hey I was wondering what cg programs the 3d artists use on this board. Is it Maya, 3d studio max or a different one?

 

Well, if you must know, I personally use Maya, though I believe Primus, shedbandit, and weewoo use 3D Studio Max, Draven and Cataracks use Lightwave, and there are more artists, though I'm not sure what they use.

Why do you ask?

 

maya has driven me to tears on more than one occasion.. learning it bled the fun out of 3d for me ._.

*hugs her 3d studio max*

 

  I don't think I've seen you on here in years. Heck, the last time I remember seeing you was back when Tony B. still had theme music to the site, before the Transfandom incident. (way before I ever actually joined the boards, etc...).

Do you have any new projects coming any time soon? (last one I remember was RiD Prime)

 

I'm by no means an artist but when I've had to do 3D modelling in the past, I used Rhino 3D. In no way is it the best but its easy (and intuitive) to use and still quite powerful. I also have used POV for rendering.

 

i havent regularly been on here in years, either :redface:
new projects, not really.. just working on finishing old ones that i probably started working on since way back in those old days  

 

I use 3D studio max.  

 

3d studio owns you. bow before the autodesk, your ruler!

 

I use Lightwave.

 

I use the followings:
Maya
3D Studio Max
Houdini

 

3DS Max all the way. And my imagination. But my modelling skills are far better in my imagination, so I prefer to ignore it and use Max instead.

 

I've been using 3D Studio Max since the first version of it came out WAAAAY back in the day (like the EARLY DeathWind days). But i'm using 5 right now, never found a need to get the newer versions. When 5 came out the whole program was reorganized and it took me so long to figure out where everything was again. So, I'm kinda scared to get a new version. Besides, 5 works perfectly fine for what I need it for.

 

MAX for me - tried Maya, it melted my brain.  

 

ive been using 3d studio when MAX wasnt appended to the name and DOS was the platform  

 

Well, when I actually work on aynthing I use Truespace or Lightwave. But that happens rarely if at all anymore. *pouts*

 

I use Lightwave 8. That way, I can follow Draven's tutorials  

 

I use 3dsmax 7. I've dabbled with most other 3d packages including Truespace, Maya and Ginema 4d but I've never really picked anything else up.

 

doesn't anyone aside from myself use Softimage XSI?  

 

nope  
my tools of trade are 3dsmax7 and photoshop  

 

Same for me. 3DS Max 7 and Photoshop.

Anyone tried out Max 8 yet? Doesn't really seem to be any reason for me to upgrade.