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If you're an independent artist seeking advanced control over your creative vision, the NewTek LightWave 3D 2020 Animation Software Upgrade License is the perfect tool for you. This powerful and innovative software is renowned in the industry for its ability to model, animate, and render incredibly realistic imagery and animations.
With LightWave 2020, you can create immersive new worlds, elevate your brand, and exceed expectations. This sophisticated software has been refined and retooled, featuring two new Global Illumination Render Engines. Known for the beauty of its render engine, LightWave 2020 now offers the Brute Force, an unbiased radiosity engine, and the Irradiance Cache, an interpolated radiosity engine. Whether used independently or in combination, these engines provide real-world render results of the highest quality, giving you more control over your projects.
LightWave 2020 also introduces two new shaders in FiberFX, delivering more realistic hair leveraging the physical based renderer. The Principled Hair Material is based on the Principled BSDF settings, offering a simple interface for spectacular results. The AFC Hair Shader provides a simplified approach with divided specular settings for reflection control.
The software also includes a new set of production tools in OpenVDB, including support for Partio particle objects. This feature combines the power of Houdini particles with the simplicity of the LightWave interface. The redesigned motion system in LightWave 2020 allows for a change in Rotation Order per item, making transitions from other applications to LightWave easier and more intuitive.
The Local Action Center in LightWave Modeler allows you to impact a group of items all at once, working on multiple layers at a time for fast and easy changes. The new Pixel Filter in LightWave 2020 offers greater control over the look of your render, using tone mapping to map one set of colors to another.
LightWave 2020 also enhances the Environment Light, connecting it directly to the environment and adding the direct sampling of the backdrop. The improved Scene Editor allows for easy management of large, complex, and layered scenes. With enhanced pipeline support, LightWave 2020 increases access to motion capture for auto-rigging and supports more features in the FBX format, providing greater flexibility when working with other animation tools.
Finally, LightWave 2020 allows you to monitor render progress on your mobile device with new applications for iOS and Android, making it a truly versatile tool for all your 3D animation needs.