Do you think you can't learn LScript, just because you're not a programmer? Guess again! LScript gives you amazing power to extend LightWave capabilities - and believe it or not, you already can edit and alter programs, with no more knowledge of programming than you have right now! In this short tutorial, you'll learn about hidden plug-ins, the 3 types of plug-ins for LightWave, and you'll discover that you're already a budding LScript programmer.

Motion Designer is LightWave's power soft body dynamics system, built into LightWave 7. If you're tried to get into Motion Designer, but feel like you aren't getting anywhere - this tutorial is for you! You're gain an understanding of the basic Motion Designer workflow, learn simple but powerful modeling techniques for use with MD, and learn the tricks you need to make Motion Designer work for you.

This short video reveals some of the cool LScript that you already have on your system and probably weren't aware of - LSID and LSED. If those don't ring a bell, watch this video!

Gradients are a very powerful feature in LightWave, and it's crucial to understand Gradients into order to use features like the particle system. This series of tutorials will help to reveal how the Gradient system works. This introduction covers the bare essentials including the use of the Previous Layer parameter, as well as covering topics like using Viper.

Part of a continuing series covering the stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else. Great for beginners but even seasoned LightWave vets might pick up a thing or two. This lesson is on using the LightWave color requestor - a number of little hidden features in this very common control.

This is a quick look at the different preference settings in LightWave - many of these aren't set to useful default values, and it's a good idea to change them. Watch this video for suggestions.

Learn the tricks behind creating great wind effects with LightWave's built in soft body dynamics system, Motion Designer.

Learn the ins and outs of working with the bump parameter. This video helps you learn to visualize gradients and think your way through them. There's also valuable information on bump displacement in this video, and a couple of points that will deepen your understanding of LightWave's powerful gradient features.

Ever really wished you had a certain tool in LightWave, but it's not there. This short video shows you how to skirt that problem, find third party solutions free, and modify them to make the tools work the way you want. Another example of how simple scripting in LightWave really can be, and a good example of why LightWave has the best third party in the world.

LightWave's Spreadsheet Editor is one of it's most powerful and easy to use features - but many users don't understand it. This series of tutorials will let you master the Spreadsheet in no time, making your work faster and allowing you to create more complex animations quickly. This introduction starts at the very beginning and shows just some of the Spreadsheet Editor's power.

LightWave's Spreadsheet Editor lets you make changes en masse to items in your scene. Organizing your scene data, however, can be a pain - until you understand Spreadsheet's powerful and flexible system of creating work spaces and filtering.

Hypervoxels is LightWave's tool for creating virtual objects that appear only at render time, and are often an important part of the Particle FX creation process. This new series brings up to speed on their use, in a clear and easy to understand way. Part One discusses the concept of Hypervoxels and explains the Surface voxel type. Move beyond the hype.... get into HyperVoxels.

LightWave 3D gives you a huge degree of control over the user interface, allowing you to make your own buttons, define your own keyboard shortcuts, change UI colors, and more. This series of tutorials will show you the options for customizing the UI to meet your own needs. Part One introduces you to the world of hidden tools in Modeler, including some that are hidden in plain sight!

This video is the first in a series about LightWave lighting. It discusses misconceptions people have, different light types, and anamolies with point lights.