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What I want to know is what is the difference between 3ds max and Blender.besides the fact that 3ds max cost a lot of money to use commercially.Are there any differences in the way things turn out in your finished model that are noticeable? When I say this I mean whether your professional or a noob like me.
I know a finished model can look good or bad depending on the person whos using the software.I hear 3ds max is used in most of the game design industry. Is Blender also used?I know all 3d software can be hard to use, but 3ds max vs blender, which one would ususally be considered the most difficult?Any other major differences that I didnt ask please do tell me.
Ive had thoughts about using blender for awhile, but I first started with 3ds max last year when I was 12.havnt really developed much skill at all since I took a break from 3d software and moved to programming and concept art instead, but I just want to know which one would be a better choice.people have tried to persuade me to use blender instead of 3ds max and stuff because they think its a lot better, but only state like one reason why, and the usually reason is because of money and being able to modify the software.Also what are your opinions on zbrush? Please take my response with a grain of salt. I had to make a choice two years ago between the two, so it may not reflect the current situation.
I very much wanted to use Blender in my business plan, but after trying to learn the interface, I gave up and went with 3DS. I had several issues as noted below:1) blender is developed as open source, so although there are some clear advantages, I believe there is higher risk the code will be broken more often.
In fact, I tried several versions of Blender over a few months, and bugs (serious ones) would be fixed in the next version with new serious bugs added each time. I think this is more likely with an open architecture where a clear roadmap plan of development is not present with a smaller team of developers. You can potentially have some random person come in and impact a bunch of software or change an existing interface without regard for people already using the software.2) Tutorials were always wrong.
Because blender was changing so much, I had a terrible time finding tutorials online that were accurate. I didn't bother buying a book either, because the software was fluctuating wildly (again, 2 years ago) at the time. With 3ds max, I have the 2011 Bible which the 2012 and 2013 versions are still backward compatible with, and I used online resources like lynda.com, other free tutorials, etc.3) 3DS Max is supported since you are a paying (a lot) customer. If there is an issue, you can submit a bug report, and they will respond to you. So far, honestly, I haven't seen any really significant bugs, and I have the autodesk subscription, so I have used 2011, 2012, and 2013 versions of 3ds.
Some things are quirky, yes, and some bugs exist obviously. My software will become unstable after putting the computer to sleep and waking a lot, like I can't dolly the view right or when I try to rotate an object, it goes the wrong way (some transforms get out of sync).
Blender was crashing on me at random points, and some features that were supposed to exist did not work at all.I would recommend looking into Mudbox. I find that software to be the most powerful if you are looking to sculpt biological or amorphous type items. It is one of the most impressive programs I have seen.I will say too, purchasing an expensive item like 3ds max will put the fire beneath you if you are on the edge of actually wanting to make money or wanting to have fun as a hobby. I have been making dumb games and game engines, working with graphics for over ten years, but really just hobbyish. Once I sunk some real money into the effort, I churned out a game that has sold several thousand copies, and I'm working on several others now.
There's something to be said for the motivation factor. There is no reason there would be any difference whatsoever in the final product as a result of using either Blender or 3DS. The difference is in the techniques and tools available to you during the creation process, and in many cases there's not much difference in those.
The primary difference between them (besides the price) is the interface. Try out several, such as Modo, 3DS Max, Maya and Blender for full packages, and Silo if you don't need animation tools in your package.If one allows you to be more productive because the interface fits you better, then use that one if you can afford it. Personally I prefer Blender's interface over 3DS and Mayas.
Silo and Modo 601 are pretty nice, but I still tend to be more productive in Blender due to being more familiar with it.For sculpting software, it's hard to beat ZBrush. It's the industry standard for a reason, it's amazingly powerful and since they've always given free upgrades it's the best $600 I've ever spent.
