Been a long time since I heard of Lightwave 3d. I thought they were dead but recently they have been spun off and sold to Andrew Bishop’s new company Lightwave Digital. He is a veteran in CG animation and aims to update Lightwave.

You can follow more on the development on the Website or Discord.

I do feel that the only good reason to get Lightwave is for the Perpetual License.

I am not sure if it can compete with blender. But it’s good to pay for support. I do think Lightwave might have a change if they can show the value of owning a license.

I do like the interface of Lightwave more than blender even the werid split app of modeller and layout. It made things clear and specific.

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