Some people prefer one program for 3d Modelling, and another for rendering...
For example, lightwave has one of the best renderers available (IMO of course), but some people don't like the lightwave modeler (Not me )
And vice-versa for different programs.
In my experience, lightwave is the best because it has two seperate programs for rendering/modeling, so it eats a bit less memory. 3DSMax is also really cool, and I've seen some great work from people who use only 3dsmax to model and render.
Get the demos and see what works best for you. It also depends on what you'll be making, if you make space ships/cars, etc, you may like one program better, or if you make people/faces (organic), you may prefer a different program.
Rendering is important and some proggies do better than others. Rhino is very limited in terms of rendering and can produce some fairly poor images (strange scuff marks I've found) also things like lighting options, texturing and so on can be better in other programs.
Word of warning about Gmax; their server has been sending out invalid product key's, a registry hack is available though, I found it through the Gmax forum...
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2D: Photoshop 7, and on rare occasions: FWMX
3D: 3dsmax. I tried Maya but just kept missing 3dsmax too much and was too stubborn to try to learn anything about it :S Will give that another shot sometime I think.
an old thread i know
but i was wondering how you do 2d and 3d under photoshop
ive seen some pretty sweet things done with it
but i have no idea how they are done
are there specific plugins?
is there a site with a tutorial for them?
i use bryce and for rendering
ms paint and ps for editing (i know a major waste for ps)
xara 3d for 3d text
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