When did you start with 3dsmax, or which version?

[toonman]

Maybe this should've been a poll? ;)

3d Studio 4, for DOS... previously, I was a Softimage user (3.5)
:buttrock:

[Reality3D]

3d studio 3, for Dos

[Black&White]

2.5

[LFShade]

Max R1 was my first.

[johnny_riptide]

http://www.articulatevision.com/R2COVER.jpg

On a Gateway 2000 66Mhz 486 DX2...

[Bobo]

Originally posted by Ac0rN
I started playing around with 3dsmax 2.5(not dos version) a couple of years ago but tok it seriously when 3.0 came out!


Autodesk 3D Studio R2 for DOS.
Still have the books around ;)

Sadly, I missed the original R1 release.
I also missed the MAX Beta announcement at Siggraph 95 and never actually met Gary Yost.
First saw MAX Beta on January 19, 1996 at an Autodesk roadshow.
Attended Autodesk reseller training together with my current local reseller in 1997. Even in those days, I knew the software better than the instructor :cool:
Saw Max 2.0 Announcement at Siggraph 97 in LA on August 4th. And more important, saw MAXScript for the first time! That day changed my life...

[Xilica]

3D Studio Max 3

[toonman]

Originally posted by Bobo



Autodesk 3D Studio R2 for DOS.
Still have the books around ;)

Sadly, I missed the original R1 release.
I also missed the MAX Beta announcement at Siggraph 95 and never actually met Garry Yost.
First saw MAX Beta on January 19, 1996 at an Autodesk roadshow.
Attended Autodesk reseller training together with my current local reseller in 1997. Even in those days, I knew the software better than the instructor :cool:
Saw Max 2.0 Announcement at Siggraph 97 in LA on August 4th. And more important, saw MAXScript for the first time! That day changed my life...

Bobo da man is here! :buttrock: BTW... that day not only changed your life... it also changed ours, thanks to you!! ;)
:thumbsup:

[thinKer3D]

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3D Studio Max R1

November 1996, I was at Barnes 'n Nobles in Manhattan and picked up a cool looking magazine then called "PC Answers" from Future Publishing. It came with a CD-ROM and on the CD case read "Take a look around this powerful 3D program with its unique character animations." I am glad I did!

:bounce:

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[Bobo]

Originally posted by toonman


Bobo da man is here! :buttrock: BTW... that day not only changed your life... it also changed ours, thanks to you!! ;)
:thumbsup:


LOL, thanks!

Slightly OT, but probably not: Here is a link to Tessellation Times 525 with the report from Siggraph 95: MAX and Biped announced, A|W announces its new Project "Maya" strategy, Lightscape Technologies comes to NT, MS comes up with Direct3D...
What a historical read!

http://www.3dsite.com/3dsite/cgi/publications/tess/issue16.html

[Leo73]

Started with version 2.5 and have been hooked on it ever since.

[dvornik]

3D studio Max 3, but I wasn't interested in it until I discovered MeshTools about 5 months ago.

[visualboo]

the end of 2.5, got the free upgrade to 3 and 3.1 when those came out :thumbsup:

[torbjorn]

Started out with 3dsmax release 1, before that i worked on an....wait a minute....sshhhhhh....silence....AMIGA 500, and after that AMIGA 600 with 40 MB harddrive ;-) WOOHOOO

[sprite]

I started out with 2.5 for windows i think..:shrug:

[Deepak Gupte]

3D Studio Max3

[Fozzie]

The first time I used 3D Studio was back with R2 at my high school, it was packaged with our Autocad and I soon became the only person who knew how to use it (though the work that I did with it wasn't anything I would ever want to show off).

My first real experiance in a professional sense came in College/University with Max R2.5, I had an awesome instructor who really allowed me to go well beyond the scope of the course. Since then I have been a Max addict who has been fortunate enough to be employeed in this industry ever since.

Foz

[Adam]

I started with version 2.5 in high school. Awww those were the days hehehe

[Dominique]

Max 2, ..... 4,5 years ago
after 6 years SoftImage and really had a very very hard time (SI's an Animation Drug) + very hard UNIX - WIN-passage
bought a MAX liscense 2 months ago, am teaching MAX since R4

all happy I am

[3dmaster]

Hi. I'm 14 and I started with 3ds max 4.2, two days ago. :rolleyes:

This is my first work.

[Das]

Max 1.2

[Dominique]

was a bit older

[insect666]

I started 7 months ago on 3D Studio Max 3.

I have R4, but I still work with R3 ( :bounce: ). I simply don't like the way things are organized in R4. And I simply go nuts when it keeps locking the axis!

Maybe somebody could help? Please..
It keeps locking the whole movement to the axis I've just used. I have to click on another to move in that direction. How do I make so that when I click on the object itself it would move on the active plane rather than on the locked axis? Just like in 3DsMax3..
Please, people... I need your help. Tons of thanks to whoever can help me. Thank you.

