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I want to find some suitable tools for starting out in 3D. Here's what
I'm looking for:
1) I want to create character models that I can more or less pose as
puppets in some fashion within a given scene. (The kinds of characters I
have in mind are *not* realistic, but fairly cartoonish. Unfortunately,
the characters that float around in my head tend not to be composed of
nice, neat spheres, cylinders, etc.)
2) Reasonably straightforward. Good documentation is a must. If I can
read a manual and understand the features of the software I'm using, I
can probably figure out how to do what I want to do. I've played around
with the Blender, and while I respect its capabilities, I find that the
interface makes me gunshy of it, even after reading the Blender manual
(which unfortunately doesn't seem to explain Blender all that well).
3) I have no problem with creating or editing text files *IF* that is
more straightforward than a graphical approach. I highly emphasize the
'IF', though.
-- I am a fool for Christ. Mostly I am a fool. --
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"J. J. Ramsey" wrote:
> I want to find some suitable tools for starting out in 3D. Here's what
> I'm looking for:
>
> 1) I want to create character models that I can more or less pose as
> puppets in some fashion within a given scene. (The kinds of characters I
> have in mind are *not* realistic, but fairly cartoonish. Unfortunately,
> the characters that float around in my head tend not to be composed of
> nice, neat spheres, cylinders, etc.)
>
> 2) Reasonably straightforward. Good documentation is a must. If I can
> read a manual and understand the features of the software I'm using, I
> can probably figure out how to do what I want to do. I've played around
> with the Blender, and while I respect its capabilities, I find that the
> interface makes me gunshy of it, even after reading the Blender manual
> (which unfortunately doesn't seem to explain Blender all that well).
>
> 3) I have no problem with creating or editing text files *IF* that is
> more straightforward than a graphical approach. I highly emphasize the
> 'IF', though.
>
> -- I am a fool for Christ. Mostly I am a fool. --
Well, you might want to check out GIRAM. It's open source, and under early
development, so if it can't do what you want, you have a good chance of
getting it changed to your needs (even better if you do some of the
programming yourself ;-)
http://www.minet.net/~steeve/giram/
--
"My new computer's got the clocks, it rocks
But it was obsolete before I opened the box" - W.A.Y.
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