Graphics Designing software

[Salomon]

Hi guys! Can anyone recommend FREE graphics designing software to create good graphics 3D models, animations etc.
Thanx!

[KALSTER]

Hi guys! Can anyone recommend FREE graphics designing software to create good graphics 3D models, animations etc.
Thanx!

Maya. Bryce 5.5 (might still get it for free).

[capanno]

Maya aint free, and Bryce is primarily for landscapes.

Behold the mighty blender

[DarkRedAngel]

Blender is nice but very complicated, and the tutorials only helps if you already know the program.

[KALSTER]

Maya aint free, and Bryce is primarily for landscapes.

You get a free learning edition of Maya, as long as you don't use it for commercial gain (which, thinking about it, is probably exactly what Salomon wants to do ). Bryce is a bit more versatile than simple landscapes. You can create objects and animate them if you wish.

[GreyWolf]

Maya aint free, and Bryce is primarily for landscapes.

You get a free learning edition of Maya, as long as you don't use it for commercial gain (which, thinking about it, is probably exactly what Salomon wants to do ). Bryce is a bit more versatile than simple landscapes. You can create objects and animate them if you wish.

The best thing you can say about Bryce is ... er... hmm....

So yeah, get the Maya learning edition...

[capanno]

Back when I used Maya PLE you got a watermark over all the renderings, and im sure there are limitations on exporting?

[KALSTER]

Back when I used Maya PLE you got a watermark over all the renderings, and im sure there are limitations on exporting?

That might well be. I only downloaded it once, but never actually tested it
out.

GreyWolf: Yeah, I like Bryce because it is easy. Might not be the best thing for serious animating (not used by serious animators and designers I think as much), but it is not without its pluses.

Edit: Yeah, it looks like Maya does come with a watermark, but even worse, it was discontinued in 2008.

I have found what seems to be quite a good alternative though for both animations and 3D modelling, and its free. Check out trueSpace.

[Salomon]

I downloaded the latest version of blender and it ROCKS!!! I recomend that all of ye go to blender's website : www.blender.org and check out the AMAZING 3D models under gallery. And it is actually quite easy to learn how to use it. There are a lot of tutorials on the net.

[DarkRedAngel]

I downloaded the latest version of blender and it ROCKS!!! I recomend that all of ye go to blender's website : http://www.blender.org and check out the AMAZING 3D models under gallery. And it is actually quite easy to learn how to use it. There are a lot of tutorials on the net.

I also downloaded Blender but are struggling to get a option to do my own drawings it works nice if jou use their spheres and cubes and so on but i want to draw my own objects. any help on this ?

[rustypup]

easy-ish... the quickest approach to getting into this is to use 2d views of the object in intersecting planes, (top,side and left or right).....

simple example... using this approach took me possibly 1hr to produce a fair reproduction of a spitfire...

blender tuts

[DarkRedAngel]

Thanks it helps a bit,.... Meybe I'm just to stupid to grasp Blender will keep Trying though.