What 3D Program Should I Get?

[jake weber]

Im looking into adding 3D work to my videos and was wondering what would be the best 3D program to go with? I do have experience in Blender, but am looking for something more industry standard. Im looking into adding animations to my videos, whether there motion tracked onto my footage or just purely animated. What do you think?

 

[PsyXandeR]

For 3D stuff I'd go for Cinema4D. For motion tracking - After Effects + Boujou program for motion tracking. None of those programs are free - Boujou alone costs a fortune but as always there are ways.

 

[jake weber]

For 3D stuff I'd go for Cinema4D. For motion tracking - After Effects + Boujou program for motion tracking. None of those programs are free - Boujou alone costs a fortune but as always there are ways.

I already have after effects and i use it hardcore for my videos

 

[epiem]

Depends on what you plan on Producing!

If you are going to make video games, I would suggest 3D Studio Max.

If you are going to make short films or want to go into the film industry, Maya is the standard.

Cinema4D is not that great for anything other than 3D text rendering. It is hardly used in the professional world.


If you are looking for something decent and that can run in After Effects, might want to check out Element 3D from Videocopilot.net
It's pretty awesome technology.
However, It *IS* rather limited in what it can "produce"; but it's a great start and will most likely end up being a powerhouse somewhere down the road.


I have personally used ALL of these programs and I prefer Maya over all of the others.
I prefer Maya because it is the industry standard for 3D Cinematography and is used by most of the Larger Film Studios on Big Budget Films.
Knowing it will put you ahead of the game if you ever decide you want to get into the film industry.

Hope this helps!!

 

[jake weber]

Depends on what you plan on Producing!

If you are going to make video games, I would suggest 3D Studio Max.

If you are going to make short films or want to go into the film industry, Maya is the standard.

Cinema4D is not that great for anything other than 3D text rendering. It is hardly used in the professional world.


If you are looking for something decent and that can run in After Effects, might want to check out Element 3D from Videocopilot.net
It's pretty awesome technology.
However, It *IS* rather limited in what it can "produce"; but it's a great start and will most likely end up being a powerhouse somewhere down the road.


I have personally used ALL of these programs and I prefer Maya over all of the others.
I prefer Maya because it is the industry standard for 3D Cinematography and is used by most of the Larger Film Studios on Big Budget Films.
Knowing it will put you ahead of the game if you ever decide you want to get into the film industry.

Hope this helps!!

Thanks for the reply this helped me out a lot!

 

[epiem]

Thanks for the reply this helped me out a lot!

Glad I could help![DOUBLEPOST=1346209052,1346208827][/DOUBLEPOST]And just an FYI, we use Maya combined with NUKE for 3D tracking, compositing and integration. After all is said and done, it goes into AE to add any motion graphics.

Don't get me wrong:
AE can handle most of the things Nuke can do, but Nuke is 100x faster if you have a decent machine -AND it's node based...which is a dream~
(plus Nuke is another industry standard and has insanely better <and more powerful> plug-ins than After Effects)