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From: Ian Skinner <owner@egoad.on.ca>
Subject: Re: I can 't DECIDE
Date: 1999/02/08
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well considering that you've got everything for the entry level to the
professional and what is " ridiculous prices " HASH AM is a good price
with some very good tools and you don't need to take courses to really
learn the SW . TS4 is great for the price but worth a bit more ( if your
a student then it's much cheaper ) Bryce 3d is really a landscape only
tool ( you can make objects with it but it's very difficult and time
consuming ) also the import/export formats are very limited . MAX is a
great tool but it's more money for sure , take some courses and you'll
thank yourself for doing that . SI is a professional product only , some
warez monkeys use it and it's silly , they have no clue , I've been
using SI for 6 years and have taken what amounts to a 4 years of courses
, and I'm still learning nw stuff with it , the cost of the base SI has
dropped to $5000 now but you have to pay a $1500/year service fee to get
support and upgrades . SI is the deepest and biggest of them all , the
manuals consist of @ 6000 pages for the base version . This SW is
designed and assumed to be used to make money with ( as is MAX ) your
paying for courses and such but in reality you can make back the cost in
2 to 4 months when you've learned to use SI . If you plan to make a
carrier out of it then look at MAX or SI ( MAX is by far the most useful
for broadcast use ), however AM and TS are very good in their own rights
as well .. 

If you want to work in the industry then get MAX , as most entry ( Jr.)
animation positions consist of either MAX or LW work . then while your
employed , get them to send you out for SI or MAYA courses ..  

J & D Prince wrote:
> 
> I can't decide on what 3D renderer / animator that is best for me .
> Some people have suggested the following -
> 
> 3D studio Max
> Caligari True space
> Hash animation master
> Bryce 3D
> Softimage
> 
> I also want a program that has character animation and environment effects.
> I don't want to pay ridiculous prices , but pretty well priced
> 
> Well , which do you think is the best ??
> 
> Thanks , Rick

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