Powerful. Intuitive. Streamlined. Proven. When time is short and the job impossible, LightWave 2018 simply delivers. Workflow enhancements and powerful new tools solve your animation and design challenges and streamline your creative process. Direct and robust, LightWave 2018 serves the artist first, for visual effects, motion graphics, game development, architectural visualization, product design and advertising.

LightWave 2018 New Features Overview:
New PBR Unified Renderer
Physically Based Rendering System
Render & Light Buffers
New Volumetric Engine
OpenVDB Support
New Lighting Architecture
Surface Editor, Material Nodes & Surface Preview
Virtual Reality Camera
Modifier Stack & Nodal Modifiers
New Cel Shader & Enhanced Edge Rendering
More Integrated FiberFX
Layout-based Parametric Shapes
Enhanced OpenGL
Physically Based OpenGL
Noise Reduction Filter
New Modeler Features

Workflow Enhancements:
UDIM Support Per-Object Interpolated / Brute Force Floating Viewports
Render Presets
Preview Render Pass
Multi-Selection Editing of Modifiers
Improved Render Progress View
Fixed Autokey Mode Improved Layer Tools in Modeler
Proportional Scaling in Layout
Image Viewer RGBA Channel Toggle
Image Viewer / VPR Normalize Display Toggle
Viewport Numeric Readout for Move and Scale
Preset Shelf Improvements
New Network Render Controller

System Requirements:

Hardware:
Intel Core 2 or AMD Athlon II Processor (or better)
64-bit System RAM: 4GB minimum
Available USB Port (for users with existing hardware dongles)

Operating System:
64-bit: Windows 7 through Windows 10 64-bit Edition

Homepage

https://www.lightwave3d.com