I like the interface improvements and the viewport model graphics seem improved as well. Yeah I downloaded the 2.8 Beta just to give the eevee render engine a whizz.

but maybe i'm wrong and the transition from 2.79 and 2.8 will be smooth, i don't know. I don't think i should start re-learning Blender until the 2.8 comes out because it will be quite different i think. I'm currently waiting for blender 2.8 to comes out after i read that it will introduce industry standard hotkeys ( hotkeys taken from Maya for modeling and animation and Zbrush for painting and sculpting ) and UI.įor the moment i'm using Maya LT ( bought 1 month subscription to do stuff ), i tried out c4d ( prime ) but it feels too limited compared to Maya. With that said i was looking at Maya LT ( but it is expensive ), Modo Indie ( all the 'modo indie is not developed anymore' speculations are gone so i think it's safe to buy now ) and Cinema 4D but on the net i read only complaints about c4d so. Houdini is awesome, i learned it a couple of years ago when i was into FX and i also used it for terrains but now i'm not using it anymore because, well, i don't do FX and for terrains i use Gaea from Quadspinner and traditional modeling in Houdini is.not really a joy compared to other softwares but for procedural modeling is a life saver. Thanks for your answer, Blender was the first software that i learned when i started doing CG about 4-5 years ago, i used it for 1 year than i switched to Maya until now.īecause of that i know that Blender is a good software but i never really liked the interface and workflow. Modo and Houdini are great packages if you are looking to spend money, but really give Blender a shot, it’s nothing like it used to be and it’s versatility is down right shocking considering it’s price and pedigree.

C4D is most easily summed up as one the most beautiful and easy to learn packages that only get you 70% there and will force you to supplement that last 30% with a myriad of other applications.īefore learning C4D I would strongly encourage you to learn Blender. They just don’t care about games and they barely care about the needs of their motion graphics customers. This is coming from a hallowed beta tester of many years.

Maxon is one of the most customer-tone-deff 3D tool companies still around. I say all that to put some weight behind what I’m about to say. I’ve done everything from motion graphics to game content to industrial design.

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