Sculptris and blender's sculpting tools are nice for being free but they don't compare to ZBrush. What I want to know is what is the difference between 3ds max and Blender.besides the fact that 3ds max cost a lot of money to use commercially.Are there any differences in the way things turn out in your finished model that are noticeable? When I say this I mean whether your professional or a noob like me. I know a finished model can look good or bad depending on the person whos using the software.I hear 3ds max is used in most of the game design industry. Is Blender also used?I know all 3d software can be hard to use, but 3ds max vs blender, which one would ususally be considered the most difficult?Any other major differences that I didnt ask please do tell me. Ive had thoughts about using blender for awhile, but I first started with 3ds max last year when I was 12.havnt really developed much skill at all since I took a break from 3d software and moved to programming and concept art instead, but I just want to know which one would be a better choice.people have tried to persuade me to use blender instead of 3ds max and stuff because they think its a lot better, but only state like one reason why, and the usually reason is because of money and being able to modify the software.Also what are your opinions on zbrush? 3ds max graphite tools are pretty neat with dynamic insertion of loops and removal of loops, subobjects etc.
I like that you can unwrap multiple objects on a single UV map whilst keeping them as seperate meshes, and it has a bunch of tools that generally make things easier than blender. Some of what is 'easier' depends on whether the UI works in a way that clicks with you as an individual. Most modeling tools will get the same result, it's the amount of time it takes to produce that result that is key.Not so long ago 3ds max required a lot of plugins to be a feature rich package and a lot of people got frustrated with it. Today that's not the case. The only addons I have are custom exporters for other engines like Ogre and shader FX for creating realtime shaders for that engine. I haven't found any need for extras when using unity.BTW 3ds max costs about $3500 plus aprox $1000 a year to update.
So no where near $5000+ but definately expensive.I've used blender on and off since the early/mid 90's when they were first trying to make inroads in the fairly new world of 3d applications. They always had promise but couldn't quite cut it with the high end apps. And that mostly holds true today. Having said that, the price is fantastic and it really can't be beat if your budget is tight. Sure there are other apps that specialize in one particular thing and if you can be bothered to get a pipeline to get them to all play nice with one another then you can do better but it still ends up being quite expensive. 3ds max graphite tools are pretty neat with dynamic insertion of loops and removal of loops, subobjects etc.
I like that you can unwrap multiple objects on a single UV map whilst keeping them as seperate meshes, and it has a bunch of tools that generally make things easier than blender. Some of what is 'easier' depends on whether the UI works in a way that clicks with you as an individual. Most modeling tools will get the same result, it's the amount of time it takes to produce that result that is key.Not so long ago 3ds max required a lot of plugins to be a feature rich package and a lot of people got frustrated with it. Today that's not the case. The only addons I have are custom exporters for other engines like Ogre and shader FX for creating realtime shaders for that engine. I haven't found any need for extras when using unity.BTW 3ds max costs about $3500 plus aprox $1000 a year to update. So no where near $5000+ but definately expensive.I've used blender on and off since the early/mid 90's when they were first trying to make inroads in the fairly new world of 3d applications.
They always had promise but couldn't quite cut it with the high end apps. And that mostly holds true today. Having said that, the price is fantastic and it really can't be beat if your budget is tight.
Sure there are other apps that specialize in one particular thing and if you can be bothered to get a pipeline to get them to all play nice with one another then you can do better but it still ends up being quite expensive. Was autodesk giving long term student licenses? I've had it and maya a lot longer than 30 days and it says I have 935 days remaining on the student license.
I didn't realize it was so expensive, crap. If I switch to blender can I import my fbx files and re-export them from blender to avoid the license with 3ds?Mostly I've just made terrain meshes so far. I guess I could remake them, I haven't used blender but 3ds was pretty easy to add points to an object and manipulate them. Really low poly too. Was autodesk giving long term student licenses? I've had it and maya a lot longer than 30 days and it says I have 935 days remaining on the student license. I didn't realize it was so expensive, crap.
If I switch to blender can I import my fbx files and re-export them from blender to avoid the license with 3ds?Mostly I've just made terrain meshes so far. I guess I could remake them, I haven't used blender but 3ds was pretty easy to add points to an object and manipulate them.
Really low poly too. Was autodesk giving long term student licenses? I've had it and maya a lot longer than 30 days and it says I have 935 days remaining on the student license. I didn't realize it was so expensive, crap. If I switch to blender can I import my fbx files and re-export them from blender to avoid the license with 3ds?Mostly I've just made terrain meshes so far.
I guess I could remake them, I haven't used blender but 3ds was pretty easy to add points to an object and manipulate them. Really low poly too. Click to expand.Yes, for learning purposes it might be a good deal. But you can't use it commercially in any way.At the end comes down what you actually want to do. If you looking for a job in the industry, forget Blender and Unity. Max, Maya CE und UE are the stuff you've to learn.But if you intend to become a indie dev, or founding your own little studio, Blender is your best bet.
