Commercially
Available Tutorials
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| April
2005 |
8.0 |
LightWave
8 Character Animation |
by
Timothy Albee |
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| April
2005 |
8.0 |
LightWave
8 Revealed |
by
Kelly Murdock |
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| Dec
2004 |
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Wave
Guide |
by
Patrick Beck |
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| July
2004 |
8.0 |
Lightwave 3D 8 Cartoon Character Creation |
by
Jonny Gorden |
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| Feb
2004 |
7.5 |
LightWave 3D 1001 Tips and Tricks |
by
WordWare Publishing |
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| Apr
2003 |
7.5 |
LightWave
3d 7.5 Lighting |
by
Nicholas Boughen |
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7.5 |
LightWave
7.5 Primer |
by Patrik Beck |
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7.0 |
Inside
LightWave 7 |
by Dan Ablan |
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6.5 |
The
LightWave 6.5 Project Handbook |
by
Patrik Beck |
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6.5 |
Lightwave
Applied Version 6.5 |
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by Dave Jerrard, Joe Tracy
and Jen Hachigian |
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6.5 |
LightWave
6.5 Magic |
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Dan Ablan, Julian Kain,
Graham McKenna, Stuart Penn, Phil South,
and Gary Whitley |
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6.0 |
Inside
LightWave 6 |
by Dan Ablan |
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5.5 |
Inside
LightWave 3D 5.5 |
by Dan Ablan |
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5.0 |
LightWave
Power Guide |
by Dan Ablan |
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5.0 |
LightWave
Applied 3D Book |
by
David Jerrard, Joe Tracy and Scott
Wheeler |
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5.5 |
Lightwave
X-Treme Book |
by
Joshua Tsui |
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Character
Animation In Depth: The Complete Expert's Guide to
Professional Character Animation |
By
Doug Kelly |
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6.0 |
LightWave
Character Animation Home Page |
by
Doug Kelly |
Character
Animation with LightWave [6]: Challenge Your
Creativity with the Artist's Choice for Character
Animation |
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5.0 |
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5.0 |
The
Lightwave 3d Book Tips, Techniques and
Ready-To-Use Objects |
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a
compendium of older lightwave tutorials |
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Digital
Character Animation |
by
George Maestri |
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Simplified
Drawing for Planning Animation |
by
Wayne Gilbert |
(A
book on planning your animations) |
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Digital
Lighting |
by Jeremy Birn |
More
information at the HomePage |
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Mastering
3D Animation |
by Peter Ratner |
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Modelling
in LightWave |
by Shamms Mortier |
NOT getting good reviews at
all. |
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3D
Creature Workshop |
Bill Fleming and Richard H.
Schrand |
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Cinematography
and Directing |
by Dan Ablan |
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Digital
texturing and Painting |
by Owen Demers |
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and DVD's |
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| May
2008 |
9.3 |
Rigging
and Animating with IK Booster |
by
Larry Shultz |
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| May
2008 |
9.0 |
LightWave
9 Tuneup |
by
3DGarage |
Commercial
Product |
| Apr
2008 |
9.0 |
Learn
LightWave 9 |
by
Elephorm |
Commercial
product. The original is French but they have a
translated version by Ben Vost. |
| May
2006 |
8.0 |
UV Texturing |
by
Larry Shultz |
This
is a commercial product |
| May
2006 |
8.0 |
Rigging a Quadruped |
by
Larry Shultz |
This
is a commercial product |
| Mar
2006 |
8.0 |
Getting Started With UV Maps |
by
Larry Shultz |
Commercial
Product |
| Jan
2006 |
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Weathering and Chipping Paintwork by Meshweaver Store |
by
Meshweaver |
This
is a commercial product |
| Jan
2006 |
8.0 |
Medical Modeling - The Human Heart |
by
Asilefx |
This
is a commercial product |
| Nov
2005 |
Vue |
Advanced Vue 5 Infinite Volume One |
by
AsileFX |
Commercial
Product |
| Nov
2005 |
Vue |
Advanced Vue 5 Infinite Volume Two |
by
AsileFX |
Commercial
Product |
| Nov
2005 |
Vue |
Getting Started with Vue 5 Infinite |
by
AsileFX |
Commercial
Product |
| Oct
2005 |
8.0 |
Getting Started with Weight Maps |
by
Larry Shult |
Commercial
Product |
| Aug
2005 |
Sas |
Taming Sasquatch by Nicholas Boughen |
by
Nicholas Boughen |
Commercial
Product from Kurv Studios |
| Aug
2005 |
8.3 |
Pyrotechnics |
by Nicholas
Pellegrino |
Commercial
Product from Asilefx.com |
| Aug
2005 |
8.3 |
Pyrotechnics
2 Advanced Techniques |
by Nicholas
Pellegrino |
Commercial
Product from Asilefx.com |
| Aug
2005 |
8.0 |
LightWave 3D 8 From the Beginning |
by
Layne Smith |
A
Kurv Studios DVD |
| Aug
2005 |
8.0 |
LightWave 3D Tips and Tricks Series |
by
Larry Shultz |
A
Kurv Studios DVD |
| Aug
2005 |
