Article: 67 of alt.3d Message-ID: <3BC89E68.D40553B2@swbell.net> From: Martin Rowley Reply-To: kmrowley@swbell.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en]C-CCK-MCD NSCPCD47 (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.3d Subject: Re: 3d software for youg teen References: <9Ilw7.743$s51.10540@news.abs.net> <3BC32417.673A6913@foxinternet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 115 NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.184.1.16 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr12.news.prodigy.com 1002997234 ST000 209.184.1.16 (Sat, 13 Oct 2001 14:20:34 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 14:20:34 EDT Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com X-UserInfo1: Q[R_PJON^JUWSQT[BJJVNFXBBZ\LPCXLLBWLOOAF@YUDUWYAKVUOPCW[ML\JXUCKVFDYZKBMSFX^OMSAFNTINTDDMVW[X\THOPXZRVOCJTUTPC\_JSBVX\KAOTBAJBVMZTYAKMNLDI_MFDSSOLXINH__FS^\WQGHGI^C@E[A_CF\AQLDQ\BTMPLDFNVUQ_VM Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 18:20:34 GMT Path: news.meer.net!sea-read.news.verio.net!dfw-artgen.news.verio.net!dfw-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!crtntx1-snh1.gtei.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!dca6-feed1.news.digex.net!intermedia!cyclone2.usenetserver.com!usenetserver.com!newscon06.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr12.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: archive.mv.meer.net alt.3d:67 [I'm going to try and post this one last time - I tried posting to this ng and this thread a couple times lately and my posts never showed up - at least I've never seen one of them. So sorry if this is a repeat of something you've seen before.] Take a look at some of these programs. Martin --------------------------------------------------------------------- Free stuff: OpenFX - Web Site: http://www.openfx.org/news/index.php Blender 2.0 and 2.12 Windows - Web Site: http://www.blender.nl (someone the other day on another ng argued that Blender was a better program than Max) Blue Moon Rendering Tools (BMRT) - Web Site: http://www.exluna.com/products/bmrt/ MilkShape - Web Site: http://www.swissquake.ch/chumbalum-soft/ (Think this is actually shareware - but it's free for a demo period of time) Softy3D - Web Site: http://www.softy3d.com Strata3D - Web Site: http://www.strata3d.com Persistence of Vision Raytracer - Web Site: http://www.povray.org/ Terragen - Web Site: http://www.planetside.co.uk/terragen/ Genesis II - Web Site: http://www.woolleysoft.co.uk/ Vue d'Esprit 2.0 - Web Site: http://www.e-onsoftware.com 3D Canvas 3.3 - Web Site: http://www.amabilis.com/ UVMapper - Web Site: http://home.pb.net/~stevecox/uvmapper.htm IrfanView - Web Site: http://www.irfanview.com/ (great graphics utility) HamaPatch (I don't know) - web site: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Ginza/6625/soft10.html Acid Music Demo - ACID Xpress - Web Site: http://www.sonicfoundry.com/download/freestuff.asp (actually a music program, but hey you'll probably want to include a soundtrack in your animations) Anim8or - Web Page: http://www.anim8or.com/ AniStand - Web Site: http://www.animationstand.com/ Photomodeler - web site: http://www.photomodeler.com/lite/style.css (I had problems getting this page to load - link might not work) LeoCAD - Web Site: http://www.leocad.org/ Animation World Network: The Complete Guide to Animation Schools nd Educational Programs 2001 Edition - Web Page: http://www2.awn.com/schools/index.php3 http://www.awn.com/ http://careers.awn.com/index.php3 http://www2.awn.com/studentcorner/resourcelist.php3?ltype=All&sval=career+coach (Again not an actual graphics program - but at some point you might want to find a school nearby to take some classes or go to work). CrossRoads - Web Site: http://home.europa.com/~keithr/crossroads/ (good free utility program for graphic users) Models - (most new users will want some models) Some good model sites: 3D Café - http://www.3dcafe.com/asp/default.asp 3D Links - http://www.3dlinks.com/ 3D Site - http://www.3dsite.com/n/sites/3dsite/cgi/mmarket-index.html Star Wars Modeling Alliance - http://www.swma.net/ Star Base C3 - http://www.cube3.com/starbase.htm Amazing 3D Software - http://www.amazing3d.com/links.html And http://normandy.sandhills.cc.nc.us/english/shared/software.html There are tons of such sites, just do a search for "3D Models DXF 3DS". Demo Stuff: 3D Exploration - web site: http://www.us.righthemisphere.com/3dexploration/3d_exploration_home.htm PaintShopPro7 / Animation Shop 2 - Web Site: http://www.jasc.com/ (Full demo - I think a 45 day use period - very similar to Photoshop) Poser 4 Demo - Web Site: http://curiouslabs.com/products/poser4/index.html (30 day demo - saved disabled) Eovia Amapi 3D Demo - web site: http://www.eovia.com/index.htm?download.htm&0 Bryce 5 demo - Web Site: http://www.corel.com (30 day demo - full) trueSpace 5.0 Demo - Web Site: http://www.caligari.com Vue d'Esprit 3 Demo - Web Site: http://www.e-onsoftware.com Rhino Demo - web site: http://www.rhino3d.com/ 3d Studio Max 4 Demo - Web page: http://www2.discreet.com/index-nf.html SmoothMove Viewer - PAN View 5.0 - Web Site: http://www.smoothmove.com (Neat free player program to experiment with)