RealiTools is a set of 16 utilities for LightWave 3D. These utilities are not just convenient add-ons for LightWave; they will give your animations a more realistic look, without a lot of hassle. From better shadows to a real "video" look, RealiTools is a must-have for any serious animator wishing to improve their animations.

Soft Reflections û A shader that allows more realistic blending of shadows and can change a surfaceÆs reflectivity and transparency based on the brightness of the reflection. There is also a distance falloff option.

Shadow Blend û Ease the frustrations of compositing! This plug-in eliminates the need for front-projection mapping for shadows in CGIs.

Lighter û One of the most advanced lighting engines for LightWave available! It allows selective inclusion and exclusion of lights, phase shifting the light, and changing the contrast of the surfaceÆs terminator. You can also have a surface "transmit" light (i.e. paper).

Fresnel Shader û Controls for contrast and bias, surface modifications, and value limiting give this Fresnel shader the ability to create some of the most sophisticated effects ever seen. And as a bonus, you can create ink or pencil drawn effects, with varying width and shading, like the image at the right.

Video Lines û Overlay horizontal or vertical lines on top of your image to create the "old TV" look. Set width, brightness, invert them, or even soften the edges!

Video Noise û Add "static" to your image. Choose colored or grayscale, a coverage percentage, and even animate it!

Pencil Shader ûThis shader adds custom lines over the top of an image for a result resembling hand drawn artwork. You can mix lined and regular objects in a scene, customize how sharply the lines fall off, where they fall on the surface, and even apply a custom, ambient color! You can apply this plug-in to any image, not just LightWave images, like thisà

Brightness/Contrast û Apply a brightness and contrast pass to your image at render time, not afterwards in Photoshop or a similar program. This effect can be keyed to a null object, so it is completely animateable!

Ortho-VU û Render isometric views of your scene.

Front/Top/Side View û Quickly render any view of your scene or object.

Layout Distance Tools û Accurately measure the distance between two objects, a light and an object, or an object and the camera.

Object Replacement û Change the object replacement order, speed, etc.

VistaPro Script Read/Write û Turn a VistaPro 4.0 camera motion into a LightWave motion file, enabling you to put your LightWave objects into VistaPro scenes more easily. Also, use the Shadow Blend plug-in to make the effect totally seamless!

Parent to Object û Parent a bone to an object.

PointString û A plug-in for Modeler that lets you easily connect a series of points with 2 point polygons. Useful for making lightning, hair, and more.