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3D Program For Rendering Buildings
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formerly crazyreaper
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Hello guys, for those of you with very good memories, i use to be an active member hear a few years ago (I think in my time hear i did manage to piss most people off) but ive just popped back to ask this question;
Since last time i was on the forums I have graduated and landed a cool job in Derby, UK, as a "Innovation Pioneer" should my email footer be believed, i mainly produce graphics for print and the web as well as being the brains behind web based technology innovation (some of which i hope to be able to come back and tell you about when we bring it to market)
But while the coders are busy coding I have been tasked with creating some 3D renders of an small estate of houses (7 at a glance). I have been given some time to learn a program to render these in and i do have experience in working in 3D, although the programs i learnt were a little more Engineering based (ProDesktop) than what is required now.
So what im looking for is a program (pref OS X based) that someone can pick up with basic knowledge of 3D and with the aid of tutorials be able to turn out 3D renderings that aren't exactly life like but maybe a little more life like than most of the stuff i have seen in google sketch up.
SO if anyone has any suggestions that would be brilliant, thanks :-)
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The Spammer Formally Known As Crazyreaper
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Probably overkill, but Maya will do the job and comes with some good tutorials to get started.
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Maya is the first thing to come to my mind as well. You might be able to do a little faux 3d with Illustrator, I've seen people do it.
This looks interesting, and free. blender.org - Get Blender
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formerly crazyreaper
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Cheers guys, Blender was one i was interested in too. Anyone used it and comment on its user friendliness?
P.S. thanks for the messages guy, sig better now?
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The Spammer Formally Known As Crazyreaper
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formerly crazyreaper
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sorry re read the rules, better?
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The Spammer Formally Known As Crazyreaper
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No experience with Blender, unfortunately.
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Wow, I haven't been back here in a while either. But Blender may give you results but from my very limited experience it was not quite as intuitive of an interface as other 3d apps I tried (5 years ago).
For someone who has worked in Illustrator and doesn't need the animation I was partial to Cinema4D for renderings. It has a lot of great tools and value in its package. It can do animation and likely has improved, as I'm sure ALL have improved since I used them.
You could download their app demo to see if it fits your needs.
MAXON: CINEMA 4D
And a demo real emphasizing architectural 3D.
http://www.maxonpodcast.de/movies/ar..._reel_2010.mov
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