Lightwave beta now has carpaint material as a Texture Node

Open Beta Announcement for August 21, 2008

LightWave v9.5.1 Open Beta 02 (Build 1447) Posted
NewTek is pleased to announce that our latest v9.5.1 update build for Open Beta has now been posted, ready for download in Registration!

LightWave v9.5.1 Open Beta Build 1447 Feature Overview

Layout

• Added drag-and-drop to Layout Windows version, based on the existing Mac version. Initial support for audio and lwo files.
• Added support for images and OBJ files in drag-and-drop.
• Added support for scene files to drag-and-drop.
• Added drag-and-drop of image files to the Image Editor.

Node Editor Enhancements

• Added a new material node called Carpaint. Sample renderings and UI image attached.

List of Changes and Fixes

Layout

• Added drag-and-drop to Layout Windows version, based on the existing Mac version. Initial support for audio and lwo files.
• Added support for images and OBJ files in drag-and-drop.
• Added support for scene files to drag-and-drop.
• Added drag-and-drop of image files to the Image Editor.
• Fixed case 15484: Inactive bones cause mesh queries to fail. Corrected issue where undeformed meshes reported incorrect vertex positions.

Node Editor

• Added a new material node called Carpaint. Sample renderings and UI image attached.

FiberFX

• Revised integer interval math for the colorcache when smoothing is used.
• Reduced colorcache array entries to expected value, undoing the change made in build 1445, which was a temporary approach.
• Revised shading per-pixel transparency.

Cameras

• Fixed Cases 10298 and 11233: Classic Camera DOF was missing in action since 9.3.1. A needed call to set up the iris sample position got removed for some reason. Call put back in.

Renderer

• Fixed a bug in the ambient occlusion.
• Implemented an attempted fix for Case 15181: CRITICAL: Badly rendered overlapping transparent surfaces and alphas. This needs intensive testing.
• Fixed Case 15092: Transparent item inside a semi-transparent item is visible.

Carpaint Material Images

Basic Node Setup with Carpaint Edit Panel:

Sample red metal flake paint - this is the default settings:

Close-up showing 50% Flake density of flake procedural:

Yes, the flake procedural will be available separately, tomorrow.