The Lightwave 3d Book: Tips, Techniques and Ready-To-Use Objects

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Summary: acceptable companion to documentation. not worth the price.
Review: full of articles referring back to previous versions of Lightwave. Thats not so bad, except that it is neither for the beginner (not a step-by-step) nor necessarily for the expert (ideas are not really that snazzy). This book is all over the map. It is really just a fairly indiscriminate hodge podge of articles. If you're full up on Lightwave books and are desperate for a new one - well here you go.

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Summary: jump
Review: I highly recommend this book to both beginners and pros. Nicely written, with multiple viewpoints, detailed descriptions and how-to's. *A MUST HAVE*

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Summary: A great book acting as an introduction to LightWave 3D!
Review: I highly recommend this book to both beginners and pros. Nicely written, with multiple viewpoints, detailed descriptions and how-to's. *A MUST HAVE*

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Summary: Excellent Book --- Not if your a Beginner
Review: I loved this book it taught me vaulable things that most people would over look about the program it's 100% PURE Lightwave and although it covers older versions (not that old either) does not mean those things leanred in the pas cannot be applied to now (that is what 3d animation is about right ????) If you are a Beginner do not get this book period you will probably have question marks floating in front of your eyes plenty of times but if you are a a intermediate or more a advanced user this is the book for you don't judge this book by it's cover.

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Summary: looking for the books that come with Lightwave [6]
Review: I'm a lightwave, animation student going for my BA Degree in Computer animation. I've been using Lightwave 6.5 and the books that I know about are "Lightwave Magic" which is great for learning the effects and hypervoxels lighting and camera tecniques. Then I've also used "Inside Ligtwave" which is great if you have the program yourself and you have the 3 books/manuals that come with the program. I'm learning the program in a school setting so I don't have the 3 manuals that come with the Lightwave Prgrm. Thats what brought me to this site in the 1st place. Does anybody out there know where a student can get the 3 books that come with Lightwave. 1)- Motion: animate and render. 2)- Shape: Model, Surface & Light. 3)- tips and tutorials There red and orange books with the lightwave logo on the cover & they say "Lightwave [6]" with the titles I mentioned on the covers as well. When you want to use alotta the books out there or the tutorials that come with the books or on line they almost all say. "Well since you have the program then you have the manuals and you know about such-n-such" or "refer to your manuals for the basics on the begining of this tutorial" Well I'm learning the program through a school and I don't have the manuals so I don't know about "such-n-such". Please let me know where I can get these books/manuals. I've heard people say that they've seen them in bookstores. I for one haven't. I askd Newtek for the books and they said NO "we only sell them to people who pay the $2800 for the program to cut down on illicit copies of the program". Whats a student to do? Please help. I'm sure that the book I'm supposed to be reviewing is good to, if you already have the 3 books that I'm asking about. All books and tutorials seem to expect you to have these manuals. they go on from that assumption, %75 of the time. [e-mail]

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Summary: looking for the books that come with Lightwave [6]
Review: I'm a lightwave, animation student going for my BA Degree in Computer animation. I've been using Lightwave 6.5 and the books that I know about are "Lightwave Magic" which is great for learning the effects and hypervoxels lighting and camera tecniques. Then I've also used "Inside Ligtwave" which is great if you have the program yourself and you have the 3 books/manuals that come with the program. I'm learning the program in a school setting so I don't have the 3 manuals that come with the Lightwave Prgrm. Thats what brought me to this site in the 1st place. Does anybody out there know where a student can get the 3 books that come with Lightwave. 1)- Motion: animate and render. 2)- Shape: Model, Surface & Light. 3)- tips and tutorials There red and orange books with the lightwave logo on the cover & they say "Lightwave [6]" with the titles I mentioned on the covers as well. When you want to use alotta the books out there or the tutorials that come with the books or on line they almost all say. "Well since you have the program then you have the manuals and you know about such-n-such" or "refer to your manuals for the basics on the begining of this tutorial" Well I'm learning the program through a school and I don't have the manuals so I don't know about "such-n-such". Please let me know where I can get these books/manuals. I've heard people say that they've seen them in bookstores. I for one haven't. I askd Newtek for the books and they said NO "we only sell them to people who pay the $2800 for the program to cut down on illicit copies of the program". Whats a student to do? Please help. I'm sure that the book I'm supposed to be reviewing is good to, if you already have the 3 books that I'm asking about. All books and tutorials seem to expect you to have these manuals. they go on from that assumption, %75 of the time. [e-mail]

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Summary: Too tough for the beginner
Review: Nice cover, lots of different neat things to do....., but not easy to follow for the newbie. I got bogged down quickly for lack of detailed step by step procedures. Also covers older versions, making it more difficult to follow if you have 5.0 or 5.5. Where are the beginner Lightwave tutorials ?

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Summary: The BEST guide to Lightwave on the Planet!
Review: This book is probably the best buy I have ever made as far as Lightwave Books are concerned. From the glossy cover alone, I knew I was in for one awesome publication - And I wasn't wrong! The book is basically a collection of Articles and tutorials from the now-defunct LightWave Pro magazine - There's information about practically everything you could ever need to know about 3D Animation and rendering with Lightwave. The contributor list is also impressive - All the key Lightwave Guru's from Alan Chan through to Mojo have their say about lighting techniques, modelling tips and how all those special effects from your favourite TV show were done! The tutorials are complete with Numeric data and diagrams, the text precise and easy to read and the A4 size of the book with glossy cover looks really impressive on that bookshelf! An excellent buy - go for it!

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Summary: jump
Review: this book is quite good in the way that it teaches you many advanced and useful things. But it does not have all the ready made objects it claims to have. it is very poorly written.

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Summary: Old information but still useful
Review: This is probably not the best book for Lightwave beginners especially if they are using version 5.5. It is a good book for people who are somewhat familiar with Lightwave 3D and want something a bit different from traditional 3rd party books. I don't use Lightwave but do use Inspire 3D which is a scaled down version of the program. Most of the book has interesting discussions and tutorials that cover ideas I wouldn't have thought of. I found myself saying, "so that's how you do that" a few times. This is a good book for folks using Inspire 3D as most of what is discussed in the text is missing from the manuals (and isn't that a good reason to buy a 3rd party book?) Not for power users or newbies but just right for people who want to get to the next step.