Old presets now available as one big zip file

October 31st, 2007 by Ben Haines

As the title says. I’ve noticed the old preset directory has been inaccessible for a while. So I’ve added them all together into one big Zip file for you all. It comes in at 80mb so go make yourself a cup of tea or coffee. :)

Download all presets

Proud new host of Lightwiki.com

October 19th, 2007 by Ben Haines

Ben, the other one, contacted me the other day about the difficulties he was having with his host and Lightwiki.com.

A few weeks later and PresetCentral is now the proud new host of Ben Vost’s site. Hopefully this will mean speedier and more reliable access for all.

PS: If there are any other LW sites experiencing hosting issues, give me a shout.

psplant.net ready for use and helpers

September 14th, 2007 by Ben Haines

Andrew Rowson, my dear friend who has been helping me put together the new version of Presetcentral.com, has put the finishing touches on the main site that is to host the PSPlant client.

For those of you not familiar with PSPlant should have a look at this page.

Andrew was keen for PSPlant to open source and available to Lightwave’s more technical users to enhance and tinker with. The code is C# and will be available via an SVN repo.

PSPlant logo

Autodesk to be sued for removing eBay listings of AutoCAD by legitimate user

September 14th, 2007 by Ben Haines

Finally somebody has the balls to give Autodesk a bloody nose. For a long time I’ve thought Autodesk’s policy of not allowing legitimate users of their software to sell own their copies of software.

As we all know, Newtek has allowed for a long while and is one of the many reasons people are happy to part with their hard earned money in the first place. Knowing you can sell your copy of Lightwave when you no longer need it has been a key selling point, for the amateur market at least.

To quote from the statement:

“A lawsuit has been filed in Federal Court (US District Court for the Western Washington District C07-1189 JLR) that alleges Autodesk, Inc maker of the industry standard AutoCAD software and their attorney Andrew S. Mackay have devised an illegal scheme to have used copies of their software removed from the eBay site using the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

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Full Article

Newtek Lightwave Siggraph 2007 video now online

September 6th, 2007 by Ben Haines

Newtek have made their Siggraph 2007 Lightwave videos available online. You will need flash to watch them sadly…

Lightwave Siggraph 2007 videos

Little Short - Bye Bye

August 8th, 2007 by Ben Haines

Stumbled across this little short. Very nice.

http://www.mariopochat.com

Sorry for the lack of updates. Andrew and I are working hard on PSPlant and the new Presetcentral.com, it’s just taking some time….

A collection of free AfterEffects tutorials (including Apple iPod nano ad)

January 31st, 2007 by Ben Haines

Stumbled across this site the other day and found a fantastic tutorial on how to recreate the Apple iPod nano ad.

http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials.html

Thats all for now, but more news soon on PSPlant and the future of Presetcentral.com

Download Terragen 2 Technology Preview for free!

December 16th, 2006 by Ben Haines

Download the technology preview version of Terragen 2 for free :)

http://www.planetside.co.uk/

All gone quiet…

December 15th, 2006 by Ben Haines

Hi everyone, sorry for having been particularly quiet recently. Unfortunately I have been going through some personal trouble and have taken time off from the Internet and computers.

Rest assured Presetcentral.com will be back with blog entries and an update on the PSPlant project.

Cheers, Ben

Changing server!

November 8th, 2006 by Ben Haines

I expect the site to be down for a few hours later today, but it should be back shortly pending a DNS change.