LWA-Enabled

The "LWA-Enabled" name refers to LightWorks-based rendering applications that support the reading of LWA format files.

LWA is a platform-independent and application-independent file format for the distribution of Content that increases the value of your rendering application by making it easier to use and letting your users create better images faster.

An LWA-Enabled application lets users extend the power of the application by adding LightWorks Content, which includes archives of materials, lights, 3D objects and other elements. Once an application is LWA-Enabled, you can easily add to the capabilities of your application without needing any compilation or development, which significantly reduces your time-to-market and development costs.

The LWA format is a plug-in mechanism which extends the capabilities of LightWorks-based applications. It gives designers and engineers access to high-quality, real-world materials and other visual elements, for increasing the realism of rendered images and helping them to make accurate design and styling choices. It also supports plug-in shaders and modules, letting your users instantly add new shaders and add-on rendering functionality to your rendering application.

The LWA format is the only solution for defining and distributing procedural shaders that render in both high-quality software rendering and interactively on the latest graphics boards. It was designed and created with input from leading content suppliers in the computer graphics market and suppliers of products to the Industrial and AEC markets.

For more information about LWA and a preview of current archive collections visit www.lightworks-user.com