3D modelling software for the terminally poor
Hi,
Can anybody recommend any good 3D modelling software that is fairly inexpensive (or even free?)
Preferably something similar in style, modelling wise, to Maya or 3Dmax?
Cheers.
Can anybody recommend any good 3D modelling software that is fairly inexpensive (or even free?)
Preferably something similar in style, modelling wise, to Maya or 3Dmax?
Cheers.
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And then theres Blender if your ok with it
Silo is Similar to Maya and its not expensive
Blender
Thanks everybody for the suggestions. Very helpful.
I'm going to check them out.
Cheers!
you cad.
Blender 2.5+ is fantastic. And this is from someone who hated Blender 2.4 and earlier.
If your end goal is to get a job in the industry, stick with Max or Maya.
What's wrong with Luxology Modo? =\
many people here use it and it is cheap. It is designed specifically for 3d modeling (just).
To OP: How much are you willing to spend on 3d modeling program? Or is your goal to have 3d modeling software is just to learn 3d modeling and all. If so, than I suggest you should check out this website.
Autodesk products for Students
You dont need to spend a cent, on maya, 3ds max and or Softimage xsi, etc (for non-commercial use only). For learning purposes, and to create portfolio, you dont need to do anything unless the company that you get hired by requires you to have your own software, which I believe is very remote.
For commercial use, you should just stick with blender.
gets you the latest versions of all autodesk stuff, just a few resections in the license, but unless your selling content made with it or free lanceing with it, it wont effect you.
also still pretty betaish but Voidworld is free ATM and a dam good modeler, just has some performance issues with large scenes.
http://voidworld.cmcproductions.co.uk/
Nothing's wrong with Modo, I'm sure most would agree It's really awesome actually.
I just wouldn't put it in the cheap category, at ~$1000 Modo is not cheap. Affordable maybe, cheap compared to the ~$4000 you'd have to spend to get a professional license of Max or Maya, you betcha. Still though ~$1000 is not cheap considering pixelmitherer is asking for recommendations for cheap and free 3D software and considers him or herself "terminally poor".
If you cant purchase any of those software packages, you can always use student versions to learn and practive on your own.
Hope this helps.
Ps: havent use modo, but seems like a great tool. Seems to me more of a freelancer soft. I might be wrong though.
I never used blender seriously because i dislike the way it works but i still respect it and the things being made with it
Modo (64bit) is the crash master for me i cant recommend something that'll obliterate your work. Thank Umbasa for 30day trials
Blenders crash rate is a myth along with its price tag
Sooo if Blender gains a 4000$ price tag and is no longer open source then it becomes industry standard?
I mean no harm but Industry standard seems like a vicious cycle, One company uses software, finishes a product with it. Other companies see the quality of there work, They also purchase software and it repeats until everyone is using the same over priced underdeveloped tool. When they can be using the free app saving money, crash times and typing up bug reports
I lay in my bed and wonder why is blender less than 30mb but can be Just as amazing as our industry standard apps. Sure the artist behind the brush is doing the work but its a 50/50 deal with the tool.
Also, certain companies in their downtime enjoy Blender
I've seen a publisher contract that strictly forbids the use of freeware on the project.
Doesn't that mean that you have to use vanilla max and maya and not install any of the much needed third party plugins that make them better? :P
I'd take a look at voidworld aswell indeed, very promising, and the guy is listening to the polycount community, which can only lead him to the pinacle of awesomeness.
This might be due to the restrictions of, or confusion over how GNU GPL licenses work. In Blender's case it goes like this.
Or it might be because of some over paranoid view of potential security holes in software that is open source. Though I'm not sure if that argument has any real merit, as an example: I'd choose Chrome/Chromium or Firefox as a much more secure browser than IE any day of the week. I guess the publishers wouldn't want to gamble $10s-100s of millions on potential security risks, with Adobe and Autodesk at least they've got someone to sue if something were to go horribly wrong.
Ya, he also forgot to state how much is he willing to spare for 3d modeling software. So I said that because it may not be cheap, but affordable (as in start saving up for it and buy it.) After free Blender, its silo, than its Modo, than its lightwave, than its Softimage XSI (its 1k cheaper than max and maya and eternally free for students), than its max and maya.
yes I think its 4k with the subscription for Maya and Max.
I also think that OP just wants to learn, which means that he doesnt have to pay anything unless he is publishing something of his own. =\
I have never used Blender, but there seems to be a lot of (mostly) positive recommendations for it. I've never heard of Voidworld before.
My goal was to have software that I can commercially use in potential freelancing projects.
While I can't afford a Max/Maya license at the moment, it would eventually be best as I have experience with these programs; and they are industry standard. But their current cost is rather high for me at the current time
Hence I was looking for lower priced alternatives.
Here are some of the features, though this page is actually fairly old...
http://www.blender.org/features-gallery/features/
I agree that it is not in the cheap category, I have used Modo for quite some time and I personally think it's better in terms of workflow than Max or Maya( i'm forced to use max now for work ) it really depends on what you want to do, as a freelancer I would recomend Modo for workflow and blender for price wise, but if you want to work in a company, Fixing on Max or Maya is better.
If you intend to have a software piece for commercial use, I would go with the majority as well, blender is the way to go. And if you know how to use max and maya it shouldnt take you long enough to learn it.