You might want to look into Blender also. It is free and open source. I also
find Wings3D to be a good subdivision surface modeler for use with POV or
Blender.

Blender has most of the features of Maya and 3DSMax but is not easy to learn
(IMHO). Blender has an unusual user interface so it takes a while to adjust.

Most high end 3D applications have procedural textures, I know Maya and
Blender have it.

Harold


"John D. Gwinner" <john dot gwinner at cornell dot edu> wrote in message
news:4299eadb$1@news.povray.org...
> Folks:
>
>   I'm thinking of getting a comercial modeler and possibly renderer.
> Currently, I have student status due to talking a UCLA writing course
> extension.
>
>   It's a lot, but I could possibly afford 3DSMax, and I have to say I'm
> tempted.
>
>   However, I like POVRayy's rendering so I'm wondering what moving to a
> comercial package would give me, or more accuratly, what' I'd lose.
>
>   Do any of them do procedural texturing?
>
>   Any advice?
>
>         == John ==
>
>

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