameras that allows recreation of any real world camera lens for matching footage rendered in LightWave to real world photography. Ability to access more RAM allows for creation of more complex and realistic scenes, as well as production at higher resolutions for film and high-def television.

Open 'LightWave Modeler' and select 'Create' menu. Go to 'Primitives' tool group and select 'Ball' tool. Go to 'Top' view and press 'Ctrl' and drag to make a a perfect circle.	In the 'Perspective' view, press 'Alt' and drag to rotate. Click on 'Multiply' and select 'Extrude' tool. Go to 'Back' view, press 'Ctrl' and drag downwards to make a cylinder.

Click on the 'Polygons' icon. Go to 'Perspective' and click on top of the cylinder to highlight. Select 'Bevel' and drag the selection downwards little bit. Right click and repeat this two more times.	Click and drag down to the lower end of the cylinder. To see the bottom of the cylinder. Right click and drag few more times to make a good shape.

You are on 'Multiply' mode only. Go to 'subdivide' tool group and select 'Knife'. Come to the 'back' view, press 'ctrl' and drag a straight line. Right click and place to other 3 places like the above image.	Go to 'Perspective' and change to 'Hidden Line' mode. Click 'Modify' and select 'drag'. Drag upwards the top knife point downwards the and bottom point little bit. Repeat the same procedure at the bottom of the cylinder.

Select the polygons one by one, and click on 'Multiply' menu. Select 'Smooth Shift' from the 'Extend' tool category and drag the selected polygons little bit. For a better view change to 'Flat Shade'.	After selecting the two polygons, go to 'Modify' and click 'Size' tool. Open the 'Modes' panel and select 'Action center: Selection'. Go to 'Right' view and scale it little bit.

Click on the 'Detail' menu and select 'Merge Polys Z'. Select 'Magic Bevel' and press key 'n'. This brings the 'Numeric: Magic Bevel' window. Make 'Precision' 30 and drag from one polygon to other polygon.	Press 'n' to open the 'Numeric: Magic Bevel' and change the 'Operation' to 'Edit Path'. Rearrange the cup handle path and smooth. Change the scale to 100 percent.

LightWave supports almost any other 3D software.

A hardware lock dongle is provided with this software. You have to connect the dongle to your system when you are using LightWave 3D.

Minimum requirement for the installation is Windows XP with Intel or AMD processor, 512 MB RAM, nVidia FX 5200 graphics card with OpenGL 2.0 support. For Macintosh, it requires minimum G5 or Intel processor with OS 10.4.10.

YLet's make a cup with the help of bevel, extrude, smooth shift, knife selection tools with few simple steps.

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