Battlestar Galactica Wins with LightWave 3D

Battlestar Galactica may be over, but the awards keep coming.  This time it’s the 2009 Television Critics Association Award for Program of the Year.  NewTek shares in the success as their Lightwave3D was used extensively.

NewTek Inc, manufacturer of industry-leading 3D animation and video products, congratulated “Battlestar Galactica” as the recipient of the 2009 Television Critics Association (TCA) Award for Program of the Year. The program, which relied on NewTek LightWave 3D to create award-winning visual effects, was recognized at the 25th annual TCA Awards in Los Angeles after its final season.

via Computer Graphics World – Battlestar Galactica Wins 2009 TCA Program of the Year Award, Uses NewTek LightWave 3D.

This story written by Randall Hand

Randall Hand is a visualization scientist working for a federal research lab, aiding researchers to discover the insights buried within their terabyte datasets generated on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. He also runs VizWorld.com .

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