Forum: Animation


Subject: Animating 3d characters

camtheman opened this issue on Feb 11, 2011 · 7 posts


camtheman posted Fri, 11 February 2011 at 4:04 PM

Hey,

So I'm new to the animation business and am curious on what would be a good program to use for animating. I'm looking into making 3d figures in 3dmax, then export them to a program that can make them move. The final idea is to make animated short films. Is there a program that can make that happen.

I'm assuming that I'll definitely need to get Final Cut Pro for the post work on animation scenes, right?


Dann-O posted Fri, 11 February 2011 at 9:33 PM

Well Max has quite a few animation tools to use.  I presonally would reccomend PMG Messiah for animation it is one of the most intuitive animation programs out there.

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camtheman posted Sat, 12 February 2011 at 12:56 AM

Awesome, thank you :)


Dann-O posted Sat, 12 February 2011 at 7:46 AM

Attached Link: http://www.projectmessiah.com/x6/index.h

A link for you to look it up. I have not used a lot of different ones but i used Messiah and likd it it is reasonably priced and loads in as a front end to a lot of programs.

The wit of a misplaced ex-patriot.
I cheated on my metaphysics exam by looking into the soul of the person next to me.


camtheman posted Sat, 12 February 2011 at 3:24 PM

Yeah, I got the pro one just last night. I'm curious about the deal. Did you get it at the $10-40 price? It's a community test thing. Trying to get the word out for people to buy the product. If enough people get it, then they will give the item over for $10-40. Not bad, considering. Hopefully, they won't charge me for a fat fee if they don't reach the goal.


ldgilman posted Sun, 13 February 2011 at 12:36 PM

There is another excellent animation program that is inexpensive and has been around for years called Anaimation Master. www.hash.com , their forums are fantastic and their support is great.

One of my most favorites A:M's is Killer Bean http://amfilms.hash.com/search/?search_id=killer+bean&search_type=search_videos&x=41&y=15

Hash also great tutorials, at least check them out.


camtheman posted Sun, 13 February 2011 at 3:39 PM

Killer Bean is awesome! :D