There is barely anything that justifies the price difference of thousands of dollars between Blender and AD products, from a technical standpoint. Why should i?
I`m a happy Blender user. I do everything but modeling in BlenderIt`s amazing what the open source community has finished with Blender. This is something to respect, and i love it. I´m still a regular bug reporter, so i add my little value to it too.But Blender cannot really compete with Max. And i find it simply childish to even compare those two like they would be competitors.
They are not. The one is the leading industry standard. The other is the leading hobby app. And between hobby and industry is a big gap. Blender is not bad.
I get my things done. That`s the good news.
But i get it much slower and more complicated done. With a lower quality. Texture baking with Vray is something different than with the stoneold Blender internal Renderer. Blender may be good enough for hobbyists like you and me. But not for professionals.Modeling? Still years behind. Even with Bmesh.
Complicated and slow workflow.UV mapping was once an area where Blender had the nose in the air for a short moment. That`s already past again.Texturing? The Material Editor is a pain in the ass. And gots even worse with Cycles.UI? Still a bit too cluttered, still lacks of important menu entries.
Separate anybody?Manual? Another pain in the ass. Like the already mentioned tutorials. It`s a lottery to find a really completed manual page or a working tutorial for your current point version.Rigging/Animation? The bones system needs an overhaul since years.Rendering? The unfinished Cycles can still not compete with Vray or other industry renderers. And you cannot plug in the industry renderers neither.
Vray plugin gots abandoned.Industry File Formats? I still wait for FBX import. There was an attempt across assimp which gots abandoned from what i know.Sculpting? Even Sculptris does a better job.
And that one`s abandoned since years. Its developer works for the Zbrush folks now.There is also a Video Editor onboard.
Another very special chapter to go crazy at. Good meant is not good made.So many roadworks. And the developers of the commercial apps doesn`t sleep neither.
Means the gap will most probably never be closed.Add to that all the industry standard plugins like Forest Pack or special particle systems. Or all the pipelines to the other industry packages like Nuke. Add to that that there are mainly hobbyists that uses Blender. No bad thing.
But professional tips comes mainly from professionals. They earn their money with it.I may be a happy Blender user, but i am not a blind Blender userThe reason why i don`t use Max is that i simply cannot afford it. And that`s the only valid reason to point towards Blender here. This, and that it`s a complete app that covers all necessary steps. At least you get your job done.
Click to expand.It's funny that you say that because Autodesk itself had a skit against Blender on their Siggraph Booth a year ago. So they obviously seeing Blender as competitor in one way or another.But you're right.
They hardly compete because they serve different markets. Autodesk is established in high profile game- and movie studios, while Blender operates in the indie market and smaller studios. But that doesn't make Blender a hobbyist tool only, as you claim.If you doing this for a hobby, sure.
Why should you pay thousands of dollars then? Wouldn't make much sense. But there are people who make a descent living off of working with Blender. On the contrary I know a handful people who are taught in AD suites and unemployed, got in dept after they were done with school to afford that software.It is really not just black and white. There are a lot grey shades in-between.From a technical standpoint, Blender has it's flaws, as well as Max and Maya does. Let me adress some of your claims.
Click to expand.Cycles is still in alpha state AFAIK. So you can't really compare it to a fully matured, long proven renderer like V-Ray. And it won't never the same as V-ray because it's not a fully biased renderer. V-Ray is also a separate product. And this thread here is about Max and Blender.
It also doesn't have much to do with games modeling. The same goes for Nuke, FumeFX, Naiad or any other 3rd party plug-ins. Besides that, your are false imformed. The V-ray support for Blender is not abandoned. It's very much alive and even on V-rays official site. Click to expand.I'm not sure if you actively monitor sites like Blenderartists or Blendernation. But Sculpting has been getting a major overhaul.
And dynatopo is around the corner. Sure, Blender's sculpting is still not as good as Z-Brush's. And the performance is not comparable yet. But Z-Brush's interface sucks balls. And Mudbox sculpting doesn't even have dynamic realtime tessellation.
Not to mention the thin sculpting abilities in Max or Maya.And that Tomas Pettersson joined Pixologic, is not a bad thing. Everyone has to bring some food to the table At least you can always get Sculptris for free.
