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Contents 1 General 2 Layout 3 Modeler 4 Rendering 5 Surfacing 6 Dynamics 7 Plugin Development

General

• Optimising configs 60% done
• Creating a seamlessly tiling image
• StreetWise - An intermediate tut for the road 99.8% done
• Registering LightWave v9 for NewTek Europe customers
• Making buttons to load standard objects
• Using Directory Opus to speed up working with LightWave

Layout

• Packshots 0% done
• Motion capture 0% done
• Interactive Depth of Field 80% done
• IKBoost Reference by Mike Green (Dodgy)

Modeler

• Working with STL
• Creating a double helix 0% done
• Importing EPSF files 0% done
• Importing architectural files
• Working with Rounder and Edge Bevel by Richard Culver
• All about Subpatch Modeling

Rendering

• Using LightWave to compile animations
• Optimising scenes for rendering 0% done
• Rendering for print 40% done - needs pics and default.lws explanation
• Ultra Fast Radiosity < 9.2 ONLY
• Tone Mapping by Gerardo Estrada
• SG_CCTools - For Color Management and Linear Workflows by Gerardo Estrada
• Nodal Tone Mapping by Gerardo Estrada
• How to use Lightnet for net Render
• How LightWave's new radiosity works 9.2 and higher by Tom Bosschaert.
• How LightWave's new Motion Blur and Depth of Field work 9.2 and higher (20% done).
• How to use LightWave's volume stack system correctly 9.3 and higher (0% done).
• Screamernet for OS X UB

Surfacing

• How to assign different properties to each side of a doublesided surface
• Using ZBrush models in LightWave v9
• Optimised image use 80% done
• Subsurface scattering in LightWave v9
• Surface baking
• Node Explanations 20% Complete - need more explanations
• Edges and Cel Shading

Dynamics

• Dynamics
• Introduction to ClothFX by Mike Green (Dodgy)
• Introduction to HardFX by Mike Green
• Introduction to ParticleFX by Mike Green (Dodgy)
• Importing fluid simulations from Blender

Plugin Development

• LScript
• C
• Compiling a plugin with Visual Studio 2005 by Shawn Stovall

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