One of my friends have left town and his wife took some of his stuffed (was) no way now I LightWave 3D 7. 5, Poser 6 and Cinemax 4dla My question is: what is the easy to learn to start in my 3D world I have some experince in the world, etc. Photoshop 2D, but I first openned and Poser “Wow what the … ” I tried to mess with it without knowing anything and quickly got lost and confused. . Someone knows how site traffic tutorail I teach from? I tried mine and found many schools and online training, but does not seem to find sites for free tutorials, I can even get his wife Maya, I also I’m pretty sure so let me adding that one to the possibility of easilest to learn, thank you for your help. . . Finally, a question I’m sorry, but I could create a background image in 3D, and one of these programs and then import them into Dreamweaver 8 to add a photo or a background image on a website. Thank you again


Try all the 3D packages and choose the one which is easier for you. Poser is specialized in human creation, although the human figures don’t look natural. With Lightwave, 3dsMax and Maya you can create everything. Max is easy to use, Lightwave uses different approach, Maya is a bit complex for a first time user but is more proffesional film oriented. Lightwave is used mostly for games and movies, Max – for architecture and games, Softimage XSI – for film and commercials etc. There are free 3D softwares such as Blender (a bit complex), Anim8or.
Every 3D package can render a picture which can be put in your background.
Well you didn’t declare what are you learning this for?
Maya is not the best choice if you are looking for something easy to make cool backgrounds with it. but it’s a great software if you are trying to get a job in 3d industry. or make cool 3d animation as a hobby. (i work as a digital lighting artist on a pre-school TV show using Maya right now)
Cinema 4d and Lightwave are both high-end 3d packages and very powerful and they are not easy to learn as well, but I think they have less complication comparing to Maya. but you still have to spend some time to get used to them. 3d is hard to understand at first.
Poser in other hand is not used by professionals that often, its not a 3d package like the other ones. it gives you pre-made human models, poses and some animation. its perfect for somebody who needs to put a human model on his medical catalog right away without knowing 3d!
go to http://www.3dtotal.com click on Free Stuff > Tutorials.
then you get to choose a software (Maya, Lightwave, 3d Max, etc) and there are lots of quality free tutorials.
more Maya tutorials:
http://www.learning-maya.com/
http://www.highend3d.com/maya/tutorials/
good luck