Chapter 14. Dynamics in Motion

In the previous chapter, you were introduced to LightWave v9’s particles. This chapter will take you even further by showing how to create various dynamic effects for creative animations. These dynamic effects, which are new in LightWave v9, let you make animations in which objects collide realistically and influence each other’s motion in a way that obeys natural laws such as gravity, momentum, and shock absorption. Tools like these will help take your animations to the next level. You will work through various projects so that you can quickly and easily learn how to apply these powerful tools to just about any animation. In this chapter, you’ll learn about the following:

• The dynamics-related panels and tools ...

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