Originally posted by Cryptor69
Lightwave 8
Maya 6
3d Studio Max 6
Softimage XSI 4
These seem to be the top ones, what do you guys think ?
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You missed one - Cinema 4D R8.5.
Personally I love Lightwave, but I also use Maya and Cinema 4D 6. Second on my list would be Cinema, as I like the interface, and it has an incredible renderer. I cannot speak for R8.5, but R6 is amazingly fast.
I still prefer Lightwave though, as the new character animation tools are great, especially when combined with a specialist character animation software like Messiah:Animate or Motionbuilder.
For modelling, I like Lightwave, and I actually like the fact that the modelling is done in a seperate app. The interface is cleaner without all the animation stuff getting in the way. For realistic models, I think it really depends more on your talent than the software.