Tiranofice Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Hi there everyone, i am really trying to create my own movies. I already saw some great movies like Final Fantasy VII: advent children and Transformers where 3d is a really important part of the movie. Now, my intention is to create a movie on my own, completely in 3d. I don't care how much time it will take to learn and to make it, i am really motivated and have plenty of time (i am a teacher of music). however, i don't know where to start. I figured this out: since i have a mac, i will be learning final cut studio express to do the montage and stuff like that. I might use final cut to add Special Effects, or Adobe After Effects, i don't know which one is best. But SFX is low prority, i want to make a pretty basic movie first, and then grow and grow to make a decent one. I already have scripts and drawings of what characters might look like. Also, i want to make something more or less realistic. I mean, i don't care whether you are able to see of it is made by computer or not, i just want to make it comfortable to view, very realistic 3d and stuff. to show what my criteria of "realistic" are, i found this pic of Devil May Cry 4, which is perfect in design. It doesn't need to be that realistic, but i want to be sure the program i am working with has enough potential in it to do stuff like this: I already said i am a beginner in 3d, but i am not a Noob. I started my 3d adventure with Google SketchUp, i mastered that one in a week or two. Than i moved on to Blender. I also learned a lot there, but it wasn't what i wanted, it was too basic. It was like ms paint, sure, you can create fantastic things, but it is damn difficult to create things decent on your own. Then finally, i found the Holy Grail: 3d MAX. I went through all the tutorials that came with it and also did some from tutorialized. I loved it, it was photo realistic. It took time to create things, but i didn't mind. too bad that doesn't exist on mac. So basically i want some 3d prog capable of what 3d max is capable of. equal (minor or less) in realism and (maybe better) in animating. i thought of maya, but i wasn't sure it would be good? any recommendations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KTC Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 Look this movie : Final Fantasy The Spirits Within. It is fully rendered with Maya...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hecker Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 The place I know for downloading the best tutorials and 3d video stuff is this: http://gfxworld.org Search for maya or simply browse through the pages. It's a really amazing site. Cheers, hecker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostgame Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Maya is certainly your best option. Shake will also assist you greatly in 3D effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yan.kun Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Cinema 4D isn't also that bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Maya is awesome, and Cinema 4d, but I for one really like Modo 301. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.I.Ghost Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Dont forget about Lightwave3D as it is fully supported universal binary now. And it cost's much less than Maya/Max/Cinema. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(MoC) Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 How about motion for some here and there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mifki Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Houdini ftw or Maya, maya had unprecedented power, and wonderful customisation (if u look hard enough on the internets you can find renderman pro server to use with it ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiranofice Posted January 11, 2008 Author Share Posted January 11, 2008 after reading all your replys, i think i will go with maya. Since it is from the same developer as studio 3d max, which i loved. for adding effects i still don't know what i will buy: after effects or shake. also, i don't see where final cut could come in handy? i create with maya and do the montage with shake or after effects? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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