Hello,
I have been away from the 3d modeling scene for some time now. I used to work with 3D studio max, and really love that program but have since lost that copy a few moves and pc upgrades ago, and that is outside of my budget. I decided to give this a go and see how I like it. So far its not too shabby. I have to get used to things like not trying to hold space to pan the view. (found shift+Mouse3 works wonders).
I am looking for some recommendations on the following:
Must have Extensions:
Best Freeware rendering:
Best Sources for learning materials (looking for more intermediate level stuff):
A fair amount of resources I have found seem refer to outdated extensions or rendering software or the posts themselves are from a couple years back. I am not doing any real architecture things or layouts. Just some modeling of sci-fi ships for fun, or maybe a project that the wife wants me to do around the house, like repurposing something into a new functional piece and sketching up a design to get an idea how it would look, Even something like modeling a potting station for her, to see if she likes it. That is the sort of thing I would like to use this software for.
I have a pretty good feel for the program after just a couple of days on it. The hard part is remember the shortcut commands are different for this than Max.
Any help or input would be appreciated.
Thanks
and that reference guide may just prevent and further hair loss lol.