3D & Animation 3D programs?

[Speirs]

Can someon tell me some 3D programs that are free or really cheap because I'm poor. I downloaded a free one onetime and it was cool but I uninstalled and and I can't remember what it was. Any help would be nice. Please and thank you.

 

[worluk]

blender is free and should get the job done. Beside the PLE version of maya i think there is something similar of 3dmax.

 

[Speirs]

blender is free and should get the job done. Beside the PLE version of maya i think there is something similar of 3dmax.

Oh ya maya going download thanks for reminding me man.

 

[Six_Ten]

Modeling Program Free

Modeling Program Free

Can someon tell me some 3D programs that are free or really cheap because I'm poor. I downloaded a free one onetime and it was cool but I uninstalled and and I can't remember what it was. Any help would be nice. Please and thank you.

Excellent free modeling and animation:

www.anim8or.com

and for uv texturing you can get the free version of UVMapper at www.uvmapper.com

 

[Seth_Soldier]

gmax is free but you need to regiter it if i remember.
It looks like 3dsmax (so the tuto are working for both which is great because 3dmax has got plentyof very good tuto) but it has less functions.
but for video game i think it is enough ...

 

[Murphy]

Can you model StaticMeshes with GMax? Its been a while since I tried it but back then you could export your models to the unrealed.
Imo Maya PLE is your best choice.

 

[[TW]Sanzliot]

Silo is $109 and is a good modeling package. As far as price vs quality its at the top.
http://www.nevercenter.com/

 

[tankman24]

yeah silo will do the job, really user friendly and all out great pakkckage i love it.

 

[garrison]

-Garrison's Recommended Programs-
#3 gmax *Free* - http://www.autodesk.com/gmax - [SIZE=-1]Free 3D modeling and animation tool for modifying your favorite video games.

[/SIZE]#2 Maya PLE *Free* - http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=6902573 - [SIZE=-1]Autodesk Maya Personal Learning Edition provides free access to Autodesk Maya for non-commercial use.

I believe for anyone aspiring to be a modeller, Milkshape is a great starting block. Plenty of Tutorials, plenty of exporters. This is where a Modeller should start... The Basics, low-poly, just the basics. It's where I started and moved on to Max and Maya. Too many times I've looked over a model in a mod and have seen all the wasted polies. Everything is too high in count these days, people should start at the basics to learn that not everything has to be 6k tris.
[/SIZE]#1 Milkshape 3D *Shareware (use to be $20)* - http://www.swissquake.ch/chumbalum-soft/ - [SIZE=-1]Shareware low-polygon modeler, and animation package that includes the basic operations; select, scale,...[/SIZE][SIZE=-1][/SIZE]

 

[BackSlash]

Wings 3D is a great straight forward application. Great for polygon modeling and it is very easy to use.
Best part is it's free!

http://www.wings3d.com/

Runs on Linux, Windows, and Mac

 

[AceOfSpades]

http://www.softimage.com/community/xsi_mod_tool/default.aspx

XSI Mod Tool. It's outdated compared to the other products, but XSI Mod Tool is free. Like how Gmax is outdated compared to the latest 3ds maxm but Gmax is free.

 

[Capt.Marion]

where do you get Gmax? Apparently they do not offer it anymore, according to the website.

 

[Seth_Soldier]

here the link :

http://www.turbosquid.com/gmax

 

[United]

Hmm, from the above link:

Every time I try to install gmax it loads up the OFP demo set-up. I don't even have OFP installed on my PC?