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Cinema4D r9.5 ALL THE WAY!

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are you sure you want to do CG? it is very expensive and even then it does not look that good. you need a team of animators for textures moments and the initial design.
he was talking about doing it himself. not hiring a bunch of animators.
On this, I must say that you should try blender, even thought it's difficult at first, there are lots of great tutorials.
Plus, the power and quality of the program is excellent! I made this blood effect in about 15minutes(not counting the rendering time), I rendered it in low quality so it would take less time, that's why the image is small and pixelated, but you get the point.
http://media.putfile.com/bloodeffect

I think personnally that it isn't that hard to learn, the interface just seems quite overwhelming. But believe me: it's worth the work.
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Well if you want to get into CG animation and are a noob, I started out with Bryce. It's the cheapest program out there ($100), and for what it is, its good. This is a great program to use as a beginner to learn the basics of 3D animation, and helps you to slide into more advanced programs like Blender or 3DS. The user interface is very easy to master, and the realism is pretty decent.
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Post by SammyJim »

well, as the topic has popped up again, i suggest truespace.
there is a free version on the net, and its really easy for a noob to use. i don't know if you are still a noob by now, but if anyone else is, check it out.

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Post by Deathcheese »

I used to have the same problem.
I learned using Reasoft 3d which i got free from a disk. Since then they apear to have started charging but if you're serious you may want to buy or "attain" it.
Feel free to add me on msn, yahoo, skype "JoeForduk@yahoo.co.uk" if you need help or would like me to "get" you some profesional software.

3D modeling is much easier than it apears. The main challenge i had when i was a nooblet was not knowing the correct meanings of words such as "render". It wasnt long until i figured it out (since im a graphic commnications student who does this kind of thing daily).
In my opinion the best software is:

First attempts - Realsoft 3d

http://www.realsoft.com/

Models for export/Basic scenes - Autodesk Inventor

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ho ... &id=129446

More complex fx such as explosions - 3ds Max
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/in ... eID=123112

3ds max and autodesk work very well together since you can create your model in Inventor, export to max then add effects such as particles(smoke/fire etc) before redering to AVI and importing into your movie.

For the blood splats you could search the web for footage such as this,
http://www.detonationfilms.com/UnitK.htm
(scroll down to "blood splats"), then use a program capable of "white keying" (removing a white and replacing it with footage) A program i know does this is "after effects" which, if you add me i could either "get" for you or teach you how to get it yourself ;]

Hope you can understand this and hope it helps someone.
Thankya all :wink:
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