Help me with this big decision please
Hey everyone,
So I am now faced with a really big decision. I would like to purchase training that will help me learn good techniques and software very well. I am now faced with a costly decision to make.
Eat3D DVD Bundle. (22 DVD's)
Price: 1 Payment of $450 (After student discount)
Pros:
-High quality DVD's
-Great reputation
-Will recieve DVD's to my door and can be reused alot
-More appealing to me
Cons:
-Includes DVD's I am not interested in
-If I purchase the entire set and a new DVD comes out, I won't get it even though I purchased the set
Gnomon Subscription (Access to over 200 DVD's)
Price: $300 a year
Pros:
-A very wide selection of DVD's
-Very good reputation
-Has more categorys of DVD's like Animation
-Made by many different industry professionals
-If a new DVD is released, I will have access to it
Cons:
-Streaming videos and not DVD's delivered to my door
-Yearly subscription
-Most modeling videos made with Maya (which isnt exactly a con but I prefer Max)
-Some use XSI and Modo which is a con
-Most videos I wont end up watching
I need the communitys advice on what I should do. The price isnt really a huge deal, I am willing to spend whatever, but I do want what is best for me when I am spending hundreds of dollars. Let me know if you have experience with either companies, how the training was, if you would reccomend it.
Please help,
-Andrew
So I am now faced with a really big decision. I would like to purchase training that will help me learn good techniques and software very well. I am now faced with a costly decision to make.
Eat3D DVD Bundle. (22 DVD's)
Price: 1 Payment of $450 (After student discount)
Pros:
-High quality DVD's
-Great reputation
-Will recieve DVD's to my door and can be reused alot
-More appealing to me
Cons:
-Includes DVD's I am not interested in
-If I purchase the entire set and a new DVD comes out, I won't get it even though I purchased the set
Gnomon Subscription (Access to over 200 DVD's)
Price: $300 a year
Pros:
-A very wide selection of DVD's
-Very good reputation
-Has more categorys of DVD's like Animation
-Made by many different industry professionals
-If a new DVD is released, I will have access to it
Cons:
-Streaming videos and not DVD's delivered to my door
-Yearly subscription
-Most modeling videos made with Maya (which isnt exactly a con but I prefer Max)
-Some use XSI and Modo which is a con
-Most videos I wont end up watching
I need the communitys advice on what I should do. The price isnt really a huge deal, I am willing to spend whatever, but I do want what is best for me when I am spending hundreds of dollars. Let me know if you have experience with either companies, how the training was, if you would reccomend it.
Please help,
-Andrew
Replies
I'd also check to see how many gnomon dvd's you're interested in vs how many eat3D ones your interested in.
Also, do you want to learn software/techniques or do you want to learn fundamentals>
I was particually disappointed by their Making Characters for Production... The entire modeling part was him getting 2 models from a libary and welding them together. I watched it all and didnt really think it was worth the money.
On the other hand, I love Eat3D, ever since their pillar tutorial, I've kept comming back. The tutors have a pleasent voice(A big deal for me, I don't wanna spend 7-8 hours listening to some random dude with a mic from 1994) and they explain almost everything they do.
I have actually have had the chance to see some of Eat3D's stuff and its great, the reason I am considering Gnomon is because with the subscription I will even get new DVD's that get released.
I also noticed that Gnomon might be like "making of" rather than a tutorial.
i have also decided on mainly eat3d tutes b/c they seem more current and at my level. gnomons stuff is often older and more of an overview of things.
BTW, the polycount wiki is your friend, dont forget about it.
The few eat3d dvds I bought were well worth it.
I dont see what the big apeal of having a physical DVD is. Really once you watch a tut vid once or twice that will more then likely be it (at least in my case i have never gone back and watched a tutorial more then twice). A year is a long enough time to watch all the vids you want at least two or three or even four times.
Although the few vids I have purchased I got the DVD with them because Eat3D didnt have streaming up when I made my purchases. But for a student where money is tight as with almost all students streaming is your best friend. I actually havent even opened any of the DVD's I have out of there celafain wrap save 1 which I used to see if I could play it on my PS3 and watch it on my TV. You cant : /
As for pirating that is the worst option. Its people who priate who cause all these DRM/price increase issues. Pirates are a large cause of the state of PC gaming. Really pirating from your own industry is the worst thing you can do. I feel people who pirate off there own industry dont deserve to work in it. This could mainly be due to working hundreds of hours on a game only too see it pirated. Its not cool and not good for the industry your trying to break into.
This.
I am trying to break into the industry why would I pirate it? Dumb post buddy.
But I didnt know I could get a yearly Eat3D subscription, I will look into that. Thank you.
Another one I was thinking of was Digital Tutors. It is $400 but they tend to cover everything and have a wide selection, I dont know. Eat3D seems to be winning right now but I def wanted animation training aswell.
Exactly. As a student, focus on one discipline. A few DVDs about specifically what you want is great, Eat3d has great trailers for each DVD to help you decide which you want and from there, there are TONS of free tutorials on youtube and such.
Same with Eat3D