3D software

[chris]

Hi all,
I was wondering if anyone could tell me what the best 3D software is at the moment for applying a 3D finish to images, The price doesn't matter as much as the usability and professional finish.

Any suggestions will be greatly recieved
Cheers:bandit:

[andr.in]

umm... I use 3ds max! But cinema 4d is very good too! Well I think it is cuz electrongeek makes wonderful stuff with it! I can tell that by looking at his pics!

[alethos]

You might find some answers in this thread:

http://www.kirupaforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11860

-Al

[DDD]

Lightwave 7.5 or 3ds max is pretty much industry standards.

[chris]

Thanks,
I've had a lot of recommendations for Maya version 4.0, I'm going to look into this, has any one like alethos had any first hand experience they could share with me or any examples of finished projects for me to see the overall finish.
Cheers
:bandit:

[eilsoe]

Maya 4 is also a kick***** prog... and alethos here can help out a lot, when he's online that is :P


I prefer 3dsmax tho... a little easier to fiddle around in :)

[chris]

Hi eilsoe,
Do you Know where can I see examples of finished 3dsmax projects and is there a screensave of 3dsmax's interface I can look at.
Cheers:bandit:

[eilsoe]

well max comes with a variety of scenes to mangulate... really :)


As for a screensave? Not for the next 4 hours. I have to get home before I can take a snapshot. Currently at "work"...

[chris]

Okay Thanks
I don't need to decide until monday so i'll keep researching

[eilsoe]

Ok :)

I'll post an image of the interface as soon as i get home.

Check back here at app. 3 AM GMT.


unless someone else has 3dsmax open right now and want's to contribute?

[chris]

Cheers.

[alethos]

I would recommend trying out both Maya and 3DS before you buy either. I know Maya offers a Personal Learning Edition that you can have mailed to you free of charge. It comes with several basic tutorials that introduce you to some of Maya's most powerful features, and the Alias|Wavefront website has a community forum dedicated to Personal Edition users (where you can get support very conveniently). Discreet unfortunately does not offer a demo version of 3DS.

If you want to see Maya in action you can check out the free quicktime tutorials at Gnomon Online (http://www.gnomononline.com/title.html). I'm sure there are 3DS tutorials out there in video format that will allow you to see it's interface in action. Both are pretty streamlined, and the new 3DS (versions 4 and up) has changed their interface to more closely resemble Maya's modularity.

In the end, the only difference between the two is personal preference, I think. Amazing work can be done with both packages, so it's up to you to decide which you like more. Also consider the amount of support you will be able to get for the package you choose. There's is a buttload of stuff out there for 3DS, but not so much for Maya.

Good luck!

-Al

[eilsoe]

hey alethos :)

as soon as someone mentions your name, u just come running eh? ;)

hehe...


I'm gonna try those qt tut you recommended... :)


I'll have a tut up here soon on how to make this: satin/mercury effect (http://www.avalon-rev.dk/mercury.jpg)

pretty easy work.. with both 3dsmax and photoshop.

actually REALLY easy... :P

[alethos]

:)

If you noticed the little caption above my avatar, I m a lurker. I read tons of posts, but rarely reply unless I have something useful to say. :)

If somebody speaks my name, however, I feel I have to reply so as not to be rude. :+)

As for your tute, I look forward to it.

Oh yeah the quicktime tutorials at the Gnomon Workshop are really great resources. You can learn more watching those for 20 mins than you can reading 5 tutes in an 2 hours.

-Al

[eilsoe]

Yeah.. It just REALLY sucks, that I have to pay 50$ for a months membership so I can actually SEE them...

I mean 'my god..

no!!

[eilsoe]

and uhh, Chris? Sorry I haven't put the pic up yet, I fell asleep watching Tom&Jerry :blush:

here it is:

3DSMAX layout (http://www.avalon-rev.dk/max_layout.jpg)

[chris]

Thanks people,
I think i'm going to go with 3ds max, I've been looking into studio 5 but i've also been told to look into Carrara studio 2, do any of you use this.

During my research of 3D packages I came across this site, some of this stuff is truly amazing

http://www.rustboy.com/

Thanks for all your help:bandit:

[mdipi]

chris 5 posts till 100, dont miss it. anyway yeah rustboy was posted in random some time back, it was mostly done in PS then animated in another proggi, stimply amazing! i have MAX 5 and love it, its confusing but love it!

[Makaveli]

i think i remberer EG saying the creator of rustboy uses Infini-D to create those amazing movies, but its funny you should ask this Q since mdipi asked an almost exact same q just a little while ago.
read this http://www.kirupaforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12709

[mdipi]

yes but much of it was done in PS, i do remember him saying that i just didnt know the exact name.

[chris]

Hey mdipi,
96 now I didn't realise i had posted this many times, you can't fault the kirupaforum community, if you need help this is definetly the place to come.

And thanks to eilsoe for the screensave, I have decided to purchase 3DS on monday so thanks everyone for all your help
Cheers:bandit:

[morse]

Man I was looking at Fry's (rev you should know about Fry's :)) and they didn’t have 3DS Max. All they had in the super-secure software vault was a bunch of Microsoft crap, Flash MX, Dreamweaver MX, and some Adobe products. I was VERY disappointed.

Anyway I got my 3DS from my Ultra rich friend. He goes and buys any software that I say is sweet, but he never even tries to figure out how to use it. He got so mad at 3DS cuz' he couldnt figure it out that he just said I could have it. (-: