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"LightWave Digital is here to bring you a refreshed and reinvigorated software that will blow your minds."
On April 27, LightWave Digital acquired LightWave – an Emmy-award winning 3D computer graphics program developed by NewTek. It combines a state-of-the-art renderer with powerful, intuitive modeling, and animation tools.
Previously owned by Vizrt, it is now in the hands of LightWave Digital, led by former Darkside Studios boss Andrew Bishop. The company promises to "bring you a refreshed and reinvigorated software that will blow your minds."
"Bug fixes? Absolutely. Updates? No question. New features? You better believe it. And let's not forget about the quality of life improvements on the user interface, performance, and output quality. We're talking a software that will make your modelling and rendering more impressive than the Millennium Falcon doing the Kessel Run," said the statement (via CG Channel).
The team that is going to work on the software includes experienced LightWave specialists: Donetta Colboch, Elmar Moezler, and Jack “Deuce” Bennett. Together, they will reveal LightWave’s full potential.
In a Discord post, Bishiop reassured 3D enthusiasts that the company "will make this great again" over the next 5 years: "We will transform LightWave back into a state of the art 3D package. ... We aim to have an upgrade out in around 6 months and follow that up with a second 6 months after that. By the 3rd upgrade we should hopefully be adding the bigger features we plan on implementing."
LightWave Digital wants to launch the software on 4 May 2023. Find out more here and don't forget to join our 80 Level Talent platform and our Telegram channel, follow us on Instagram and Twitter, where we share breakdowns, the latest news, awesome artworks, and more.