![]() The new team is headed by industry veteran Andrew Bishop, previously co-owner of LightWave-using VFX studio Darkside and its offshoots, and also previously responsible for the distribution of LightWave in the UK. New ownership team headed by former Darkside studio boss Andrew Bishop The existing LightWave website, product support channels and reseller network will also transfer to LightWave Digital, with “no change for existing license holders as a result”. News of the change of ownership was announced earlier this week, via a post on the Lightwave 3D – Salvation Facebook group directing users to a Discord server titled ‘Welcome to the Future of LightWave’.Īccording to the FAQs section of the server, the deal is expected to close on 27 April, with LightWave Digital taking over ownership and restarting development of the software. However, the number of studios using LightWave declined through the 2000s and 2010s, and after original developer NewTek was bought by real-time graphics firm Vizrt, development was suspended in 2020.ĭeal to acquire LightWave from Vizrt expected to complete on 27 April 2023 It gained a strong following in broadcast visual effects, where it was used on TV series like Babylon 5, Star Trek: Voyager and Battlestar Galactica, and although not as widely adopted in movie pipelines, was used in the production of Sin City, 300 and Avatar, and animated features including Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. Released in 1990, and available as a standalone application since 1994, Lightwave was one of the first professional 3D applications available for PCs as well as the then-standard Silicon Graphics workstations. The move should see development of LightWave restart, following more than two years of inactivity, with LightWave Digital taking over the existing product website, and its sales and support channels.Ī new chapter for one of the VFX industry’s longest-established 3D applications Lightwave Digital, a new group headed by former Darkside studio boss Andrew Bishop, is to acquire the software from current owner Vizrt, in a deal set to close on 27 April 2023. Veteran 3D animation software LightWave will soon have a new owner. ![]() Scroll down for details of the completed buyout. ![]()
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