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VFXworld.com have posted a review of Lightwave 9.0. For LW user thoughts on the article check out the corresponding cgtalk.com thread.
Update: A few more reviews I managed to forget…
- CGFocus.com (extensive review)
- CreativeMac.com
- BellaOnline.com

Gatz has updated his Lightwave reference card with all the new keyboard shortcuts for version 9.
Grab it from the Newtek forum post.

Its finally here… you can now download your upgrade or order a full boxed copy at newtek.com
http://www.newtek.com/forums/showthread.php?t=53873
More news on whats happening with presetcentral.com will follow shortly. Did somebody say plant?

I was reading the Newtek forums and stumbled across the following two examples of Lightwave 9. The rock one in particular is very interesting.

Lightwave Rocks
LW9 Test - 10 Mio. Poly - Alienhead

I’ve accumulated a ton of useful Lightwave/general CGI links over the years. Thanks to Blinklist, it’s easy to put these up to share. They are (sort of) organised into specific areas.
Feel free to comment, add them to your list, etc.
Enjoy!

From today onwards I’ll be releasing one preset a day from our old collection (kindly recovered by one of our users) until the new site is finalised. Where possible I’ll add comments and test renders using the preset in question.
Expect the first preset to appear shortly!

Apologies that you have come here only to be disappointed by the lack of downloadable presets. It seems someone at Newtek jumped the gun
Newtek were kind enough to include a link to presetcentral.com in their most recent newsletter (thanks BV!) mentioning specifically the availability of presets. As you will have gathered though, we [...]

Seems you are all very busy beta testing Lightwave v9….
I’m really overloaded too, surrounded by work & projects, sorry for the blackout
-Render pal is a very nice render management system, plus workstation version is free, download it HERE
-A very nice site dedicated to lighting a human face. It’s real photography but there’s lot [...]

Another interview with the all too popular Proton ;). Go check it out at Digital Journal Online.

We’re very excited to report that the LightWave v9 Open Beta program will begin on February 14th. This will be your first opportunity to experience all of the power and capabilities that the new development team has introduced into LightWave.There is an entirely new node-based materials editing system, the amazing new APS system that got [...]