Light Wave is among the most powerful, complete, and reliable 3D tools in existence. Light Wave has become the visual effects software of choice in the film, television and broadcast industries.

Computer Graphics & Graphics Applications

One of the most powerful, complete, and reliable 3D tools in existence, LightWave has become the visual effects software of choice in film, television, and broadcast industries.

Computer Graphics & Graphics Applications

LightWave 3D 7.5 Lighting is the only book on the market from a professional artist that explains the theory and application of lighting with LightWave 3D 7.5. The book discusses everything users need to know about the qualities of light, modern lighting techniques, LightWave's impressive toolset, and lighting design issues.

Making a Game Demo: From Concept to Demo Gold provides a detailed and comprehensive guide to getting started in the computer game industry. Written by professional game designers and developers, this book combines the fields of design, art, scripting, and programming in one book to help you take your first steps toward creating a game demo. Discover how the use of documentation can help you organize the game design process; understand how to model and animate a variety of objects, including human characters; explore the basics of scripting with Lua; learn about texturing, vertex lighting, light mapping, motion capture, and collision checking. The companion CD contains all the code and other files needed for the tutorials, the Ka3D game engine, the Zax demo, all the images in the book, demo software, and more!

The step-by-step instructions make it easy to create, edit, and distribute your Flash files. Each chapter includes sample screen shots as well as tips for making your work more efficient and avoiding common pitfalls.