I want know want animators prefer using in 3D Animation.

I vote to 3d studio max why is the only one program of 3D that I drive well the rest of the I utilize them but I do not develop in them to part also why one went from the first it is solid robust and you allow making anything

i suggest you to use 3D max, it have many flexible tools to create animations

I voted for 3ds max.

It's the best I've used. But then again, it's the only one I've used...

But it's pretty good. It's easy to use, can do great stuff, and has lots of plugins.

I suggest shake4 if you have a mac computer

I go with Maya 8 and higher. Even though 3Ds Max got a lot plugins and stuff Maya comes with similar tools totally embedded to the software itself. It has pretty much a better GUI than 3Ds Max. With tools like nCloth in Maya you can come up with some unique animations.

I have been interested in animated software forever. I went to schooling for Graphic Design, but I was never able to use animation programs.... only photoshop was used on the PC. I am not that old, but the idea of Graphic Design had only began to start using more updated programs like Photoshop at the time... that was like in 1996. Now everything is Multimedia, and a lot of it involves animation and 3d programs. I was SOOO close to being able to get into that course.

I had always wanted to be an animator, and I still would love to learn a lot more than I already know. I was given 3D Max to use at an old place of work... I have only began to teach myself, and then had a little break from the program. Now that PCs have a lot more memory and disk space, I plan to install my 3d max and just go to town. I just hope I can get back to where I was when I first learned the program... and I plan on finding many plugins for it...

Maybe when I have a better grasp, I will have a better post!

I am just now exploring animation for the first time. 3D Studio doesn't operate on Mac despite Mac being a better overall system than anything MS has come out with. I was thinking of trying Maya and teaching myself and/or ToonBoom for 2D.

I'm also interested in Final Cut Pro for film. Things can get very expensive, so I'd appreciate any worthwhile suggestions to get started. Im in the medical field and was thinking of doing medical modeling; however, I do love the idea of creating cartoons also.

The only reason why I am thinking of medical modeling is that it appears to be a niche market with greater earnings potential as it doesn't seem that many people are earning money in the field of animation. Thanks!

-Mitch

3d vs 2d
What's The Best 3d Animation Software?

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Shake is very good but it is a 2d compositing software not 3d.



Also, Pixar makes renderman which is a 3rd party renderer for 3d animation sofware but not animation sofware itself



-bombbeach

best 3d software
What's The Best 3d Animation Software?

According to me for arch rendering , materials , plugin ,
User-friendly and lightnings 3d max is ahead of all.
The selling point of maya is special effects, dynamics,
Animation and maya live.

Max comes with 32 and 64 bit but maya is set 64 bit.


-avesh