Click to expand.Yes, Blender has a lot stuff on board that is not necessarily top notch compared to it's specialized competitors, who serve only a part of 3d creation such as Z-Brush.But if you make money with video editing, you have Final Cut, After Effects etc. Anyways, no matter if you work with Blender or a commercial 3d software. And again, that has not much to do with games modeling, or Max and Blender specifically.In the 3d world you have always to find some work-arounds and solutions to pass issues. Studios like Blur, Ubisoft etc. Working with heavily altered versions of Autodesk software, with plug-ins not off the shelf.
And artists in the game industry using software like Crazybump, Topogun, 3dCoat certainly not because these tasks are great handled by Max or Maya. Having Max doesn't mean all is fine and dandy. Even then, you will encounter some frustration from time to time.Like I previously said.
If you are looking for a employment in the game or movie industry, your best bet is so called 'industry standard' software. But for indie development and a small studio, Blender does the job fine enough.Why should you pay over $4000 dollars for software, to create a real time character for Unity, when Blender can do this as well? Eventually, it is the artist, not the tool.Personally, I using a mix of both commercial and free software. And I like to work with Blender when I have the chanceA lot of this stuff comes down to personal preferences rather than technical limitations.
Click to expand.Well. What is so personal about a UI that is cluttered across two tabs where with a quarter of space the same things could be much better displayed?What is so personal about missing things like drag n drop of materials? What personal about a missing material library? Or about a materialpicker? Or the fact that i have to fix the texture paths every now and then after moving the blend files?The current material system IS a pain.
That`s nothing personal. That`s a fact. Even old users hates it.The new nodes system for Cycles isn`t this much better yet. Now you even have to program your materials with a node system. But here we have at least the hope that it may change and get the needed overhaul in the future.
Click to expand.Sure i do. As told, i am a Blender user and lover. Not a Blender hater. But i am not limited to Blender only. I have an open eye for everything 3D related.And i know the place of Blender in the world.
And that`s not the leading industry standard position, sorry. That`s also not the position of the main app in the small companies. That`s a nice dream, but simply not reality.
It still gets rarely used in the industry. It mainly gets used by hobbyists.The Blender Network didnt change this much here. Click to expand.Select a face loop. This one needs a secret workflow across switching modes.
Switching modes is a chapter at its own. No standard hotkeys. But that one`s at least fixable when you find the right tutorial that fits to your blender version. That one`s nothing easy!What about a second example? Edgeloops and Ngons still doesn`t play well together.
And this counts for lots of tools. Lots of the tools are still not Bmesh ready. When i would be mean then i would count all those tools now one by one, and we would be at i don`t know how much. Dozens and dozens. Let`s count it as one issue.A third example?
What about libraries for stuff like curves and lights? I just hate to create everything from scratch all the time.Fourth? Misses cut edge boolean for example, and the available algorithms are outdated and gives miserable results too.Hotkeys. Blender is so proud at having a hotkey UI as the main UI. And then there are several standard things where are no standard hotkeys available. Like for switching between the widget types.
I cannot remember other modeling ones at the moment. But for Unwrap it`s Mark Seam and Clear Seam for example.And so on.You wanted one example. So i stop here.This is not the usual problems that all apps have here and there. That`s a bigger problem. Polygon modeling is the really weak area of Blender, compared with state of the art. The list is really endless.
That`s why i talk about years. Closing the eyes doesn`t shorten it, unfortunately. And unfortunately the Blender devs have other priorities than to fix this issues first. Well yeah, they just have three full time developers when i remember correct. The rest are volunteers. For game modelling, the output is going to be the same i.e.
You will end up needing a low-ish poly mesh, color map, normal map etc. The key difference is how easy is the tools to help you get there. I would really suggest you think about what models you want at the end of the day.Modelling - Blender is fast due to its hotkey usage. Max is not far behind.
Max has all these cool tools but do you really need them? People talked about n-gons, bmesh etc at the end of the day you still just need quads and tris. Even spline modelling gets converted to quads and tris.UV - Max has a great set of tools. Blender is adequate (but I hate way all the bits and pieces are all over the place). Max as probably the best uv tools in a standard package (not comparing specialized uv unwrap tools like headus, unwrella etc).Materials - Blender has a cool material creation system (simple and/or node based). The crappy about blender is that you really need to know what you are doing to be able to create the right materials. To make glass, you need to click here there everywhere to get it done and if you don't know what to do, God help you.
