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I need a 3d modeling software, I currently use MAYA Student version?
I am in a starting-off game company. I am modeling many of the assets. We do not own any modeling programs. I do own ZBrush but thats more of a sculpting program. I am quite familiar in Maya 2013. I am alright in Houdini. Blender i do not like, i just cant grasp the modeling aspects. But i have tried to. I tried Cheetah 3D and it is clearly more of a beginner program. The 30 minutes i put into it i noticed there were no soft-selects or booleans as well as many other things. The rendering also had very little settings and looked poor.
I dont have much money to spend, are there any suggestions for a 3d modeling program that supports detailed 3d modeling, rendering, texturing, and animation. I will have to be legal to publish a profitable game afterwards so no student versions. Any input would be appreciated.
5 Answers
- Anonymous8 years agoFavorite Answer
In my opinion there are only two options when it comes to 3D Modeling:
Maya and Blender
Maya is the better program but expensive (especially for commercial use which is what your game would be)
So if you don't have the money your best bet is Blender. You are just going to have to get over your dislike of it.
All other 3D programs are horrible compared to the big two: (They are like the Chrome and Firefox of 3D modeling)
- 5 years ago
The above individual answered your question beautiful well however listed below are a couple of different things I would consider of... If you open a file that you have already labored on and expect to look a mannequin your digital camera could just be very a long way from the area. Open up the hypergraph, pick your model from the list and then hover over the viewscreen. Press "f" and this will have to deliver anything you've selected into view. Also, you could just have the flawed digital camera. Press the spacebar once even as hovering your mouse over the viewscreen to switch cameras (There are quite often four preset views to be able to pop up) a further trouble would be that your laptop does no longer have adequate ram or the incorrect drivers for the video card. When I first mounted Maya I had a "clean/white" viewscreen considering the fact that my video card did not have the right drivers to show Maya. (This was also brought on by trying to run it in twin display mode but that is a different matter.) Hope you discover a answer, if no longer go to a support forum at Autodesk and put up a reveal shot so folks have a greater inspiration of what you're describing.
- 8 years ago
OK..here's an alternative. Daz are giving away Hexgon for free at the moment. Just get yourself an account. They also sell Carrara too which the base line is quite cheap and has a great rendering engine for glass and plastics.. Bryce and content for sets and landscapes is also free at the moment. I used Hexagon a bit a few years ago for remodelling figures and it was fine. Certainly a painless trip compared to Blender...much as I support what they are trying to achieve.
Failing that..it's bite the bullet for Autodesk prices. When it comes to those I cut my teeth on 3dsMax and Softimage but nowadays Autodesk have made them much more integrated...thank God. Give Hexagon a go and see if it suits what you are doing.
Best of luck
- ?Lv 68 years ago
Blender. There are TONS of tutorials on it, starting at the very basics. Blender is incredibly easy to learn if you follow the tutorials. Try here:
http://gryllus.net/Blender/3D.html
This is an excellent series of tutorials and the link is right there on the Blender page. In addition, Blender has a built-in game engine.
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