That Carrara is dead and buried deep in Daz3d's basement should by now be obvious to everybody. Question is: Is Lightwave alive and well? And the answer is a big, resounding, vibrating YES, Lightwave is alive and kicking.

Lightwave 2015 was released in, well, 2015, and then there was 3 years of silence. So much so that everybody thought Lightwave is dead for good. But then in January 2018 Lightwave 2018 was released with a plethora of new features.

One would have thought that from now on Lightwave will go on a 3-years basis for new releases. But then, O surprise, early January 2019, Lightwave 2019 was released. The initial impression was that this is a minor release to bring-in update/upgrade money, on top of new sales.

But no, Lightwave 2019 is a new release loaded with new powerful features See Here, which proves that NewTek, the makers of Lightwave, is spending some serious development money on it, leaveing no doubt in anybody's mind that Lightwave will live a healthy and joyful life for many years to come.

What makes Lightwave 2019 a gem to use is its Display Scaling feature, which lets the user seamlessly scale the UI size independently on up to 2 high resolution monitors. If you have 2K, 4k, 6K or higher resolution monitors, you can use them at their native resolution, without the fonts or icons becoming so small that they are unreadable or stressful, especially for weaker eyes.

At $995.- Lightwave 2019 may be a bit expensive, But considering the huge amount of features it offers, and the vast horizons it opens, it's only a small price to pay.