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Desktop Images Free DVD |
by
Desktop Images |
A
sampler DVD of tutorials from Desktop Images |
| July
2005 |
8.0 |
Movie
Prop Modelling - Light Sword |
by Nicholas
Pellegrino |
Commercial
tutorial |
| June
2005 |
8.0 |
Visual
FX3D Set Extensions |
by
Jarrod Davis |
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| June
2005 |
8.0 |
Visual
FX3D Effects Compositing |
by
Jarrod Davis |
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| June
2005 |
8.0 |
Dynamic
FX Vol 1 |
by
TutorFX |
This
is a commercial product |
| May
2005 |
8.0 |
LightWave
Castle Construction DVD |
by
Nicholas Pellegrino |
This
is a commercial product by AsileFX |
May
2005
DOWN |
8.0 |
3D-Wiz
DVD's |
by
3d-wiz.com |
This
is a commercial product |
| April
2005 |
8.0 |
Getting Started with Displacements and Endomorphs |
by
Larry Shultz |
This
is a commercial product |
| April
2005 |
8.0 |
Getting
Started with Splines |
by
Larry Shultz |
This
is a commercial product |
| April
2005 |
8.0 |
Bubbles |
by
Larry Shultz |
This
is a commercial product |
| April
2005 |
8.0 |
Waves |
by
Larry Shultz |
This
is a commercial product |
| April
2005 |
Photoshop |
Photoshop CS Training Videos |
by
Kurv Studios |
Commercial
DVD from Kurv
Studios |
| April
2005 |
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Mastering Lightwave 3D |
by
purplus.com |
This
is a commercial product |
| April
2005 |
8.0 |
LightWave
Training Series |
by
Click Grafix |
6
CD set (Architectural and Space Ship modeling,
Character Rigging, Special Effects and Logo Magic) |
| April
2005 |
8.0 |
Introduction to Lightwave 3D Lighting and Shading |
by Nicholas Boughen |
Commercial
DVD from Kurv
Studios |
| April
2005 |
8.0 |
LightWave 3D Tips and Tricks Series |
by
Kurv Studios |
Commercial
DVD from Kurv
Studios |
| April
2005 |
8.0 |
Spline Modeling Videos |
by
Kurv Studios |
Commercial
DVD from Kurv
Studios |
| Mar
2005 |
8.0 |
SpineBot |
by
Lost Pencil Studios |
This
is a commercial product. Model and rig a robot
character. |
| Feb
2005 |
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Getting Started with Splines |
by
Larry Schultz |
A
Kurv Studios commercial product |
| Dec
2004 |
8.0 |
Dynamics:
Cloth and Vehicle Simulations |
by
Mike Pauza |
A
Kurv Studios commercial product |
| Dec
2004 |
8.0 |
Industrial
Modelling Product Creation |
by
Larry Shultz |
A
Kurv Studios commercial product |
| Dec
2004 |
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Get
Into BodyPaint2 |
by
Robin Konieczny |
A
Kurv Studios commercial product |
| Nov
2004 |
8.0 |
Taming Sasquatch Lite |
by
Nicholas Boughen |
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| Dec
2003 |
8.0 |
Special
Project 1: SuperJet |
by
Lost Pencil Studios |
A
Lost Pencil Studios commercial Product (Modeling,
Texturing, Decaling and more) |
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7.5 |
LightWave
3D Fundamentals |
by
Dwayne Ferguson |
From
VTC Software |
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6.5-7.5 |
LightWave
ClassPack 2 |
by
Class on Demand |
Get
them all for one price. |
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7.5 |
3DX Courseware |
by
3D Exchange |
They
are currently offering special deals for educators. |
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Digital
Fusion |
Digital
Fusion Instruction DVD's |
by
CMI Studios |
Commercial
Product |
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Digital
Fusion |
Compositing Fundamentals with Digital Fusion |
by
learnlightwave.com |
This
is a commercial product. |
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7.5 |
Carnera3D seminars |
by
Carnera3D |
DVD
- commercial product |
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7.5 |
LightWave
101 |
by
Epic Software |
Commercial
Product ( This product has been Reviewed
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| Down |
7.5 |
One
Cent LightWave Tutorials |
yahoo.com |
I'm
not sure about these so if anyone has any feedback I'd
love to hear about these. Good or bad??? |
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7.5 |
Introduction to Lightwave |
by
Larry Shultz |
Commercial
Product: Introduction to Lightwave3D with over 30 hrs
of material
and includes online support. |
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7.5 |
Professional Character Series |
by
Larry Shultz |
Commercial
Product:: A hardcore series that covers character
modeling, texturing, rigging
and animating with over 60 hrs of material and online
support. |
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7.5 |
Lightwave World Wide Tour CD |
by
Larry Shultz |
Commercial
Product::10 hours of material from the Newtek
sponsored 2 day
seminars. The CD covers a wide variety of topics
including:
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7.5 |
Lightwave Next Dimension Tour CD |
by
Larry Shultz |
Commercial
Product: 10 hours of material from the Newtek
sponsored 2 day
seminars. The CD covers a wide variety of topics |
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7.5 |
Lightwave F-X Series |
by
Larry Shultz |
Commercial
Product: Fast Methods for creating Smoke, Lave, Water
droplets and using
textures to create ligid logos and FX without
Particles. |
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7.5 |
Organic Modeling Series |
by
Larry Shultz |
A
series of CDs designed to teach how to model with
splines
from the basics to advanced topics. The series also
covers the basics of modeling with Subpatches to
advanced
projects. How to combine both spline and subpatch
modeling.
