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Chruser 2002-12-30 02:40 PM

Excellent LightWave book
 
I got Inside Lightwave 7 by Dan Ablan this christmas, and I must say that I had been expecting it to be great, but it completely blew me out of the water. I've plowed through about 400 out of its 1160 pages so far, and it goes through the basics and guides you through some great, advanced projects step by step. If you're ever planning to learn LightWave and wouldn't mind spending a little money, this is THE book to get.

Here is the latest thing I've created with a bit of help from one of the book's tutorials. If you bought it, I'm sure you could do the same after a bit of reading:

http://www.zelaron.com/skyscraper.jpg
(Yes, it's a large picture, so just wait for it to load unless you're on a 9600 baud modem)

Jamesadin 2002-12-30 03:31 PM

O_O

*mouth gaps open*

*drools*

Wow....

TrackBall 2002-12-30 04:06 PM

woa....nice

Bezier 2002-12-30 04:09 PM

It's about time you made something that I like. Good work. =D
Looks pretty good, but there is always room for improvement.

Chruser 2002-12-30 04:31 PM

I'm glad you like it. I'll be posting some more creations later on. Note: Don't attempt to recreate anything similar to my skyscrapers unless you have a fair amount of RAM. They're "only" slightly more than 460,000 polygons, but it's still a gigantic resource hog.

vec 2002-12-31 08:09 AM

wow thats cool.... i like i like. now i want to learn lightwave... :(

Jamesadin 2002-12-31 08:54 AM

Wait your turn! lol. Im still trying to get mine installed properly...

vec 2002-12-31 10:44 AM

but if i beat you in installation i get the lesson first!

Tai 2002-12-31 11:43 AM

I tried reading hte LW manual once, I got to about page 300. Heh. :D

Randuin 2003-01-01 01:42 AM

chruser! scan the pages and post them as a acrobat file! :D

Chruser 2003-01-01 04:36 AM

Buy me a better scanner, and I will.

Mantralord 2003-01-01 06:57 AM

Wow...if i didnt know better i'd say thats a real building...good work.

Mr.Lee 2003-01-01 09:01 AM

Im going to buy it :)

Jamesadin 2003-01-01 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vec
but if i beat you in installation i get the lesson first!

Too late...muahahahahaha!

Randuin 2003-01-01 03:47 PM

i installed it like 6 months ago... so i win :D

LiveWire 2003-01-01 08:44 PM

WOW chruser thats an execelent skyscraper, i have lightwave thx to Chruser...

Btw that book is sold at Barnes n Nobel right?

"CRØNîC-KîLLå" 2003-01-01 09:16 PM

yo wtf how much is it? im guessing a SHITLOAD of $$$...

Randuin 2003-01-01 11:32 PM

xmf.. you scan it and post it on the net! lol

Mr.Lee 2003-01-02 09:56 AM

Hrm.. the book have +1000 pages like Chruser said.

It will surely take a shitload of space if the quality is very good.
And also a shitload of time to scan all the pages! LoL.

"CRØNîC-KîLLå" 2003-01-02 11:48 AM

how much does the book cost?


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