NewTek LightWave 3D 2025.0.1 + WTools3D LWCAD
📝 Description
NewTek LightWave 3D is a computer-based 3D graphics software developed by NewTek. It is widely used in film, television, motion graphics, digital matte painting, visual effects, video game development, product design, architectural visualization, virtual production, music videos, pre-visualization, and advertising.
LightWave is an all-in-one suite designed for rendering 3D images, both animated and static. It includes a fast rendering engine that supports advanced features such as realistic reflections, radiosity, caustics, and up to 999 render nodes.
The 3D modeling component supports both polygonal modeling and subdivision surfaces. The animation section features inverse kinematics (IK), character animation presets, particle systems, and dynamics. Developers can also extend LightWave’s capabilities using the built-in SDK, which supports Python, LScript (its proprietary scripting language), and C-based extensions.
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🎯 Key Features of LightWave 3D:
- Blobby Metaballs for creating elements like water and mercury, with adjustable reflection and refraction settings
- Transparent and flexible materials including physically-based internal reflection algorithms
- Multilayer Subsurface Scattering (SSS) for realistic materials like wax or plastic
- Realistic skin rendering, supporting subsurface scattering and multi-layered shading
- Sprites for reproducing effects like fire
- Metallic and reflective surfaces using energy-conserving reflection models
- Volumetric shading for simulating effects like clouds and fog
💻 System Requirements
Minimum Requirements:
- Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 or AMD64 with SSE4 instruction set (Bulldozer or newer)
- RAM: 4 GB minimum
- Graphics Card:
- Minimum: NVIDIA® GeForce® 9 series or ATI Radeon HD 4000 series
- Recommended: GeForce 10 series or newer
- Screen Resolution:
- Minimum: 1280 x 1024
- Recommended: 1920 x 1080 or higher
- Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit or newer
- Disk Space:
- 750 MB required for installation (excluding content)
- Full content library: ~3 GB
🖼️ Screenshots:
🛠️ Installation Guide:
Included in the package.
Installation Guide
Read the Readme.txt file.
Download link
Official: Download NewTek LightWave 3D
Alternative: Download NewTek LightWave 3D
File size
Windows version: 562 MB
Mac OS version: 356 MB