Newest Beta version of the awesome 3d software Lightwave 3D

NewTek, Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading video and 3D animation products, today announced LightWave® v9.5, a major update to its award-winning 3D application, LightWave 3D®. LightWave® v9.5 new capabilities include a complete hair and fur solution, new lighting system and many improvements to animation, global illumination, rendering and workflow.

LightWave v9.5 Update Includes:

Character Animation Enhancements
New Hair and Fur System
Enhanced IK and Animation Systems

* New Collada, FBX and OBJ I/O
* New IK Calculation Options for Faster Performance
* New Bone Type - Joints
* New Objective Options for IK
* IK/FK blending
* Multi-threaded Mesh Deformation Evaluation

Modeler

* UV Unwrap/UV Relax
* Symmetry Tolerance

Lighting, Rendering and Surfacing Enhancements
All New Lighting System

* New Light API
* IES Lights
* New Spherical Light
* Area and Linear Lights Enhanced

Renderer

* Faster Sampling System for GI
* Improved GI Quality
* New GI Controls to Customize the Render
* Disk-Based GI Cache

Node Editor Enhancements

* Interpolated Soft Reflections/Refractions
* Support for New Light API Functions
* Oren-Nayar Shading Option for Many Materials
* Optimizations for Materials and Shaders

SDK and LScript Improvements

* New Light Plug-in Class for third Party Lights and Light Plug-ins
* SDK Support for New GI Functions and Disk Cache
* SDK Support for New IK and Animation Capabilities
* Set Surface Properties Through the Surface Global

UI and Workflow Enhancements

* Enhanced Scene Limits
* Updated Scene File Format
* EXIF Metadata Support
* OpenGL GLSL Enhanced for New Lighting System
* Image Viewer Consolidation