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milqman
06-05-2003, 06:21 PM
Hello there, I am in search of some advice.

I am very serious about 3d and I've been working with it for a month or so now, in Lightwave.

As I use Lightwave I begin to discover more and more things that Lightwave has and how much stuff there is to learn.

However, I also see other 3d packages, namely, the Houdini Apprentice Edition which looks quite appealing to me. (smallllll watermark, fully functional... etc, PLUS, all the free 3dBuzz VTMs on it.)

Would it be wise to learn Lightwave and Houdini at the same time, or would that perhaps be too much of a load and thus I would get burnt out or something?
milqman
06-05-2003, 06:34 PM
feel free to tell any other advice you think would be useful to all. :)
robinson
06-05-2003, 06:39 PM
NO !!! :shame:

Get comfortable in one tool first, If you know one 3D tool really good you can go on, just my experience !!!
sensai2nd
06-05-2003, 06:40 PM
hmmm, well, personally, I think that if you're really new to 3d in general, it'd be better to stick with learning just one app. Fluency in one app. will make it much easier to learn others later on . . .
policarpo
06-05-2003, 07:09 PM
i started on 3ds max and i learned so much.

when i switched to LightWave, I picked it up quite quickly because i had a foundation in 3D.

so yeah, learn 1 app until you really understand 3D and how to do things. then if you like, take up another app.

but don't do it at first. it will just complicate things.

there can only be 1 master as you learn.
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