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Old April 6th, 2001, 11:12 AM

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Default Re: Lookin for a 3d program

Don't worry. Once you play around with Moray, you'll get the hang of things. Start with simple shapes first, like combining cubes and cylinders, and then work your way to bezier patches and crap like that.

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Old April 6th, 2001, 07:00 PM

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Blender is free too, which is a big help. It is fairly complicated to learn. The interface wasn't designed to be intuitive. It was designed for efficient work, so the good news is that once you really learn to use it, you will fly. If you do want blender, I recommend you shell out the 50 euros (whatever the hell that comes out to be) and get the manual. I thought, that my prior experience w/ 3D Studio Max would make it easy to just "pick up." Not the case. I spent a whole night staring at the screen, uselessly clicking whatever in an attempt to render a sphere. Ugly. Get the book, it is worth the money.
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Old April 7th, 2001, 04:43 AM
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Id say that moray and povray are the best things for limited budgets. (Mine is so I can't get any others)
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