The Surface Editor has been overhauled for the new shading system with powerful node-based materials under the hood that are presented with a familiar interface including an enhanced Surface Preview feature.Ĭreate stunning virtual reality content using the new VR camera: includes both cylindrical and spherical modes with stereosco support.

New Surface Editor, Material Nodes & Surface Preview In addition, there is improved loading of IES web files which allow closer matching to the intensity of real manufactured lights. Environment light gives the look of Global Illumination without the render time. Primitive lights turn any geometry or primitive object into a physical light. The new lighting architecture brings physical lights that can be optionally visible to the camera. OpenVDB allows volumetric simulations from other 3D software such as Houdini® or Maya® to be imported and rendered in LightWave using the new volumetric engine. New support for the Academy Award-winning OpenVDB library for volumetric data interchange. These include, Scattering, Absorption, and Emission parameters, along with the use of powerful node networks to control all parameters. Using the new volumetric engine and primitives, you can specify physically based properties for your clouds and fog. LightWave 2018 features new light buffers for breaking out lights and custom buffers that allow you to create any type of render buffer using the power of the node editor, including real-time preview of new buffers in any viewport using VPR.

To complement the new shading engine, render buffers for shading have been overhauled to deliver more flexibility and power for working with compositing. The new PBR engine allows you to create images with greater realism and accuracy, yet remains intuitive to use. LightWave 2018 features a completely re-written shading, lighting and rendering architecture.

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