Paula Sanders opened this issue on Feb 03, 2012 ยท 14 posts
penboack posted Sun, 05 February 2012 at 5:06 PM
Most of these programs have demos or non commercial versions. She should download them and find out what works for her. Every artist is different. One size does not fit all.
If she is planning to purchase a commercial version she should also look at the license agreements. Some are a lot more flexible than others.
In particular the CINEMA 4D licensing is much more flexible than Maya or 3D Max, in particular you are allowed to resell it. Not the case with Autodesk products.
Another criteria might be that it should be possible to run the software on Windows or OS X with no penalty for switching.
If you can master one piece of software it is quite easy and often rewarding to learn another.