12.Apr.2026
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Raytracing: Plugins 0.9.0 for LightWave 3D 5.x (2nd update)
Dimitris 'MiDWaN' Panokostas has updated his plugins for the AmigaOS version of Lightwave 3D. In addition to fixing bugs in the Fresnel and PBR shader plugins, the latter has been simplified, the ObjSwap plugin has been optimized, and the LensFlare plugin has been enhanced.
Update: (13.04.26, 06:06, dr)
Version 0.8.0 offers the following changes:
- New PNGsaver plugin: saves rendered frames as compressed RGB PNG files
using LZ77 + fixed Huffman deflate compression with Sub-filtered scanlines.
No external libraries required.
- New PNGloader plugin: loads PNG files as textures, backgrounds, and
foreground images. Includes a complete deflate decompressor supporting all
standard PNG color types (grayscale, RGB, indexed, RGBA) and bit depths
(1/2/4/8/16).
Update: (13.04.26, 15:22, dr)
Version 0.9.0 offers the following changes:
- New NormalMap shader plugin: samples a loaded image as a tangent-space
normal map and perturbs surface normals at render time. Supports planar
projection (XY/XZ/YZ), tiling, adjustable strength, and DirectX Y-flip.
Pairs with PBR and Fresnel for a full modern material stack.
- New Motion plugin: procedural animation for any item (object, light,
camera). Three modes: Wiggle (smooth noise), Bounce (sinusoidal), and
Shake (decaying noise burst for camera shake). Layers on top of
keyframed motion with independent position/rotation control.
- New Toon image filter: post-render cel-shading with colour
quantisation (2-8 bands) and ink-style outlines via depth and luminance
edge detection. Configurable outline colour, width, and edge sensitivity.
(snx)
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