Given the Mac’s graphics superiority, it’s surprising that 3-D production work on our platform of choice has until recently been a piecemeal process. One of the first fully integrated 3-D packages to ...

NewTek’s LightWave 3D 7b is a major development for Mac 3-D artists. By taking advantage of OS X’s OpenGL support and multithreading performance, the $2,495 do-everything 3-D­animation and effects ...