### 8 Changes Mar ch 19th, 2004 This is a list of the changes in the LightWave 8 release that affect the SDK. `lwcomring.h` A new header file containing the definitions to allow plug-ins to use a standard, event-driven means of intercommunication called the Communication Ring. `lwanimuv.h` This is the header for the new AnimUV Layout plug-in class. `lwdopetrack.h` This is the header for the Dopetrack Proxy global that allows Layout Tool-class plug-ins to use the new Layout Dopetrack as their interface. `lwsceneeditor.h` This is the header for the SceneEditor global that allows plug-ins to interact with the new Layout Scene Editor system. Miscellaneous The AnimUV project has been added to the SDK samples that demonstrates animation of texture UV coordinates. The Communication Ring mechanism is demonstrated by the ComRing sample SDK project, which include an LScript and C-code plug-in that intercommunicate. The Custom Polygon plug-in class has an example SDK project A new changeEvent() function has been added to the lwimage.h header to allow plug-ins to be notified of editing changes to loaded images. motionBlur() and fieldRendering() functions have been added for the Camera Info global. The Scene Info global now provides information about antialiasing, enhancedAA, adapativeSampling, adaptiveThreshold and soft filter settings.