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[_] 3D Packages

Dan Efergan dan at subsubskills.co.uk
Wed Aug 23 16:25:10 BST 2006

On 23 Aug 2006, at 13:08, Pete Marshall wrote:


> I've finally got some time on my hands to expand on my skillset and
> am going
> to start doing some 3D and 3D animation work.
>
> Does anyone know what the main packages are that are used in
> industry, I'm
> mac based and at the moment am looking at Swift 3D which will
> integrate well
> with Flash and Lightwave which looks rock hard.
>
> Any comments are appreciated

As your Mac based I'd +1 Maya. Lightwave's functionality seems very
application specific and therefore less transferable to other apps.

If you are considering changing machines (or buying a MacBook and
booting Windows) then 3D Studio is by far the friendliest.

Never tried Cinema 4d

Dan Efergan
dan at subsubskills.co.uk