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Posted by marks542004 on 03/20/06 16:26
nobody special wrote:
> I find the animation part of Lightwave very intuitive and easy to pick
> up in an hour or two.
> The Modeling side, not so much:-)
>
> For commercials, they often take it a step further than the regular
> applications already mentioned: staff programmers often write custom
> shaders and plug-ins for things like hair and cloth simulation and
> better dynamic representation of things like fluid dynamics and the
> like. After a year or two, those custom plug-ins trickle down to the
> rest of us.
>
> If this stuff grabs you: you can try free versions of many of the
> programs mentioned here. Other programs are priced for consumers, like
> poser, bryce, and others. In 2-d cel animation, Moho and toonboom are
> great tools for access by the masses. www.turbosquid.com is a place you
> can download free or cheap pre-made models you can then animate.
the cheaper software can give you good results but do not expect to
duplicate the tv commercials or movie effects at home.
look at the following sites for some examples of what can be done:
www.daz3d.com
www.renderosity.com
www.newtek.com
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