easiest and coolest render 2 learn it????

the easiest to learn i would think is bryce3d... as for the cool stuff i think most are using maya3d, or 3d stuido max... some that ive talked to are using rhino3d for the modiling... and yet others use lightwave...

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I'd like to put something witty here, but I'm just speechless.

max all the way baby :D (i have to subimit more before i can talk smack :D)

it really doesn't matter, for what you'd use it for you can achieve it with just about any 3d program.

i think it all depends on what youre going to be modeling too..

bryce or nendo to begin, i say.

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i started on bryce. super easy interface and good renders.

.:!:.i have alot to say but really alot to learn.:!:.

personally i started with amapi 4.5 (its free)

Bryce is ez to learn, but for abstract work, I prefer 3dsmax. I'm Just starting to learn Cinema 4D, so that may change......

to be honest, you're going to have to spend a good amount of time with any 3D program to get good at it. but to just learn, they're all fairly equal. cinema4d has the best interface that i've seen, but they'll all take a little getting used to. just choose one and take a good amount of time learning it.

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rhino is a great interface to begin with. I had the easiest time learning how to model using it. It's much less popular than the others, but if you download flamingo as well, the renders look exponentially better.

senex
flip flop on the downlow, time pants.

yeah, its gonna take you quite some time to learn how to use any 3d program. it's not an easy thing to learn either (at least for me)