3DVim opened this issue on Sep 05, 2006 · 82 posts
XENOPHONZ posted Tue, 05 September 2006 at 3:54 PM
Yes, I concur that Lightwave is more-or-less the industry standard software for TV and movies. And I'm primarily interested in inorganic (mechanical) modeling -- so I went with LW for that. However: it's interesting to note that the DAZ Mil family of figures (M3, V3, et al) were originally modeled in LW. Not in Maya. LW most definitely is not a beginner app. You won't intuit LW in the way that you can Poser. The easiest way of importing Poser content into LW involves purchasing plug-ins from Greenbriar http://www.greenbriarstudio.com/3D/.
Vue 5I is a truly professional app. Bryce is not. But I've seen some beautiful images produced in Bryce. However -- if you plan on getting serious about this: then I'd recommend going with Vue.
Poser import into Vue is a snap. And that's always a big help.