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7.5 |
Character
Modelling and Animation Series |
by
Todd Grimes |
DVD's |
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LightWave
CourseWare |
Dan
Ablan |
20
Hours of training for the absolute beginner |
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Gaming |
Just
Animate Games |
by
Lost Pencil |
CD
detailing how to create character movement for games
and import the motion into a game engine. |
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7.5 |
Model
and Rig in a Day |
by
Lost Pencil Animation Studios Inc. |
Using
Lightwave 7.5, they show how to quickly create a
simple character model, a female biped. Then they rig
the character using a predefined skeleton template and
an automated script. Then they show in detail how to
use vertex paint to modify and tweak the weight maps
in order to create effective mesh deformations.. |
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7.5 |
Just
Animate - Lip Sync |
by
Lost Pencil Animation Studios Inc. |
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7.0 + |
LightWave
- Get into 7 Series |
DeskTop Images |
10 DVD's |
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7.5 |
Just
Animate Walk Cycles |
by Lost Pencil Animation
Studio |
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Animator's
Gym |
by Lost Pencil Animation
Studio |
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LightWave
Get In To Seven DVD |
by Brad Peebler |
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The
Making of Understanding Chaos |
by
Terrence Walker |
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| Videos |
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Desktop Images Instructional
Videotapes for 3D Animation |
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Classroom
on Demand - LightWave |
by
Dan Ablan |
A large selection of videos
to choose from. |
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Sasquatch
First Siting |
by
Creative Imagineering |
(A
Video for Sasquatch Users) |
| DOWN |
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LightWave
HDRI Magic |
by
Lee Stranahan |
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LightWave
Expressions Made Simple |
by
Lee Stranahan |
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Beginning
Napalm |
by
Todd Widup |
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| Magazines |
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NewTekPro |
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Keyframe Magazine |
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VisualMagic
Online |
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3DWorld
Magazine |
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A UK magazine with lots of
LightWave coverage. |
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| On-Line
Education |
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Matter and Energy |
by
Tim Fillingim
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Commercial
Product |
| DOWN |
7.5 |
LIGHTWAVE DIRECT! |
by
Dan Ablan |
On-Line
Learning |
| DOWN |
7.5 + |
FX
Academy |
Lee Stranahan |
Distance Learning (internet
learning) |
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7.5 + |
PROFESSIONAL
CHARACTER SERIES |
by
Larry Schultz |
Online Training |
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Simply
LightWave |
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Buy
"Points" to use toward downloading tutorials |
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| Schools |
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Digital
Fusion |
Media
Dimensions Training Lab |
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Digital
Fusion Training |
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Training Tours&Seminars |
by
Newtek |
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Newtek
WorldWide Training Tour |
by
Newtek |
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7.5 |
Ford Entertainment
Group International LightWave 7.5 Character Tour |
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7.5 + |
3D
Exchange |
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Alameda, California, USA |
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7.5 + |
Video
Symphony |
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Hollywood, California, USA |
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7.5 + |
Learn
LightWave Tours |
Lee Stranahan |
World Wide Tours - check
website for locations and dates |
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AGA
Digital Studios |
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Illinois,
USA |
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3dGraphixTech |
by
Tony Gilchrist |
New
Brunswick, Canada |
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Eni
Oken's 3D Online Workshops |
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Dave
School |
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Universal Studios, Orlando |
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