No I'm not dead. With the spare time I've had, I've been busy tinkering with v9.2 and I just bought BodyPaint 3d R3. Soon as I figure out how to use it, I'll let you know how well it works in the LW 9 Pipeline. I've also started tinkering with LWCAD 2.5... I'm already thrilled with it. If you haven't upgraded, do it soon.
A while back I managed to put together a script for assisting IDof users set up the control nulls. Its cleverly called IDofAssist. Its not a piece of rocket science but a way for me to keep involved in Lightwave when the world is trying to crash down my door.
...Talley
Pete's Perspective
Thanks for the welcome guys!!! It's nice to take a bigger role is this little community that I've grown to love so much :-) Over the years I've learned so much from this place and have tried to give back just as much. Being part of this place for so long made me appreciate all the great aspects of it's community and knowledge. That's not to say I don't go to other forums, I do. But i noticed that if you really look around here, this place is loaded with fantastic information by some incrediblly talented artisits. Just as good as any other place. Of course there is a fair share of newbies here too. It's always great to feed off there excitement and enthusiasm (mike comes to mind) and its a real joy to help people out and see them growing so much! But at the same time, these new guys and girls come with a new way of thinking. Posing new and different questions that takes me places I never thought of before. These are the reasons why this place is so rich. I hope to, with Talley, push this forum a bit more. Of course this is driven by you guys and what you want. I'd love to share some of my experiences with you guys...maybe even get some of you involved eventually in some of my jobs. As I don't have time to it all myself all the time.
With that..I want to thank you for the warm welcome once again. See you in the forum!!
Pete
Cowps Ramblings
Anybody seen me?.... Am I on a milk carton?
COWPS
Newest Links
Lightwave scene QTVR Creation http://camelot.renderosity.com/messages.ez?ForumID=12385&Form.ShowMessage=2614469 - [submitted:2006.03.13 - ambientLight]
Normal Mapping en.wikipedia.org - [submitted:2005.11.10 - Bazc]
Head Modeling tutorial www.little-tenderness.com/chimera.cgi?head=Head_Menu.html&tail=./04_Making/04_Making00.html - [submitted:2005.08.18 - Acorncatcher]
Note: The Library section differs from the Links Section in that the items here are contributed by our members and are generally stored in the backroom.
Post-Work Lighting Tutorial 2004.04.10-[Blog]:This tutorial focuses on relatively simple techniques that will serve to dramatically improve the lighting in many of your scenes.
Creating HDRI lighprobes in Lightwave 2004.03.17-[punmaster]:A big tutorial teaching you how to make your own HDRI lighprobes in Lightwave and then using them to light objects.
Simple Archway Tutorial 2004.02.20-[Acorncatcher]:Just figured out a way to make nice looking archways, so thought I would share!
Build your own Home 2004.02.20-[Higrob24]:A Guide on how to model your own Home.
Create your own grassy backyard 2003.11.01-[RaysOfLight]:First learn how to use Displacement Maps to create terrains and then learn how to bring your land to life by growing some grass on it using the SasLite plugin :) Good for anyone who doesn't know how to make grass in Lightwave or hasn't worked with Displacement Maps before :)
Asteroid Impact 2003.06.22-[Oshio]:Creating an Asteroid impact using Hypervoxels and Lens Flare
There is No Spoon — Part One 2003.06.22-[Möebius87]:The first part of a three part tutorial on "spoon bending" using LightWave 3D. This part walks you through a detail out modeling technique for a basic spoon. Have fun!
Basic Plumbing Modeling Tutorial 2003.05.26-[Möebius87]:A beginner's simple nine-step guide to the basic modeling tools needed for your plumbing and pipe modeling requirements for LightWave 3D
Note: The Knowledgebase is a collection of links to helpful threads in our forum. The links may be discussions, mini-tutorials, or commonly asked questions.
Off to a Rough Start
