Advanced 3D modeling software

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Used in industries like 3D printing, animation, gaming, architecture, and industrial design, 3D models are crucial components of digital production. That's why choosing the right 3D modeling software is important; it helps to realize your creative ideas with a minimum of fuss. Imagine if you have a software that produces a 3D model based on your imagination. The machine can read directly what you're thinking and a 3D printer will create the output. A powerful, yet relatively simple to use tool.

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The SO is a technophobe, and had to buy a new laptop that came with win10. It came with a trial version of Office, so she started using it.

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@jchapman2r Microsoft itself can?t get cross-version formats to play nicely, either.

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@jchapman2r Opening a 2003 file in 2016 has the potential for all kinds of oddities, though the majority will be roughly the same. (And that?s my experience for LibreOffice.)

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Rome wasn't built in a day (although if you're awesome, you could probably model it in a day).

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@rjohnston2u If you work better in clay or such get a MicroScribe digitizer. They work with Rhino, Maya, etc. and allow you to capture your sculpture via these software packages.

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Trying to get away from Lightroom if at all possible.

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@ggriffin2w Lightroom sucks at that and has to be done manually as far as I know. Apple photos does an ok job of organizing but totally sucks at editing.?

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@ggriffin2w Agreed. I do moderate photo/meme manipulation and Paint.net gives me all the tools I need for basic modifications. (To the point that I donated some money to them.)

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@jfreeman2y I generally don?t need all the features and functions of Adobe Photoshop or GIMP, but I need more than Paint.

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@gholmes2z Paint.net is definitely my go-to for image editing and has been since it first released. It has the most necessary tools and they work?well, is fully capable yet lightweight, and is dead simple to use with clear and non-intrusive instructions f

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@gholmes2z Haven?t finished configuring it yet. Been busy. Looks promising.

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Gimp and Paint.net are great, but for many of us the simplicity and functionality of FastStone are all we usually need. Especially the great batch processing.

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I?ve been trying to find software for my (Android) tablet that can do batch processing (even just the re-naming would be enough) like FastStone

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@cstewart33 FastStone is not free. Hasn?t been for years.

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@cstewart33 Mine is. The website still says it is free.

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@sstone35 I would recommend Avira for any regular Windows user, but if you?re more of a power user and on Win7 or better you should get Microsoft Security Essentials instead.

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@sstone35 The only problem ive ever ran into is sharing stuff, where people have Photoshop or MS Office and you try to open their files or they try to open yours, but that was years ago, compatibility improved greatly since then.

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@sstone35 I really like VirtualBox. I was just thinking about looking for a free video editor, so DaVinci is the perfect, timely recommendation.

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finding the right 3D modeling software is often difficult.

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@emorgan39 123D Design uses a simple and intuitive graphical user interface that places your toolbox on the top and the view tools right beneath it

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@emorgan39 Working with 3D Slash will be a bit of a shock for modeling veterans?since conventional features like extrusion, revolution or sweeps are not part of the program

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@rmorgan3b decent set of tutorials on Blender would help me more than this

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@rmorgan3b They would actually make more sense too, Rhino is really only used for arch-viz and industrial design. Blender has a feature set and price that keeps it busy in more studios for more things creative industry wise.

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@rmorgan3b modelling is modelling, and the base concepts covered are transferable to any application.?

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I use Lightwave myself. It's neat that you're trying to teach others 3D!

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@jpalmer3h Shameless self plug

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@jpalmer3h Good series so far, an AutoCAD (16 years) and SketchUp user myself but still good information. I always liked Rhino so good to see it in use.?

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@jpalmer3h I've been using Rhino for 10+ years, and still find out new ways to do things.

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What are the advantages of creating a 3D environment like this as opposed to modeling, texturing, and compositing everything from scratch? Is this just way faster? Are the results as good??

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@jellis3l A lot of the textures are handled by projections so it happens naturally in photoshop with traditional matte painting methods versus dealing with pesky UVs and that whole hit and miss workflow where you have to constantly re-render things to get

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@jellis3l It can also be combined with stuff you've created from scratch in 3d versus the old 2.5 methods in after effects and such, allowing for a greater degree of movement. He also goes over a bit of photogrammetry and methods for capturing elements fr

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@pmontgomery3n I have found nothing quite gets the superb level of realistic detail in the shortest amount of time quite like 3d matte painting

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@pmontgomery3n I tend to include sculpted elements too, though instead of texturing via texture maps i use zapp link cause photoshop is my baby?

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Awesome!!

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omg !! really amazing ?

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