yeah :) moved from Truespace to 3ds max

[Clawhammer]

here it is..... doh !

[SuperMax]

lol

that is very very nice model you got there:thumbsup:


so how come you chose max instead of XSI or Maya or Lightwave etc etc?

[Clawhammer]

Got to love email notification,

Thx alot, I'm feeling more confident now.

Well Ive chosen 3ds MAX because most job applications in this sector have it in their job description, Also I think 3ds max is still the most supported package, wich might come in handy (aftermarket hop ups, oh they are called plug-ins...lol)

Ive got my first "plug-in" (not really) today, Symbiont, wich I already knew from Truespace, its good to have a usefull set of procedural shaders back, makes me feel more at home. :D

Greetz Mark

I did not know there is a limit on the smilies, a good thing because I use hundreds of them every post....

[Reality3D]

Ohh, a happy man using 3dsmax 8), such a rare thing lately in this forum :cool:
Welcome Clawhammer

[Clawhammer]

hmmmm why are people unhappy about it ? :) I'am probably still blinded by all the new shiny buttons :)

For me its has been a big improvement so far, from Truespace to 3ds. :)

[TheWriter]

Well im in a similar boat. I just moved over from Lightwave (Company wanted Max or Maya users), so I decided to give max a shot. Im not TOO thrilled over the deal, i'd still like my speedy lightwave package but, I guess over all max is more suiting for game design which is what we are doing. One thing that has upset me most with max is the ****in bugs though.

Maybe i'll be more happy when I get all the work arounds sorted but, I wont pretend to be a happy camper just yet.

[Clawhammer]

Hmmm :) MAX is very errorless compared with TS, lol :) Dont have much experience with Lightwave, have seen it a couple of times, looks a bit like a combo between the above 2.


Greetz Mark


Oh a company ! One of those things I'm also looking for, guess ive got to build up a portfolio for that first :)

[milqman]

The most unstable program I ever used for 3d was Animation Master. It was ridiculous. It would crash in XP when I clicked the "save" button.

[gundog]

hey Clawhammer, looks like you're off to a good start with using 3ds. best of luck

[TheWriter]

Odd. I had heard such good things about animation master.

[drunkirishmic]

6 YEARS WITH TRUESPACE! :surprised

i spent about a month with it in version 2. i hated that damn thing. lol

i didnt even know they were still developing it. i switched to max shortly after, i didnt hav much to compare to it, but can't live without it now.

happy hunting dude.

[rattlesnake]

hey, moving to max its good!
u can reach very impressive results if u continue with it!

i made a little tutorial, with it youre going to be able to create complex materials:
http://www.3dluvr.com/content/article/113


hope it helps, and welcome to the 3ds weird world:applause:

[Clawhammer]

drunkirishmic: well I started with in it in 96, best job I did so far in it was this one: (version 6,5)Truck (http://www.powergraphics.nl/truck2048.jpg)

I like Truespace, but the switch to 3ds was the best thing i did in these 7 years.



rattlesnake:

thx :) I'm very addicted to it.

Also thx for the link to a material tutorial. :D

Greetz Mark

P.s. Ive tried to get some reactions about my pirate ship in the wip 3d forum , but I see its very hard to get an opinion on work from newbies here is a link to some more images:

http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=80918

[Boone]

To be honest, I think TrueSpace is the best way to start in 3D art.

When starting out, it should be simple. 3DSMax, Lightwave, Maya etc are far too intimidating. TrueSpace gives beginners an ideal workspace that doesn't give them nightmares...

However, there comes a time when TrueSpace just isn't up to the job. I.E - Working on "Pirates of the Carribian" or "Lord Of the Rings".

Saying that though...it was good enough for "The Matrix":p

[Clawhammer]

Well agree on that :)

but did they used it in "the Matrix" ? I would like to know more about it ! :)

[Boone]

Re: Clawhammer.

Sure they did! Maya, Lightwave, XSI etc just weren't upto the job...the Neo verses Smiths fight for example!:p

[Signal2Noise]

I found this thread to be quite amusing. Reason? All the comments on how "buggy" max is and how "well supported" max is because of all the "plug-ins" one can get.

Don't get me wrong, I like max. Max was the first CG app I used waaay back on version 1 so I do have a soft spot for it.

However, new max users should understand why max is so buggy. It's because max is made virtually entirely of plug-ins. A huge amount of room for error and glitches, imo. Discreet really need to re-evaluate the max (lacking) architecture and rebuild the program from the ground up. It's not going to happen in ver. 6. 7? 8? It's anyone's guess and has been discussed in great detail here on CGT in the past.

Me? I still use max and a little Softimage at work but not as much as in the 'glory days' of design visualization. I've just decided to get off the max boat and ordered up LightWave. For the price/features/performance ratio LW can't be beat, imho.

Nice modeling though! Have fun with max, and more importantly, with CG in general! :thumbsup:

[Tno]

All you have to do is look in the "hiring" section to see how supported 3ds Max is.

For all the whining about bugs, crashes, frame support it still goes on and get's the job done.

3ds Max is a very good program. There is no way to get around it does have bugs. It does crash from time to time. Yes, it is one big plug in. It could for sure use a re-write. Discreet could have done a better job. All this is true. However, plenty of SOLID beautiful work is done every single day with this software. People have been saying 3ds Max will die since V. 2! and it is still around and still dominating the game market. It still get's picked up in movie work.

I am personally learning in Maya. However, I also started with Max. Max takes a lot of abuse from people who never paid a dime for it. It is still (I think) the most widely warez 3d app there is. Go look around and you will see crying about every 3d application. Lightwave IMO blows at character animation but some people create amazing animation with it. Maya by some is said to have horrible poly modelling but Stahlberg don't seem to care. Max is supposed to be buggy and bloated but Blur studios are making a nice living off it.

No app is perfect and no matter what you pick, I will bet you one thing. You will have to at some point work around the issues that come up. Trading apps is trading problems. Pick the poison and make that app work for you.

Just my take

[Mahlon]

Happy max user here. And making a good salary with it. Several of us are where I work. Just looking forward to 6 and eventually, the rewrite. Good luck Clawhammer.

M.

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