RE: [Flashcoders] Easy to learn and use 3d program

2006-10-27 Thread Merrill, Jason
Blender - very Powerful tool, not too bad to learn (though takes time reading 
the tutorials)  - and Opensource (free!).  Would recommend you check out 
Blender (or also Wings 3d, though I haven't tried that yet).  However downside 
is no .swf output  - though you could bring the model into another app which 
has .swf vector output like Swift3d.  Blender is a great tool, and free is very 
attractive.  Can take a few hours or days to learn the basics though.  Overall, 
the tool is almost as powerful as high-end apps like Maya, Softimage, Lightwave 
and StudioMax, and being free is very attractive.

If you have a small budget, swift3d is the way to go.  However, modeling is 
somewhat limited, but great .swf output.  Easy to use and learn.

If you have unlimited funds, check out Maya which has modeling and .swf output. 
 But that tool is a whole career in itself and will take a few days to learn 
the basics.

Jason Merrill
Bank of America 
Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions 
 
 
 
 
 

>>-Original Message-
>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthias Dittgen
>>Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 4:21 AM
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>>I do prefer something like:
>>modelling: Blender or the like for modelling, and export to 3ds file
>>format or the like
>>rendering: Swift3D (IMHO: good for rendering, only)
>>
>>Have fun,
>>Matthias
>>
>>2006/10/27, Mike Mountain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>> Cinema 4D by Maxon is both simple to use and very powerful
>>>
>>> M
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>>> > Of Johan Nyberg
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>>> > Subject: [Flashcoders] Easy to learn and use 3d program
>>> >
>>> > Hi, I'm looking for an easy to learn and use 3d program to
>>> > create content for Flash. What are your suggestions? I want
>>> > to do fairly simple animations, but I need something that are
>>> > a bit more complex than say, Xara3d.
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Re: [Flashcoders] Easy to learn and use 3d program

2006-10-27 Thread JOR
Grimm posted a link to Google's SketchUp yesterday and I checked that 
out.  It's pretty sweet.  I normally do all my stuff in 3D Studio but I 
might use this for some rapid model building to import into Max for 
rendering.


http://sketchup.google.com/download.html

The tutorials are worth the viewing to see how cool this really is:
http://sketchup.google.com/tutorials.html

James



James O'Reilly  —  Consultant
Adobe Certified Flash Expert
http://www.jamesor.com
Design • Code • Train



Johan Nyberg wrote:
Hi, I'm looking for an easy to learn and use 3d program to create 
content for Flash. What are your suggestions? I want to do fairly simple 
animations, but I need something that are a bit more complex than say, 
Xara3d.



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Re: [Flashcoders] Easy to learn and use 3d program

2006-10-27 Thread Matthias Dittgen

I do prefer something like:
modelling: Blender or the like for modelling, and export to 3ds file
format or the like
rendering: Swift3D (IMHO: good for rendering, only)

Have fun,
Matthias

2006/10/27, Mike Mountain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

Cinema 4D by Maxon is both simple to use and very powerful

M

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> Of Johan Nyberg
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> Subject: [Flashcoders] Easy to learn and use 3d program
>
> Hi, I'm looking for an easy to learn and use 3d program to
> create content for Flash. What are your suggestions? I want
> to do fairly simple animations, but I need something that are
> a bit more complex than say, Xara3d.
>
> --
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Re: [Flashcoders] Easy to learn and use 3d program

2006-10-27 Thread Mick G

swift3D - used in many design agencies I've worked for, not for it's
features - just easy to use and create simple flash 3D content.

On 10/27/06, Mike Mountain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Cinema 4D by Maxon is both simple to use and very powerful

M

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> Subject: [Flashcoders] Easy to learn and use 3d program
>
> Hi, I'm looking for an easy to learn and use 3d program to
> create content for Flash. What are your suggestions? I want
> to do fairly simple animations, but I need something that are
> a bit more complex than say, Xara3d.
>
> --
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RE: [Flashcoders] Easy to learn and use 3d program

2006-10-27 Thread Mike Mountain
Cinema 4D by Maxon is both simple to use and very powerful

M 

> -Original Message-
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf 
> Of Johan Nyberg
> Sent: 27 October 2006 08:50
> To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
> Subject: [Flashcoders] Easy to learn and use 3d program
> 
> Hi, I'm looking for an easy to learn and use 3d program to 
> create content for Flash. What are your suggestions? I want 
> to do fairly simple animations, but I need something that are 
> a bit more complex than say, Xara3d.
> 
> --
> Varmfrontsgatan 1
> 128 34 Skarpnäck
> 070 - 407 83 00
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