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Subject: The modelers and side apps you all use?

MidnightCarnival opened this issue on Jun 19, 2010 · 57 posts
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MidnightCarnival ( ) posted Fri, 25 June 2010 at 9:22 AM

Thanks for the heads up!

50parsecs ( ) posted Fri, 25 June 2010 at 4:49 PM

Hello MC. Here's a list of most of the apps not including video-editing, that I use all the time.
Wings3D (freeware)
Carrara 7 Pro
Carrara 8 Pro
3DCoat
Bryce 5.5 (free) 
Blender 2.49 (freeware)
Illustrator 10
Painter 8
UV Mapper Classic (freeware)
Inkscape (freeware)
Irfanview (freeware)
Ivy Generator (freeware)
Gloodle (freeware)
Acme Brick Designer (freeware)
Arbaro (freeware)
POVTree (freeware)
Context Free (freeware)
Twig (freeware)
ParticleIllusion 2.0SE
With all the great and useful freeware and cheap but very powerful memory and computers it really is a great time to be a digital artist!

ShawnDriscoll ( ) posted Fri, 25 June 2010 at 5:18 PM

Looks like I'm getting Syntheyes 2008 as a replacement for my orphaned copy of MatchMover HD 4.0.  Now I can do camera tracking for modo.

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kenmo ( ) posted Mon, 28 June 2010 at 9:04 AM

I enjoy both 2D & 3D work but I must admit I do find 2D more relaxing...perhaps the reason i it's less technical? also 3D work seems less forgiving... It's much easier to cover up your mistakes in 2D... LOL...

MidnightCarnival ( ) posted Wed, 30 June 2010 at 4:46 AM

Quote - I enjoy both 2D & 3D work but I must admit I do find 2D more relaxing...perhaps the reason i it's less technical? also 3D work seems less forgiving... It's much easier to cover up your mistakes in 2D... LOL...

I'm not good at figuring out where shading and shine should come into play when I'm 2D drawing so things coming out of Sculptris look much better than what I can do with a pencil but I do envy those that have the brains to be able to paint and draw 2D. 

I have inkscape, GIMP, Paint .NET, Photo POS Pro and Project Dog Waffle all sitting on my desktop but I'd be hell bent to have the brains to make something good with them other than quick front and side sketches to load into Blender background for trace modeling.

MidnightCarnival ( ) posted Wed, 30 June 2010 at 4:48 AM · edited Wed, 30 June 2010 at 4:52 AM

 I used to draw 2D all the time as a kid but my sketches never had light or shade or shadow or any sort of feel to them that gave them depth..

Anyone can learn to extrude, scale or rotate a 3D shape and memorize hot keys but it takes a certain inborn skill at eye/hand coordination, ingenuity and imagination to be able to old school draw and paint. =)

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