I never thought I would say this...but...Blender. 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.
Using blender and 3d-coat, blender's retopo tools are surprisingly solid. Using 3d-coat when retoping over diffrent object so I don't need to combine the highpoly pieces in blender first.
There are a couple of plugins that makes layer management in blender easier and extends the UI, just google for blender layer plugin and you will find something. But I don't get how my post was related to the layers in Blender.
I think Blender is probably the best choice if this is your first time doing 3D. You can get your Blender learning resources here: http://polycount.com/discussion/154788/blender-tutorial-list
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Blender 2.73 I have my object with UVs on but i can't paint over it because Blender can't find what texture is on it. I keep creating textures with new names in the "add paint slot" over and over again but my object stay "pink" (texture missing) no matter what. I learn Blender here and there on my sparetime but so far the…
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