LightWave Digest – EP5 – Kevin "Q" Quattro
Welcome to episode 5 of the Lightwave Digest podcast.
This month we have a truly inciteful and entertaining interview with a long time LightWave user, who will be sharing with us his history with both Amiga and VFX using LightWave 3D. We are of course speaking of no other than Kevin “”Q”” Quattro.
There have been some amazing news comming from LightWave Digital which we discuss as well.
Links
LightWave User Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZOihXjU5kc
LightWave Animation Reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyBqduWj8cY
Q’s Hold And Modify: https://www.youtube.com/@HoldandModify”
00:00:00 – Episode Start
00:00:49 – Chit-Chat
00:02:51 – News
00:03:49 – LightWave Animation Reel
00:07:36 – ChronoSculpt
00:09:00 – Text Tool
00:11:00 – ProGeo
00:13:13 – L-System
00:13:30 – Unreal Surface
00:14:34 – Native Mac Hardware Support
00:16:10 – LightWave on Linux
00:17:22 – Octane Support
00:18:38 – OD Tools
00:20:25 – Ben Vost is Back
00:20:54 – Painting Instances
00:23:25 – Interview
00:24:45 – First PC
00:38:38 – Leave Amiga for PC
00:39:38 – Foundation Imaging
00:45:27 – Demo Reels
00:47:58 – Modeling or Animation
00:48:51 – Zoic Studios Firefly
00:51:49 – Zoic Studios CSI
00:58:22 – Tools Added Over the Years
01:01:43 – Janus or Other Similar Tools?
01:03:12 – Zoic Studios CSI Bullet Time
01:12:49 – Westwood Studios
01:19:26 – Digital Domain
01:24:04 – Zoic Studios Firefly
01:26:33 – Zoic Studios BSG
01:28:06 – Zoic Studios Other Shows
01:30:18 – Maya Slowly Taking Over
01:33:32 – Maya & LightWave Pipelines
01:35:01 – LightWave Losing Position
01:38:05 – LightWave Comeback?
01:44:01 – Implement Tools and Make Them “Wavy”
01:50:23 – Number One New Feature in LW?
01:51:51 – Did We Miss Anything?
01:53:13 – Why Leaving the VFX Industry?
01:54:46 – Return to VFX?
01:55:48 – What Project Q Is Most Proud Of?
01:57:05 – Who Would Q Want As a Guest?
01:58:26 – Hold & Modify
01:59:47 – What Would Q Do If Owning LightWave?
02:03:20 – Interview Ending
02:04:15 – Amiga Rules!
02:04:18 – Wrap Up
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Another very interesting video!
Great stuff Q, thanks for your time.
Kevin Quattro, also known in close circles as "Q"! Man, this was epic! I've worked with Kevin for many years in Los Angeles. He's a very talented artist and good friend! Love ya Kevin! Great interview!
Great work! Love how you edited this all together. Was so much fun hanging out with you all! Thank you!
Amazing work Kevin, and big congrats for putting all this together guys. Big congrats!
Q is the guy! I remember long nights making the digital sausage with Kevin
OMG YOU interviewed the One and Only ! The Guy ! You interviewed THE GUY !!! The one and only Kevin !
Voyager ! Voyager ! Voyager !
If I remember well, the Addidas commercial was animated in Maya and rendered in Lightwave, using project beaver to output the datas, right?
just amazing guys its really great the excitement levels keep going up 😎 – " no1 new feature native gpu rendering real-time oh yes " – or cpu + gpu hybrid in tandem