Secnd Best To 3DSMax?

[owa]

I'm wondering if anyone could tell me what the think is second best to 3D Studios Max. I would liek to know as 3DSMAX is hard to find for me and I want to look at some alternatives.

 

[Ryoko]

Maya... Bryce

One of those two.

 

[Hibiki]

milkshape?


well for doing game modeling anyway...

 

[Cookster]

Milk Shape is plenty powerful for Half-life.

3D Studio Max is really more for companies that utalize polygons and other things I can't begin to understand. Probably for creating simulations where realism is necessary.

Not to mention Milk Shape is what, $20?

3DStudio Max $3200 or something like that.
And I believe Bryce is around $1000?

Personally I'm amazed how these professional programs which total in thousands of dollars end up in the hands of 15 year olds.... I wish I had that kind of money. (sarcasm. :S )

 

[USJTrunks]

Lightwave.

 

[Hibiki]

i dont really like lightwave i just dont think its all that good

 

[SaiyanPrideXIX]

I use 3dsmax. Got a copy from school. >:0)

I'm no good at it yet though. I'm still trying to learn how to build models from barebones vertex tracing, instead of shapes that are to be altered.

I just really like the quality of it.

I use Milkshape too, though. hehe.

What abotu Gmax? it's free, and it's basically 3dsmax too, isn't it?

 

[Cookster]

not by a long shot.

GMax is basically Milkshape, only by better, more professional and qualified programmers. :]

I think they released it because they want to prevent any further pirating of their award winning, majorly expensive software aka 3D SMax.

 

[Spiritfire]

i find gmax to be much more useable than milkshape and a little easier

 

[owa]

I want somthing that I can make 3D wallpaper stuff in, not to model with, well some modeling maybe but I want to do 3D junk like Naz, Tim, Dudeman, ect can do.

 

[EagleKing]

then the best prog for it is 3dsmax

 

[Naz]

cinema 4d or lightwave, and bryce can be really effective for abstract objects..

grtz naz

 

[Spiritfire]

well, they use 3dsm i think, and i think that you cant do renders in gmax, or i havent figured it out which blows

 

[owa]

I know they use 3DSMax but my money funds are lacking so I can't get it, well I'd have to wait a year or more, I dun got a job. But I'm tihnking of getting Lightwave, I had bryce awhile ago.