G2 Vendor Directory

LightWave 3D vs. Animation Desk

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricLightWave 3D

by NewTek

Animation Desk

by KDAN

Overall rating3.94.5
Review count2911
Ease of use7.89.4
Ease of setup8.60.0
Quality of support7.49.2
Meets requirements7.98.6
NPS21.42857180
Small Business75.9%90.9%
Mid-Market13.8%0.0%
Enterprise10.3%9.1%
Total page views99100
Total LLM citations143779

LightWave 3D

LightWave 3D combines a state-of-the-art renderer with powerful, intuitive modeling, and animation tools.

Pros

    Animation Desk

    Draw you frame-to-frame animation from scratch, or create animations upon videos, images, PSD layers. Animation Desk supports multiple import and export formats, and lets you create and share animations right on your iPad and iPhone. AWARDS - Featured in Top100 iPad Entertainment apps in 86 App Stores - Featured by Apple on iTunes Home Page - Featured by Yahoo Tech - Featured by TechCrunch - Recommended by edshelf, EducationalAppStore.com, All about apps in YOUR classroom, iPad Educators DRAW YOUR FRAME-TO-FRAME ANIMATION • 46+ brushes • Colored onion skinning (iPad only) • Copy and paste

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