Btw, sorry for the offtopic post. :blush:

[JuRrAsStOiL]

2 years ago with 3ds max R4

still amazed... :D

[AnimBot]

Wow 3d master are you serious? I went to school to learn 3d and I didn't even learn how to texture until 3 months into my first 3d class,and I was 18 then.:) Good job keep it up. I started on max 2.5 in college. Does anyone still have some of their beginner artwork? First renderings maybe.

[Taoizm]

Missed using the DOS version by literally a week. Got all ready for it, and came back after the semester break to find MAXr1 loaded on the school machines.

[3dmaster]

Originally posted by AnimBot
Wow 3d master are you serious? I went to school to learn 3d and I didn't even learn how to texture until 3 months into my first 3d class,and I was 18 then.:) Good job keep it up. I started on max 2.5 in college. Does anyone still have some of their beginner artwork? First renderings maybe.


I'm serious. But naturally I used some tutorial to learn the main techniques (modeling, texturing, etc.)...
In any case I don't attend any 3d school. :buttrock:

[Geriss]

I started playing with 3d studio 3.0 dos...before I was Topas user..:shrug:

[Dominique]

Would love to attach First Max Images, but the attach file function doesn' seem to work, and it isn't a very big image, respecting formats etc, tried png and jpeg and zip, image is 38Ko,
try again, hope it works

[dvornik]

That was your first max work? That totally kicks ass. Wow, man. I guess the skills are cross-platform.

[Bobo]

Originally posted by insect666
I started 7 months ago on 3D Studio Max 3.

Maybe somebody could help? Please..
It keeps locking the whole movement to the axis I've just used. I have to click on another to move in that direction. How do I make so that when I click on the object itself it would move on the active plane rather than on the locked axis? Just like in 3DsMax3..
Please, people... I need your help. Tons of thanks to whoever can help me. Thank you.

Btw, sorry for the offtopic post. :blush:

Edit your 3DSMAX.INI file:

[Performance]
TransformGizmoRestoreAxis=1

When set to 0, it locks (it is the Character Studio mode)

[Dominique]

That was your first max work? That totally kicks ass. Wow, man. I guess the skills are cross-platform.

a bit, compositing was done in SoftImage
all rest MAX (with ComicShop)

[insect666]

Bobo! A thousand thanks my friend! How can I ever repay you?..
Now on to some fast modeling... :bounce:

Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! :scream:

[Bobo]

Originally posted by insect666
Bobo! A thousand thanks my friend! How can I ever repay you?..


You are welcome - I am doing it for free! :cool:
The helpful max community makes up for the high max price...

[boomji]

max is somewhat of a little naughty brother to me.i'm glad i ran into it from version 1.
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[Dominique]

Bobo, is that you on the picture???
you are becoming a little big known personality, ...,
:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Bobo]

Originally posted by Dominique
Bobo, is that you on the picture???
you are becoming a little big known personality,

Becoming? My Ego told me I was one already :p

You can find the original here:
http://www.neilblevins.com/siggraph_photos/2001/sig2001b.htm

[Dominique]

Now I know you and will send you all my questions and bug-repports!!!

[Cataldus]

I started in R4 DOS version, in 486 DX4/120 16Mb PC.
I learned IK principles there, and some plug-ins like tornado...

[pookey]

3D STUDIO v1,386-33 +387 FPU,8Mb RAM

[TapoiKa]

I started on Autodesk's 3ds R4 DOS on a 486 66mhz
I remember complaining about it's poor UI when I first started using it coming from Macintosh and Strata studio Pro.
Then I realized it's speed and power and haven't looked back since. I also remember using .pxp and .sxp plugins?

Impressive achievements of evolution in the 3d world I must say.

[ReneAlex]

3d studio v3

386 DX 40 mghz...

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man I'm getting old...

[Iain McFadzen]

Max3 in the summer of 2000 was the first time I'd ever used any 3D app, but I didn't really start learning it properly until April 2001 (on Max4).

[Ninja Scroll]

3DStudio 4 (Dos) together with Autocad 12... :thumbsup:

[PokeChop]

R2 DOS version in 1992 on a Compaq 486 33mhz 16Mb PC - but the PC did have a Weitek chip installed...WOHOOOO! You know it screamed in '92!

[Apoclypse]

I started with Max R2, coming from crap light specular infini-d and bryce. And was blown away at the power and freaking coolness at the startup logo when you first open the soft (it was dude with his arms up or something, but it rocked).

[Frinsklen]

mmmhhh... I started out with 3D studio 4 (DOS) in a 486.
On this 486 I installed 3dsmax, from 1.0 to 2.5 and then got a PII, which is the thing I have right now.

I didn't take it seriously until MAX 4.


I remember my first 3D object ever was a cone... dont ask.

[Chico]

@ TapoiKa

I too came to max from Strata Studio Pro. Using that application I almost gave up on 3d all together. Then the school I was at were trialing two seats of 3DsMax 1.0 well I fell in love and have been here since then.

Strata on an old powerPC pre G3 quadro 266 or something. And it would take all night to render 10 frames cause it would crash after that....though I put alot of that down to my ignorance at the time.

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