Lightwave offer

[kat]

www.lightwave3d.com

[angus_davidson]

Yes. They still make LightWave.... Jesus....
Seriously?

Hi Kat

Sadly there seems to be only one company that has done a worse job of publicising their software then Autodesk with Softimage and that is Newtek I am afraid. It is very much a prevalent perception. I have gotten the same response from quite a few people that I have spoken to during this transition time when trying to find out what their long term planning.

There is a lot of nice stuff in the new LW but the message just really isn't getting out there at all.

Kind regards

Angus

[kat]

Yes. They still make LightWave.... Jesus....
Seriously?

Hi Kat

Sadly there seems to be only one company that has done a worse job of publicising their software then Autodesk with Softimage and that is Newtek I am afraid. It is very much a prevalent perception. I have gotten the same response from quite a few people that I have spoken to during this transition time when trying to find out what their long term planning.

There is a lot of nice stuff in the new LW but the message just really isn't getting out there at all.

Kind regards

Angus

Well as Rob would say - They don't publish roadmaps. (I know, it sucks, I don't totally agree with it on all fronts, some but not all).
BTW, The LightWave Group while still owned by NewTek Inc. is very much independent of the main company that does the video stuff.

All I can say is LightWave is not going away and I'm very much looking forward to version 12.0 and beyond.

[angus_davidson]

I dont think its about publishing roadmaps at all in Lightwaves case. People just need to be made aware that its still around and that its has great features in its currently shipping version.

Lightwave is very much the if a tree falls in a forest DCC.

[Hirazi Blue]

Lightwave is very much the if a tree falls in a forest DCC.

Hey, that monicer belongs to Softimage and Softimage alone...

[angus_davidson]

Lightwave is very much the if a tree falls in a forest DCC.

Hey, that monicer belongs to Softimage and Softimage alone...

The difference is we have people in the forest with Softimage ;)

[kat]

Well we have a customer list for our training material (buying customers) thats rather large at Liberty3d.com and its a mere fraction of the lightwave user base, so... say whatever you want about trees in forests.

[Hirazi Blue]

The difference is we have people in the forest with Softimage ;)

Yeah, I forgot: the mythical vast user base Softimage always had... ;)

[luceric]

I liked this thread better when I thought someone was being snarky when they asked if Lightwave was still around. An luchifer's reply to that. ;)

[Hirazi Blue]

I liked this thread better when I thought someone was being snarky when they asked if Lightwave was still around. An luchifer's reply to that. ;)

Indeed, luceric, "those were the days"

[Nox]

Switching from EOLed XSI to LW is like changing Corvette C5 to Fiat Punto just because latest one is brand new and still produced.

[Pancho]

Well, Modo at least would be a Skoda Fabia (which is actually quite a nice car), but I still rather imagine me driving my old Mercedes 200.