Importing MoCap Data into LightWave

This title should be titled, How to Find Free MoCap Data, MoCap Applications, and Generate Free MoCap Data, and then How to Get that Data into LightWave 3D but that would not fit on the cover.

This video is so unique and truly fills a void in the LightWave 3D animation community. Understanding where to get free MoCap data and how to use that MoCap data will save you time and money. Can you imagine having a job where you needed a quick walk cycle or a short fight sequence and getting that data 90% keyed free? That’s days or weeks of work free. Did we mention it was FREE!

The information contained in this video will save you weeks of time on your next project just after understanding the power contained in this training video. Not only does Larry show you where and how to get free MoCap data into LightWave 3D, he also shows you how to quickly alter, copy, and make fast adjustments to the data once in LightWave 3D. When you truly master this information, you will open a new dimension to your animation workflow.

This title was created with beginner to advanced LightWave 3D users in mind. Larry’s approach is direct and is gauged towards users that don't understand the power LightWave possess and how to unleash that power, free in most cases.

Artist Profile

Larry Shultz - has been involved with computer graphics since the mid-1980s. He began using LightWave 3D in its early days for TV commercials and other projects at a CGI company he co-founded during the early ’90s called The Animation Factory in Albuquerque.

Since those days Larry has worked for such companies as American Laser Games, Sony Development, Discovery Channel, Netter Digital, Foundation Imaging, Amalgamated Pixels, and Squarehouse Entertainment, as well as working on a freelance basis for many other companies. Larry is very experienced in almost every aspect of LightWave, working as lead artist, technical director, and in many other positions on a variety of projects.

He brings all that experience to these videos. Larry is also heavily involved with LightWave training. He has taught seminars all over the United States and several schools including Newtek Inc., Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute, Video Symphony, Foundation Institute, and 3D Exchange. Larry is known the world over for his training and vast knowledge of LightWave 3D. Since then Larry has contributed to the LightWave 3D [8] content CD and is a published artists on the LightWave 3D [8]: 1001 Tips and Tricks book by Wordware Publishing.

Generating Low Cost Facial Animation in LightWave 3D!

This title should be titled, How to Generate Free Facial Animation Using Free Applications found on the Internet but that would not fit on the cover.

This video is so unique and truly fills a void in the LightWave 3D animation community. Understanding how to use LightWave 3D to generate free facial animation. Knowing how and where to get free applications to do facial animation and how to tweak that animation in LightWave 3D can be invaluable. Did we mention it was FREE!

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