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NESpores
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I want to make cool CGI animations
#5335899 - 02/24/06 07:52 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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I really want to make some cool videos that are totally CGI, but have no clue where to start. I have heard that Maya is good, but I don't know if my comp can handle it. My laptops specs are: XP Home (unfortunately) AMD Athlon 64 bit 2.0 gig processor ATI Modbility Radeon 9600 (128 Mb) 512 Mb RAM (DDR 3200) Shitty sound card (lol)
Basically I want to make some trippy 3D videos, and also, I need to be able to save some of the rendered images into JPG (or similar) files for web design.
Any help, please?
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Re: I want to make cool CGI animations [Re: NESpores]
#5335992 - 02/24/06 08:34 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Yeah, you can absolutely handle Maya. The hard part is trying to learn to use it.
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NESpores
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Re: I want to make cool CGI animations [Re: NESpores]
#5336007 - 02/24/06 08:38 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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hmm, that must explain all the different tutorials for it that I've seen floating around. but this kind of means that it's not good for beginners...
are there any good BEGINNER programs that will do what I want?
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Re: I want to make cool CGI animations [Re: NESpores]
#5360204 - 03/03/06 12:15 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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you know, i used maya for a while, and have there 'foundations of maya' intro book. yea, the program makes the big hollywood blockbusters and runs around 10 grand a copy. BUT it can do simple stuff too. 3dsMAX is another that is pretty powerful (and softimage, and lightwave, etc etc.)
the basics in maya are the same as the basics everywhere. it can be simple if you want it to be, and can be wicked complicated if you ever get that far.
(now i'm excited) one of the awesomest parts of maya is the physics modeling. back in the day (when i did this stuff), if you wanted a teapot to fall to the floor, you had to hand animate every bounce. now you just click gravity, and make a floor, and it runs the simulation. real fun is taking a logo, and then making it into 3 dimensional smoke floating up in a box...
the newest maya is version 6, i have the book for 5, which is %98 the book for 4. nothing changes, just new bells and whistles.
and your computer will do just fine. i remember working on a pentium 133 mHz, setting up a render of a small image, and coming back in four days to find it half way done.
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Re: I want to make cool CGI animations [Re: outerwave]
#5360213 - 03/03/06 12:18 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Maya is great for users. Message me and I can get you a great learning tutorial.
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outerwave
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Re: I want to make cool CGI animations [Re: NESpores]
#5360216 - 03/03/06 12:19 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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point being, pay shipping and the book is yours. its was $60 new, and its only a year old anyway. and it comes with a dvd you can watch instead of reading if your so inclined.
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Re: I want to make cool CGI animations [Re: NESpores]
#5385950 - 03/10/06 02:55 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Have u heard of cinema 4D? a friend gave me a copy of this program, its only 60mb small, and it does quite a bit. i believe this might be a better start up program for u. Aspecially if ur trying to download it off the net! 60mb vs. 1000mb+
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