You will waste hours here. Max has a lot of presets that can get you up real fast. Again determine if you need this. You could just use painted textures in which case, it doesn't matter coz you won't use all the power in either package. If you are going for amazing renders, I would say Max wins here.Texturing - Color Map - both are meh. Use photoshop or mudbox.Texturing - Normal Map - both can bake and do a decent job. Use NDO2.Animation - 3DS Max has a cool ass CAT system that can generate a simple walk cycle.
If that's all you need, Max wins. Its not that hard to create walk cycle manually anyway.Again both uses very different style of UI/hotkeys etc. Blender uses right click to select. 3DS Max uses left click to select.
Its probably best to choose one and get real good with it. An experienced blender modeller can beat a noobish max user hands down. An experienced Max modeller can beat a noobish blender user hands down as well. If you can afford it, I would model in blender and do the rest in max.Zbrush - can create amazing 'HIGH POLY' sculpts. Determine if you need this.
By the time you squish it down to game size on screen, 50-80% of the details are lost. Zbrush sculpting itself is another skill like digital painting. If you have to time do so, its a great package.Learning Blender or Max is hard enough. People might say you can learn blender or Max in a week. Sure but can you really make a full set of environment, working game models and make them nice and get it all done in a decent amount of time?I would say, if you can afford it, get Max (and don't touch blender).If you can't afford it, use Blender. It is a viable and solid competitor when it comes to basic game modelling.Stay away from the shiny Zbrush until you got at least ONE GAME released using the other two tools. Click to expand.Money is not always a main point why people use Blender over Max.
Some people simply enjoy Blender, even if they could afford Max and know how to work with it like me. Autodesk products are overpriced have S.ty licenses and since they changed their pricing structure this year, even a lot pro's got pissed and jumped to other apps.Technically, Blender is definitely on par with Max in terms of modeling, UV mapping, rigging, animating nowadays. In some cases it is even better.
In other ones it is a bit weaker. The real difference lies in the way how both apps handle stuff.
And the extraordinary price tag.What I like in Max are it's modifiers. These are better than Blender's IMO.Eventually, a polygon is a polygon. And if you're a creative artist with mad skills, it does not matter if you use Max or Blender.
The output will be se same. Click to expand.Mark Seam and Clear Seam should be in the edges menu (Ctrl+E), alternatively they're on the side panel under the UV Mapping heading. If you use it once, you can also select other edges and hit Shift+R to repeat last history to avoid going into the menu again.
There is also live unwrapping demonstrated which you can make it even auto tag seams. Or maybe I totally misunderstood what you're saying, and if that is the case ignore me.Anyway, to the OP, I'd say, if you have the money, and like 3ds max, you should go for it. It's a good package.
Since Blender is free and you can use it anyway, the only real factor is if you think Max is worth spending money on or not.Straight comparisons between Blender and other applications always evolve into people contrasting Blender against $10,000 worth of software and things. If you're just making a little indie game, Blender is more than capable of handling that if it's the route you want to go.
I didn't really like Modo. I guess I'll stick with Blender for now. The only real advantages I can see to max is that it's easier to sell models outside of Unity and it works well with UDK.One thing I have noticed with Blender is that if I rig something and have the bones laid out nicely and then import into a different application (max, c4d, etc.) the bones are laid out wrong. The animations still work and the bone orders are still correct, but the bones are twisted and at odd angles.Edit - FBX importer is down due to licensing issues. I didn't really like Modo. I guess I'll stick with Blender for now.
The only real advantages I can see to max is that it's easier to sell models outside of Unity and it works well with UDK.One thing I have noticed with Blender is that if I rig something and have the bones laid out nicely and then import into a different application (max, c4d, etc.) the bones are laid out wrong. The animations still work and the bone orders are still correct, but the bones are twisted and at odd angles.Edit - FBX importer is down due to licensing issues. I want to do this: Mix-and-match body-parts / animations into 1 character.I'm a nood so I might look to mix-and-match pieces from asset-store or other sources for models/animation, perhaps after learning a bit to make 1/2-way decent looking modeling+animation for mixing-matching myself, at first.Money isn't a big factor.Main Question:It seems 3DS Max is a better tool than Blender, price aside. I'll probably use that then.
