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Man I have been trying for hours to use a new program that will enable me to make custom parts for DOGA and I just can't seem to get it. It is a very limited freeware program, but it does have some nice features. But even after hours of fiddling with it I have nothing to show for it.

I priced a few 3d programs, 3d Max 6, Lightwave, etc and man those are so fricking expensive that they are not cost effective for me to purchase. I would have to get paid for making things, and before I could even do that, I would have to learn how to use the programs and Photoshop. Not to mention other support programs.

I hear that Moray is going to have Direct X supported rendering added eventually so that will be an added bonus for those who know moray.

I would like to learn 3d max 6 and photoshop but the learning curve and associated cost of learning it are too steep.

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wings3d is free, and reasonably powerful. It exports to 3ds, which can be converted to .x. http://www.wings3d.com/

The GIMP is free, and supposedly quite powerful. Don't have a link handy.

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GIMP is just for 2D images; I think Atrocities is looking for a modeller, guys http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

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The Gimp is not as good as Adobe Photoshop though. All it has going for it is batching...

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It is also a couple hundred dollars less expensive. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif Might also try Paint Shop Pro.