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• PIITB

  what program would be good for a noob to try and learn with? Any help is appreciated.

  May 30, 08, 8:38 a.m. – Permalink

• mikotondria3

  Cinema4d from Maxon. Short learning curve, quick easy results.

  

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  Dog-earMay 30, 08, 8:40 a.m. – Permalink

• harlequino

  ^yep

  

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  Dog-earMay 30, 08, 8:40 a.m. – Permalink

• PIITB

  thanks duder.

  

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  Dog-earMay 30, 08, 8:45 a.m. – Permalink

• oozie

  blender

  • damit u beat me http://www.blender.o…– BattleAxe1/3

    Is it easy though? I got confused and went back to muddling with 3DSMax.– detritus2/3

    I found the array of arcane and apparantly randomly laid out buttons confusing too :/– mikotondria33/3

  

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  Dog-earMay 30, 08, 8:47 a.m. – Permalink

• MikeColdFusion

  yeah, blender uses the same basic control schemes as cinema4d, but its free!

  

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  Dog-earMay 30, 08, 8:48 a.m. – Permalink

• PIITB

  im looking for something to learn on. something easy.

  which one do you guys think is easier to learn?
  1. Cinema4d
  2. Blender

  • I'd throw 'a hooky copy of 3ds max and a good book' into the fray too.– detritus

  

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  Dog-earMay 30, 08, 8:52 a.m. – Permalink

• PIITB

  Ok above revised:

  1. Cinema4d
  2. Blender
  3. 3ds Max

  

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  Dog-earMay 30, 08, 8:57 a.m. – Permalink

• Fariska

  Max isn't easy to learn properly.
  It's quite pretty complex, more or less like maya.

  

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  Dog-earMay 30, 08, 8:59 a.m. – Permalink

• al_la

  1. Cinema4d
  2. Blender
  3. electricimage (mac, win)
  4. 3ds Max
  5- lightwave

  • thanks al_la– PIITB1/2

    downloading a trial version of cinema4d right now. do you know of any video tutorials that are good?– PIITB2/2

  

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  Dog-earMay 30, 08, 9:03 a.m. – Permalink

• CyBrain

  I'm getting started with Cinema 4D and I feel like I get it so far after a couple of months.

  The best way to start is with the Quickstart PDF that comes with the program. (even the demo).

  http://www.c4dcafe.com
  http://www.the123d.com/tutorial/…
  http://www.cineversity.com/

  

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  Dog-earMay 30, 08, 9:33 a.m. – Permalink

• dan5382

  3d max and maya
  learn things that you will use quite often.

  • these are the industry standard– Llyod1/2

    especially in the game industry. I used to work for EA...– al_la2/2

  

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  Dog-earMay 30, 08, 9:37 a.m. – Permalink

• mikotondria3

  I've been learning bits of c4d on and off as and when the need arises, and I really like it - the animation keyframing is easy, and I've just got into Clothilde so Ive been burning my processor out all night rendering little sequences of reflective cloth bouncing around.
  The MoGraph stuff is fun and can get a bit wild.
  Obviously the better a machine you have, the more fun you'll have with more detailed renders...mine's like molasses sometimes : /

  

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  Dog-earMay 30, 08, 9:40 a.m. – Permalink

• SoupCan

  Strata

  

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  Dog-earMay 30, 08, 10:05 a.m. – Permalink

• PIITB

  thanks dudes.

  

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  Dog-earMay 30, 08, 10:54 a.m. – Permalink

• senseg

  PIITB, email me! i want to start c4d learning as well

  • senseg ive been having email issues the past two days (fucking ipowerweb) anyway, ill email you once i get this shit resolved.– PIITB

  

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  Dog-earMay 30, 08, 11:03 a.m. – Permalink

• lvl_13

  who is PIITB anyway? i've always thought it was calles. am i wrong?

  i have no insight on this matter of 3d though, sorry :\

  • yes your wrong.– PIITB1/6

    so who is you?– lvl_132/6

    I be me.– PIITB3/6

    fair enough.– lvl_134/6

    lol. if you must know. I was 404, but I thought it be funny to change my name for a day and I winded up sticking with it but I plan on reemerging as 404 soon enough.– PIITB5/6

    both nicks are pretty nice
    you could even merge them :)– al_la6/6

  

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  Dog-earMay 30, 08, 11:27 a.m. – Permalink

• CockDiesel

  MAYA!!!
  no maya love here? I love it. I thought blender's interface was too strange.

  

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  Dog-earMay 30, 08, 11:29 a.m. – Permalink

• OeufOeuf

  Just to add 3dsmax is nothing like Maya. I think Maya's learning curve is steeper. Max also have alot of neat plugin's. I recently picked up Cinema 4d and while I find it somewhat easy to pick up, there are aspects that i find annoying as some things can be done easier in Max, but I assume it's like that with any program...
  I would go with Max first, but that's just preference. Cinema is good too. And just to confuse you some more, Softimage XSI.

  

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  Dog-earMay 30, 08, 11:31 a.m. – Permalink

• Llyod

  once you learn maya you'll realize how far ahead it is above the other programs. modeling is 10x faster due to the pop up menus and lassos. both max and maya allow you to change the character map, not sure about the other programs.

  • Maya is probably the best one, but if you're not using it everyday, then you'll always feel lost.– CyBrain

  

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  Dog-earMay 30, 08, 11:36 a.m. – Permalink

• demafleez

  threads like this pop up every month or so and my standard reply goes something like this:

  I like and use cinema4d because of it's integration with after effects. alot of what other packages offer is overkill for me and the learning curve was IMHO lower with C4d. at the end of the day tho, you should decide for yourself. every 3D package has a demo or learning edition. get them and try each one out to see what suits you best.

  

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  Dog-earMay 30, 08, 11:45 a.m. – Permalink