How, then, do I do what I want in that software? @AllWhoWantsToRead:For Artists who really want to learn 3D, just take the Tool which is the worse for you.No offense, it's not ironic.I learned with Lightwave, it took me 2 years (truly!) to be able to build in less than one week (5 days / 7H per day - Working hours, I mean) a clean rigged mesh ready for animation. During 2 years I splited on Lightwave because it's really S. No offense, Lightwave have pure diamonds on it, but first I was a noob and second. I just don't like it, this don't mean the soft is not good for industry or even for someone else.During these noobing days I learned the basics with a soft I didn't like, so what? So I was able to choose the one I prefer based on my previous experience.
And I choosed Blender, just because it fits me (and I'm not rich).To resume, I will just recommend to learn 3D with a tool, dislike it or not, and then choose the tool which fit your needs best.C'mon man! Roll a dice and head in!@Adaptive:Whichever tool you choose, you better begin with polygonal modeling. I'll specially recommend you to build your meshes with Quads, avoiding Triangles.Learning polygonal modeling the good way is long, hard, and sometimes very frustrating. Remember, Never use triangles, even if in the end, within 3D world everything ends in triangles. Aoooommmmm.Then you should learn UV mapping, can be learned fast, as long as you're good at modelingThen try to rig your mesh, apply an Armature, learn bones and bones hierarchy, learn weight paint.Then take the and begin to create action loops, it's fun but at this state you should contact an animator who will take care of this for you (or take time to learn 2D animation technics).
You should do this even if you want to have mocap,Then learn a technic to bake your hyghpoly modelisation inside your lowpoly modelisation.Watch the resultRedo it from start. What you'll learn in Blender will carry over to Max if you decide you need more features but frankly, you wont use them.ZBrush is an excellent tool but absolutely nothing inside of it is standard, controls are different, features are different, jargon is different, entire workflow is different. Everything is abnormal and confusing, even opening files and making separate parts is completely different than what you're used to.
Don't touch it until you're damn well and ready. It feels like they built a program from the ground up and on the way just decided how it would be best to do things, throwing the normal way of doing it out the window. Eventually you'll sync up with it but it is not noob friendly. What I want to know is what is the difference between 3ds max and Blender.besides the fact that 3ds max cost a lot of money to use commercially.Are there any differences in the way things turn out in your finished model that are noticeable? When I say this I mean whether your professional or a noob like me. I know a finished model can look good or bad depending on the person whos using the software.I hear 3ds max is used in most of the game design industry.
Is Blender also used?I know all 3d software can be hard to use, but 3ds max vs blender, which one would ususally be considered the most difficult?Any other major differences that I didnt ask please do tell me. Ive had thoughts about using blender for awhile, but I first started with 3ds max last year when I was 12.havnt really developed much skill at all since I took a break from 3d software and moved to programming and concept art instead, but I just want to know which one would be a better choice.people have tried to persuade me to use blender instead of 3ds max and stuff because they think its a lot better, but only state like one reason why, and the usually reason is because of money and being able to modify the software.Also what are your opinions on zbrush? Click to expand.Do what hippo said: the number and quality of Blender tutorials is far better than the others.Also, when you model your character models should have 10000 or less tri (5000 quads) and you can rig for free on Mixamo.Sculptris, ZBrush are too high tris to use in Unity.Whether or not you use an FBX importer in Blender you'll want to keep your original Blend files so that all this roundtripping doesn't break your original model.
And don't save your models with subsurf for use in Unity.First use the Intro to Blender 2.6 tutorials on CG Blender Cookie from Jon Williamson.Then look at David Ward's tutorials on YouTube, particularly the JB3 set of tutorials. These are very nicely done and David is personable and speaks clearly but if you are like me you will need to pause, rewind, pause, rewind, because this kind of stuff isn't easy and it's tedious. You'll find yourself undoing and redoing, moving vertices around, and sitting for hours trying to get the right look.Example of my first model using Blender and the JB3 tutorials, which while not perfect is good enough for a mobile toon game model with a couple of fixes:So looking at the time it took me to do that model (not 8 hours a day but 2 productive hours I'd guess) I think most people can model if interested. You'll only get faster as you do more models.There are so many Blender features (even a game engine) but restrict yourself to what's in David's tutorials for Unity game modeling.
