I use LightWave almost exclusively at home and at my place of business... I like the idea that someone is always trying to build a better mousetrap... I mean modeling software. If I'm on the road with a Laptop and I have to leave the LightWave dongle at home (expensive piece of hardware) I need some software to model with. Blender would be a great choice, but from the looks of it... it doesn't export LightWave files. Too bad.

Look, I'm not going to say this twice... just keep the site as it is and make it easy for me to find what I'm looking for. Get the picture. Also, somebody tell me what the new owners do before I have to hurt myself? Fist, out.

I can afford Maya, and I STILL use LightWave[6]! Why do I like Lightwave so much? Well, boys and girls... Whenever I hang up the phone with the Techs at NewTek, all my problems are solved. Sometimes the tools are hard to figure out, but when you READ THE MANUAL, it all makes sense! I'm having trouble exporting Bryce files to L[6] the way I could with L[5.6], but thats the only problem I have! If you have no life outside graphics, and money is no object- buy both! Nothing says "Impresive... Most Impressive" like a Sith Lord fighting with his kid, or a FAT resume` with more then one software packages!

Hmmm, Three months? That's a little better.

I love to rant about how they send this open letter the day after Chistmas about how Meta was selling off the programs I make a living using! Nice way to put my future in limbo before 2000! I put my self out of my mysery by getting into LightWave. Smeg I couldn't be happier! Did you guys know they Beta-tested Carrara only a month before it was released! Go on line and see how many people are reporting countless bugs and "Failed Render" messages. Meta SCR#W#D it's loyal customers! Even worse, Kia Power Tools was sold to Corel, not Adobe... makers of Photoshop the power tools are most stable with! Given the chance, I would whip exces a$$ who did this!

No, we're gone... outta here! We're mad as hell and we arn't going to take it anymore! I'm still ripped about what MetaCreations did to RDS! Screw'em... I've gone to LightWave!

As a LightWaver who uses Bryce to create terrain's... all I care about is will it work the same! Will it still export just as well? The Terrain editor that exports LWO/LWS files is the whole reason why I have Bryce! It's a hardy little stand-alone program that does one thing and does it vary well! I can have it running on a Pentium Pro 266mgH with 128megs of RAM with LightWave, and there is no lag in Either Program! Things get done with Bryce! What I want to know is why didn't Adobe purchase Kai Power Tools?

Kol, what can I say, I love to rant!

Put your self out of your mysery. Save you money and buy a copy of NewTek's LightWave! I'm so sick and tired of hearing about Metacreations! Good by! Thanks for the head start! I started my carrer with Metacreations... but when I heard they were selling off their products, I couldn't buy LightWave fast enough. Save Bryce and Poser, they are great for making .LWO (LightWaveObjects) files!