you might say that NewTek created desktop computer animation--on the Amiga, before Macs and PC had even discovered color. Some of your favorite TV series, like Star Trek and Babylon 5 (which won the FX Emmy for its pilot episode), came to life in LightWave. Film credits include Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, The Matrix Reloaded, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Black Hawk Down, Lost in Space, Titanic (Visual Effects Academy Award Winner), and The X-Files (Visual Effects Emmy Award Winner). And that's the short list.
As with most complex programs,