Don't about the learning curve in C4D being lower then Max, I've found it much harder to switch to use (used truespace and bryce before I got Max now I use Max and Bryce). I wanted to learn C4D purely through getting the freebie a few weeks ago, but I keep finding myself going back to Max. Just what you get used to I guess.

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Toolset: Blender, GIMP, Indigo Render, LuxRender, TopMod, Knotplot, Ivy Gen, Plant Studio.