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Digigenic
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Most applications for 3-D modeling and animation can be pretty pricey.
The ones I hear about most frequently are also pretty complex. There's 3DsMax, Lightwave, Maya, and Softimage. Those are some of the heavy hitters. They're used for feature films and Sci-fi series. There are some less expensive applications, like Carrara Studio 3, and Ulead's Cool 3-D. There's also some sweetening plug-ins you can integrate into your app, like Deep Paint 3D 2.0, and Wonder Touch. Also, Adobe's After Effects can be used with some of these or as a stand-alone application for creating and/or enhancing motion graphics.
Here's a really helpful link to a forum for motion graphics. If you look around on there, you'll probably find something or someone to assist you on your quest for discovering the best 3-D app. Have fun...
http://www.mograph.net/board/
The ones I hear about most frequently are also pretty complex. There's 3DsMax, Lightwave, Maya, and Softimage. Those are some of the heavy hitters. They're used for feature films and Sci-fi series. There are some less expensive applications, like Carrara Studio 3, and Ulead's Cool 3-D. There's also some sweetening plug-ins you can integrate into your app, like Deep Paint 3D 2.0, and Wonder Touch. Also, Adobe's After Effects can be used with some of these or as a stand-alone application for creating and/or enhancing motion graphics.
Here's a really helpful link to a forum for motion graphics. If you look around on there, you'll probably find something or someone to assist you on your quest for discovering the best 3-D app. Have fun...
http://www.mograph.net/board/