I actually skipped the shapekeys for this model and the rigging but if you want to develop models for use in Unity's Avatar Generator you will want to learn both the shapekeys and rigging in the JB3 tutorials I'm thinking.And you'll want to keep an eye out for the Mechanim Avatar Generator coming to Unity 4.2. I'm hoping the avatars are flexible enough that I can get a toon look.
If not I'll be back in Blender trying to create a set of models that can work with the Avatar Generator. Click to expand. All VRay is, is a render engine capable of the same outputs as Mental Ray. I find it is sometimes superior to Mental Ray. However it has no influence on whether or not you can produce quality content. While it's easier to set up a scene for rendering in Max, or Maya using Mental Ray or VRay, all it's used for is just that. Rendering.Besides, I'm pretty sure it's possible to set up global illumination in Blender to get photo-realism in renders.
There are quality models, and animations made with Blender. The people behind that content is what made it happen, not Blender itself. Don't ask me to make something in Blender though, I've never used it, and don't even know how to navigate it's UI. All VRay is, is a render engine capable of the same outputs as Mental Ray. I find it is sometimes superior to Mental Ray.
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However it has no influence on whether or not you can produce quality content. While it's easier to set up a scene for rendering in Max, or Maya using Mental Ray or VRay, all it's used for is just that. Rendering.Besides, I'm pretty sure it's possible to set up global illumination in Blender to get photo-realism in renders. There are quality models, and animations made with Blender. The people behind that content is what made it happen, not Blender itself. Don't ask me to make something in Blender though, I've never used it, and don't even know how to navigate it's UI.
Click to expand.Yes it has influence. The tool does matter. Especially in the industry where we talk about money. The industry uses the big boys for good reasons. They are no morons. They are in fact very clever. They use what does the job best.
They have to compete.VRay is by classes faster than Cycles. Time is money.
VRay is easier and faster to setup. VRay can more things than Cycles. Can Cycles finally render hair? And it ouptuts other quality.
Cycles has still to catch up here. And this is just one possible renderer, one tool of many.Same goes for polygon modeling, sculpting, video editing and what else is available in Blender. There`s always a industry tool around that does the job much better. In less time. Search for a substitute for the Max Forester Plugin for example.This doesn`t make Blender bad. It`s definitely a must have for hobbyists.
I use it too. You get your job done. At a lower quality level, and with much more effort.
But that`s okay. And the price is unbeatable. But it is by no means a substitute for the big boys, sorry.
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Read the last couple of paragraphs. @Tiles,While I certainly won't disagree that it's not a substitute for large multimedia companies, I must point out I wasn't suggesting such a thing. In regards to other outlets of creativity, there are tools designed specifically for production pipelines that allow you to create an end result of similar or greater quality. And, that is made easier for you based on the applicable features that are made available. This certainly does not make one capable of producing a quality product however. That is the point.
You will not automatically start producing higher quality results simply because an application offers some easier variable to achieve that result.I'm assuming by cycles you're referring to Blenders built-in render engine? I'm not familiar with Blenders render engine. However, a quick search on Google lends some interesting results.
They are:, and.I should clarify that quality is not only restricted to the quality of a rendered object or scene. Quality achieved via a render engine requires proper lighting setup, and is controlled by variables including, anti-aliasing, and may include anisotropic filtering for real-time. Both real time, and per-rendered scenes require knowledge in it's use, and someone who cannot produce similar or greater results than someone using a lighter program they lose any probable advantage of said application.I'm guessing you meant the Forest Pack plug in by Itoo software? I'll be honest that's a tough one to come.
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You have only a few specialized programs designed for proper pipeline integration of full scale flora scenery. I'm not familiar with this plug-in being shipped with Max in either it's 2013, or 2014 releases. This seems like the only applicable point you can make in regards to your argument. Not even Maya ships with something like this with exception to the Paint Effects library.Now, I must clarify my original suggestion. That is that programs you use do not make the content you create any better than what you are only able to achieve with your own ability.
Just because someone uses industry standard software packages does not make their content better. It does not mean they will have an easier time using these tools or making said content either.
Your experience in modeling, texturing, and animation is universal across any basic understanding of those three things. The concept remains the same, even if the tools, and options are different.
Whatever end result you achieved was done by the experience you have in that program, and not the program itself.