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Just a note for those who are thinking about trying 3D
DAZ is giving away $800 of software. A general modeler called Hexagon 2.5($150), a character modeler called DAZ Pro($430), and a terrain modeler called Bryce Pro($250). DAZ won the 3D World 2011 award for Software Innovation of the year.
These three programs work together, models you create with DAZ can be 'sent to Hexagon' or 'sent to Bryce Pro', models created with Hexagon can be 'sent to DAZ' or 'sent to Bryce Pro', and models made with Bryce can be 'sent to DAZ'.
DAZ does character modeling, and Hexagon is used to create clothing or adjusting the model or create objects, and Bryce is used to create backgrounds; all of it can be brought together in DAZ and animated as one piece.
It's hard to beat free, it really is. I think this deal is all of February.
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Permalink Reply by Martin Murtonen on -
...or you can always use Blender - completely free! But there might be a serious learning curve using it as compared to the above.
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Permalink Reply by Brian Jeffrey Durham on -
You're right, what with blender winning the 3D World 2011 software update of the year, people are finally starting to recognize it. I like blender a lot, though I have yet to progress to character animation with it. The learning curve is rather long with it. The best character animation software is probably Animation Master, but at 100 dollars a year, it isn't free.
Martin Murtonen said:...or you can always use Blender - completely free! But there might be a serious learning curve using it as compared to the above.
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I've played with Blender for creating mock-ups for scenes, and helping with layout. For box modeling, it's fantastic, and I have done some character models - but I haven't yet actually animated anything with it.
Once you get the handle on the extrusions and stuff in Blender, it's pretty easy to move around - and the hot key system is fantastic...I've been playing with it for over 2 years, and I still don't know what everything is...there's a lot in it.
The DAZ 3D Offer though, just might be too nice an offer to beat - there is the limitation that stuff made with the DAZ package "looks like it was made with" DAZ stuff - though it might be just what is needed.
I'll be definitely kicking the tires on the DAZ stuff. Have you played with DAZ vs. Poser? I've tried (and accidentally bought) Poser, but I can't stand it.
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Permalink Reply by Brian Jeffrey Durham on
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Well, this is my first rendered video from DAZ Pro with some love from Sony Imagination 3 Suite. Did the whole thing in less than a half an hour I guess, add render time and some video editing time and it's all done before I have to go to class at 8 am. So... you can see why I think this short timed free offer is something not to miss.
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