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Fallenswordsman · 12-03-2004, 07:44 AM

I'm not exactly going to give you what you want here, but I will give you some words of advice. First of all, try Maya out and see what you can do with it. There's a Personal Learning Edition available at their website. I don't know if its the same for 3D studio but you might want to see if you can get hold of a demo version of that as well. Then play with the demos as much as you can getting a feel for the programs and seeing which you like best.
Personally I don't think its a matter of better or worse, its more of a choice of what works with you best. For me, its like any art, people will swear by the types of paints they use or the types of paintbrushes they might use but at the end of the day, its the artist and the talent of the artist that makes the real difference. A talented lightwaver can create a lot better art than someone with a mediocre amount of talent with Maya, for example. Obviously we all want the best tools for the job, but don't just go swapping from one to the other just because you've heard one does things better. It may well be that it'll take you a number of years before you can use the enhancements that other packages may have over Lightwave anyway. I'm sorry I can't offer more than that; I have tried 3D Studio and Maya, didn't get on well with them so that's why i still stick with LW.

12-03-2004, 07:44 AM	#2
Fallenswordsman Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,702	I'm not exactly going to give you what you want here, but I will give you some words of advice. First of all, try Maya out and see what you can do with it. There's a Personal Learning Edition available at their website. I don't know if its the same for 3D studio but you might want to see if you can get hold of a demo version of that as well. Then play with the demos as much as you can getting a feel for the programs and seeing which you like best. Personally I don't think its a matter of better or worse, its more of a choice of what works with you best. For me, its like any art, people will swear by the types of paints they use or the types of paintbrushes they might use but at the end of the day, its the artist and the talent of the artist that makes the real difference. A talented lightwaver can create a lot better art than someone with a mediocre amount of talent with Maya, for example. Obviously we all want the best tools for the job, but don't just go swapping from one to the other just because you've heard one does things better. It may well be that it'll take you a number of years before you can use the enhancements that other packages may have over Lightwave anyway. I'm sorry I can't offer more than that; I have tried 3D Studio and Maya, didn't get on well with them so that's why i still stick with LW.