Hello

I want to buy a new 3D software. Please help me finding out the one that meets my needs. I know a lot of people already ask this question often, but needs are specific.

I need it for several purposes :

• mix 3D with my painted backgrounds  ( particles, water, flying through clouds, placing 2D plans in a 3D world to make the camera rotates freely, and so on )
• mix 3D animations with my 2D animations ( mainly for objects making complex rotations ) , so I want a very cool toon shader, with strokes imitation if possible.
• modelize 3D objects for Vue and Moho
  I also want some preset materials ( wood, glass, plastic, gold, silver, and so on ) that you can start with and edit to feet your needs, instead of always starting from the beginning.

I am not a beginner, I have learned 3dsmax during 3 years with tutorials, several hours a day. I like 3dsmax very much but it is far too expensive for me, and I do not want to use illegal copies of softwares. Maya and XSI are great but far too expensive two. I try to learn Blender since some weeks, because it is free, but it's so rebuting... I tried other freewares like Moray or Anim8or, but they are too basic. Now I am about to try Carrara with Toon!Pro plugin, do you think it could do the job ?

Thanks