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db&w Tools

The db&w Tools are a collection of small plugins for LightWave 3D.

As of November 1st 2018, all future versions will only be available to our patrons on Patreon.

They've been written out of personal need, due to user suggestions, as a playground or to complement our products.

We hope that you will enjoy using them ;)

Nodes

Notes

As a general note, the nodal editors in LightWave 3D treat both vectors and colours the same way. Both are three floating point values and may be used interchangeably.

Additional

Additional

  • Sequencer - turns sequences of numbers into a pseudo-random distribution
  • Time Info - returns the current time and frame

Colour

Experimental

  • Sticky Front UV - stick a front projection to moving items and, optionally, render the UVs for a compositing tool

Materials

Math

  • Ratio - split a value into two values using a ratio
  • Remap - remap values from one range to another
  • Schlick's Approximation - a quick fresnel like node with sugar on top

Scalar

Shading

Spot

Tools

Variables

Pixel Filters

Image Filters

Generic Plugins (Layout)

Master Plugins (Layout)

Image Viewer

Download

As of November 1st 2018, all future versions will only be available to our patrons on Patreon.

Older db&w Tools are available in our download section for Windows and MacOS.


Changes

Licence

These plugins are copyrighted by db&w GbR. Current builds are provided to patrons as of November 2018.

These programs are provided *as is* without warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.

Additional Material

Andrew Comb uses many free db&w Tools in his Advanced Shading Tutorial presented at the

San Diego LightWave Users Group.

tools/start.1543826687.txt.gz · Last modified: 2018/12/03 09:44 by lightwolf