Going Into 3d And Creating Animated Movies

Please,
i am thinking of going into 3d, 2d, 4d i need to some advice on the software recommended to buy
(Segun, charlisco, and many others help me out)

3d studio max, iclone, maya.

I have done some work with Maya. It is a very nice and easy to use. I would recommend it if you are new to 3d designing/animation.

Afeni, thanks 4 d info. Pls can u recommend a place in lagos where i can get these software.
I tried to install encarta '06 i got from the computer village, ikeja and my system started 'hanging'.

Aqua, pls recommend a place.

Afeni:

I have done some work with Maya. It is a very nice and easy to use. I would recommend it if you are new to 3d designing/animation.

pls,
Are those software u recommended in abundant in the market? As in can i purchase them in the market or any computer shop

you can get maya and 3ds max from computer village in ikeja and check these links for tutorials
www.cs.vu.nl/~eliens/design/@archive/games/maya-tutorial.pdf
www.atreid.com/media/newinmaya5.pdf
www.animation.ots.dk/~kurgan2/packageforschool/Fundamentals.pdf
lapa.epfl.ch/downloads/Modeling%20in%20MAYA_MEL_6.pdf
that all i have found now more later

I have animated lots of characters using Maya, 3d Studio Max 8 and the rest and I think Maya is the best so far. The program has been used to render the effects in such movies as Star Wars and is really some neat shit

Son, if encarta 2006 hangs your pc, u need to buy you a new one. Try one of the new dual core processor systems, preferrably one with a 3d graphics card.
I think maya and 3ds max are seriously system intensive, with high requirements,

i just installed encarta 2006 two days ago and its working fine. if yours hang then probably ur processor is of a lower grade, ur RAM memory is less than required, try downloading micromedia shockwave 10 and reinstal it. i had to do that for mine to work properly cos it kept asking 4 dat.or upgrade ur vga card.one or a combination of these shld help u out

You can try blender 3D it's free and it's good too,
http://www.blender3d.org

heres my own list that im currently using:

3D Studio Max, u might need to get the cracks , mail me for more info
Google Sketchup / Google Earth
Serif 3D plus 2.0, its free, needs license,
My 3D
Maya - as someone has said
a couple of freewares on the web, that dont do much.

@soar7

Afeni, thanks 4 d info. Please can u recommend a place in lagos where i can get these software.
I tried to install encarta '06 i got from the computer village, ikeja and my system started 'hanging'.

I believe you know where Ikeja is in Lagos state.

kimba:

heres my own list that im currently using:

3D Studio Max, u might need to get the cracks , mail me for more info
Google Sketchup / Google Earth
Serif 3D plus 2.0, its free, needs license,
My 3D
Maya - as someone has said
a couple of freewares on the web, that don't do much.

@soar7
I believe you know where Ikeja is in Lagos state.

cracks, huh? LOL!
Seriously sha, wonder where we'd all be if not for cracks, serials and warez. all hail the hackerz!

Blender is cool; it's free and easy to learn

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Guy i know onething and that is the fact that i know someone who can get you any software at all that you need, so if you need my assisitance i can give em to you.

alexis:

Blender is cool; it's free and easy to learn

EASY TO LEARN!!?

How o?
Please if you can help me with this program, I will be grateful. Where doess One Start? That software is too cofusing for me.
How does one even start to draw or know the basics? I don't know. Abeg Help Me man.

Spade,

Blender is written in python programming language. You will have to download and install python before you install blender. You can get python at www.python.org.

After that, get blender at blender.org. There is an offline html zip file that will teach you most things you need, download that as well and follow the examples just the way they are.

That was how I used it and I got some pretty good results.

Also when you want to reach the higher levels try out Adobe after effects it's pretty cool.