[philnolan3d]

Some videos have just been posted from the NewTek booth at Siggraph.

http://tv.newtek.com...r_siggraph1.php

[Taros]

At the end, is this gpu or cpu rendering?

[geo_n]

William Shatner always a character. Who's the other funny guy?
The realtime renderer is cpu based but will be gpu supported in the future. Its slightly faster than the modo previewer but doesn't support all features in lightwave yet. I've tested it on volumetrics, particles but doesn't work. For the price I paid for lw 10, 495US, the previewer alone is worth it since fprime costs almost the same. And I get to upgrade at the same price 495US for the next 5 version of lw. Newtek is really generous.

[philnolan3d]

geo_n, on 30 July 2010 - 08:08 AM, said:

William Shatner always a character. Who's the other funny guy?

I hope that's a joke but just in case, Dick van Dyke is one of the most well known comedians of all time. Best known for films like

Mary Poppins:
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=KKTknLD9eWw

And course his own show, The Dick van Dyke Show
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=ajOV5VYdLXk

[Tony Nemo]

philnolan3d, on 30 July 2010 - 07:46 AM, said:

I hope that's a joke but just in case, Dick van Dyke is one of the most well known comedians of all time. Best known for films like

Mary Poppins:
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=KKTknLD9eWw

And course his own show, The Dick van Dyke Show
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=ajOV5VYdLXk

Wow, Phil! Your either an old timer or an entertainment scholar. I'll bet that most members of this forum were not born when those shows were made.

[philnolan3d]

I wasn't born when those shows were made either, but they were on TV in reruns when I was a kid.

[geothefaust]

philnolan3d, on 30 July 2010 - 08:29 AM, said:

I wasn't born when those shows were made either, but they were on TV in reruns when I was a kid.

Likewise! Wish I could have gone over to see both of them, especially Dick Van Dyke. I didn't know they were at the NT booth until they had left. Oh well...

[Calabi]

Dick Van Dyke does 3D modelling? I'd like to see some of his work.

[philnolan3d]

Calabi, on 31 July 2010 - 10:03 AM, said:

Dick Van Dyke does 3D modelling? I'd like to see some of his work.

They show a little the first time he was at Siggraph in 2004. This is Part 1 with his stuff, if you watch part 2 you'll see me.

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=Y1J9kfDCAmU (skip to 6:20 or so)

[Calabi]

Wow, and I thought I was joking. Thats awesome even an old actor gets into the biz.

[philnolan3d]

Yeah funny they mentioned that NewTek party in the video. I was at the party in the VIP room and had no idea Dick was even there.

[geo_n]

philnolan3d, on 30 July 2010 - 11:46 PM, said:

I hope that's a joke but just in case, Dick van Dyke is one of the most well known comedians of all time. Best known for films like

Mary Poppins:
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=KKTknLD9eWw

And course his own show, The Dick van Dyke Show
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=ajOV5VYdLXk

Nope don't know him.
Do you know this guy? He is also very famous.

[philnolan3d]

Famous in Japan maybe. I'm sorry but to my knowledge Dick Van Dyke is known world-wide. Just look at this IMDB page!

[Tony Nemo]

geo_n, on 31 July 2010 - 09:38 PM, said:

Nope don't know him.
Do you know this guy? He is also very famous.

I know scads of famous Japanese, from Lady Murasaki onward, but they are all deceased.

[MkIII]

Tony Nemo, on 30 July 2010 - 03:57 PM, said:

Wow, Phil! Your either an old timer or an entertainment scholar. I'll bet that most members of this forum were not born when those shows were made.

I for one was born while those shows were being made, so that's at least one of us. I find it hard to believe that even someone who was born this century hasn't at least heard of Mary Poppins or Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Anyhoo. He is fairly well known in Lightwave circles to be a Lightwaver.

[geo_n]

Nope don't know him. Don't know Mary Poppins or Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. How old are you guys. :p:Lol
Would it be safe to say that everybody know dragonballz? Its world famous but still I'm pretty sure some people don't know it. Hehe.

[philnolan3d]

I'm only 33. I know how god-awful dbz is. Worst animation acting, writing, everything, I've ever seen. Even though Mary Poppins is older and intended for a younger audience you should see it, it's funny, well acted, and has won many awards including 5 Oscars. Surely you've heard of the Walt Disney company who made it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058331/
Trailer: http://www.imdb.com/...y/vi1221919513/

[The Candy-floss Kid]

Thanks for posting the link Phil. Good to see Newtek creating a tv section too.
Let's hope they steal the best bits of Luxology/ Modo back :-)

[philnolan3d]

You mean the NewTek TV site? They've had that for years, it's how they streamed their Siggraph video in the past. They have updated it recently though, it looks much better now.

[AbnRanger]

Looks like they are making some decent progress. I noticed there was a SpacePilot Pro box beneath the camera, when watching Rob's presentation...then looked at the LW page and it appears to be supported in Layout and CORE, but not modeler. Strange. I think it's smart to upgrade the legacy (from 9.6 to 10) sufficiently so that people aren't having to wait for CORE to be completed, to get some of those features (inside the main application). I also think it's about time they did away with the funky default UI colors. Sure you could change them in the past, but the default is the face new users and outsiders see. I think bringing in Rob Powers to run the show was the best move Newtek could have made.

I'm curious how updated Modeler is (for v10). I might go ahead and buy a seat again (sold my previous copy) soon.

Bundling 3D Coat with it could help sell some seats (like the Vue 5 bundle did a few years ago). Don't know if that's in the works or not, but the blend between a LW and Photoshop style UI would go over big with past and present LW users. I personally think they should license a copy of 3D Coat with each seat, but put their own stamp on it...maybe rename it, tweak the UI to match LW 10's, as well as let their developers make any integration modifications they need.

It would be the first time a major 3D application had that much power to sculpt and paint right out of the box. We'll see how it shakes out.