3d Moddling Programs

[Wizzandabe]

ps nice pic Spindulik .

[internet.news]

What is really good is Bryce :)
With Bryce5 and Poser4 you easily can share your thoughts and dreams :)

and Bryce the nice tool also has a nice price :) only 99Euros
I do not know about Poser4 :) but after and since I've downloaded both
on Kazaa I am really impressed :)

some of my work: http://internet-news.gmxhome.de (there is a link!)

some good pages: http://fly.to/mirre (Bryce4/5 with Poser4)
http://www.surrealplaces.com (partly 3d studio, partly Bryce4/5)
http://www.renderosity.com (great artist community)

thanks anyway, david.

[monica_green_22]

Here are my preferred 3D programs (in no particular order) with some info about them:

Maya - Fantastic for modeling, dynamics, particles and rendering. Very Fast.
3DSMax - Great for learning, and good for low polygon modeling. Very Slow.
Houdini - Good overall, but very steep learning curve. Slow.
Softimage XSI - Great interface, steep learning curve, great rendering. Fast.

In addition, I use the following plugins for the programs:
Maya:
shave and a haircut - for hair/fur rendering and dynamics
final rig - for character rigging
Mental ray (standalone) - for rendering
PRman - for rendering
flowfield - for large fluid/liquid simulations and animation.

3DSMax:
Shag:fur and Shag:Hair - for hair/fur rendering (poor or no dynamics)
Character studio - for character rigging
Brazil - for rendering
VRay - for rendering
fastfluids - for cloud and water renderings

Houdini:
( No plugins, 'cos this package has EVERYTHING (and then some more) )

XSI:
Mental ray (standalone) - for rendering
BPRS - for modeling NURBS patches
BPRS+ - for texturing BPRS NURBS patches seamlessly
PRMan - for rendering

These are all professional packages, and take years to master - do not jump into them based just on what you have read here and there.

Look in detail at what features and interfaces suit you, otherwise you are in for a BIIIG headache which will stick around for a while.

Hope that helps,

Monica