low-cost 3D software (alternatives to Blender?)

Daniel Brassard · Post by **Daniel Brassard** » 01 Mar 2019, 05:37

Maxon Cinema4D R8 c/w XL Bundle (still running 8.5 on an old Window 7 machine), my favorite after Softimage XSI. I liked the Cinema 4D workflow, it was easy to learn and to get good results. This version is before they split the program in different packages. Maxon was selling C4D with "modules" in those days. The modules I had included thinking particles, pyrocluster, dynamics, MOCCA and Advance Render. Sketch and Toons, Mograph and Hair came later on.

Daniel Brassard · Post by **Daniel Brassard** » 01 Mar 2019, 05:38

Some of the many CDs that I bought from Digital Tutors (now Pluralsight) before they went subscription only.

xsisoft · Post by **xsisoft** » 01 Mar 2019, 10:34

if it is retro

by the way something like that, everyone forgot about Softimage Mod Tool 7.5 FREE!

but only (sort of) x32 OS -XP,-VISTA- WIN7 ?
https://www.moddb.com/downloads/mirror/ ... ogle.ru%2F

xsisoft · Post by **xsisoft** » 01 Mar 2019, 10:40

CINEMA !!!

cool and friendly for 3d creators and there are

Cinema 4D Prime
Cinema 4D Broadcast
Cinema 4D Visualize
Cinema 4D Studio

look here

https://www.maxon.net/en/products/info- ... omparison/
&
in build r20 pro render
https://www.amd.com/en/graphics/worksta ... -cinema-4d
https://www.amd.com/en/technologies/radeon-prorender

xsisoft · Post by **xsisoft** » 01 Mar 2019, 10:57

By the way about retro, -book --- writing mental ray shaders ---(for a collection), can anyone help?

Hirazi Blue · Post by **Hirazi Blue** » 01 Mar 2019, 14:18

Cinema 4D Prime could probably be considered the best entry-level commercial software on a (slightly higher) "budget"...

Sadly Maxon doesn't offer "competitive sidegrades" for Softimage anymore...
(For Cinema 4D it isn't listed anymore. Strangely for Bodypaint 3D it still is)
But - to their credit (IMHO) - they still appear to sell "permanent licenses".

Daniel Brassard · Post by **Daniel Brassard** » 01 Mar 2019, 20:19

@Hirazi Blue

Sadly Maxon doesn't offer "competitive sidegrades" for Softimage anymore...

Softimage is currently listed on th US website .. I guess if you live in North America, you are in luck.

https://www.maxonshop.com/us/gp/Qualifi ... egrades/1/

You could also argue that if you own the AD Entertainment collection that included Softimage, you would be illegible via those crossgrade.

Daniel Brassard · Post by **Daniel Brassard** » 01 Mar 2019, 20:35

ZBrush Core

https://store.pixologic.com/zbrushcore- ... r-license/

xsisoft · Post by **xsisoft** » 01 Mar 2019, 21:04

ZBrush Core
https://store.pixologic.com/zbrushcore- ... r-license/ ?

Daniel Brassard · Post by **Daniel Brassard** » 01 Mar 2019, 21:26

Allegorithmic Substance Indie License

https://www.allegorithmic.com/buy/download

Mathaeus · Post by **Mathaeus** » 01 Mar 2019, 21:43

By some of last posts, it seems that age of our 'novice' is more than 40 years or so...

. Few years ago I had a chance to talk with full room of modeling - texturing artists, perhaps all of them younger than 25, nobody even knew for BodyPaint 3d. I'm really surprised that they are still selling this thing alone.

Daniel Brassard · Post by **Daniel Brassard** » 01 Mar 2019, 21:52

In North America, if you buy BodyPaint3D standalone, it include all the features of Cinema 4D Prime (basically you are buying Prime + sculpting/painting environment) ... and at the same price too. Thanks Maxon!

If you want prime, Buy BodyPaint 3D, its a better deal in North America at the moment.

https://www.maxon.net/en/products/bodypaint-3d/
https://www.maxon.net/en/products/info- ... omparison/

Mathaeus · Post by **Mathaeus** » 01 Mar 2019, 21:58

BTW if anyone have a copy of Maya Paint Effects screensaver.... It was a part of free training - promo CD in times, of Maya 2.5

, I think.

Hirazi Blue · Post by **Hirazi Blue** » 02 Mar 2019, 12:41

It's weird... In the US Maxonshop Prime and Bodypaint 3D cost the same, but in the German Maxonshop Prime costs 833€ while BP3D costs 952€
In the past Prime and BP3D indeed featured the same toolset IIRC, but this has apparently changed...
On their comparison page one can see that BP3D apparently features a full sculpting toolset missing from C4D Prime...

Draise · Post by **Draise** » 03 Mar 2019, 20:35

I loved trueSpace. I bought 5.5, 6.6 then modded 7.61 beta 8 and then it got 4 patches. Some peeps still use it today.

There still is no 3D space manipulating in 3D space like Truespace.... my first love.

Hirazi Blue · Post by **Hirazi Blue** » 03 Mar 2019, 23:20

Ah yes, Truespace... I owned a copy of that software as well in the "dark days" before "3Democracy"...

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