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[unff]

http://www.daz3d.com/i/0/0

It's legit. Requires a sign up, but completely worth it for $830 in free software.

[Gaver]

Any reason they are offering this for free? These actually good products?

Edit: Looked it up here's their reasoning:
http://www.graphics....rticle&sid=4905

But still not sure on the quality.

Neat though

[unff]

Either they are gearing up to release new versions, or maybe it's a marketing push to pick up market share on Smith Micro's Poser.

Yes, they are good products if you are into or are interested in digital art. I'm really excited to get my hands on Bryce again.

[Orz]

Great find unff, I'll pick these up for sure!

[kid-kun]

Wow, that's awesome! Thanks unff! I remember how frustrating it was to use free low-quality 3d modellers when I was modding CoD1. Good to know I won't have to deal with that anymore

[Eevvee]

Wow, thank you for posting this! I have a friend who is going to be taking classes for digital art stuff in the fall and he's been looking for something to fool around with until then. I will direct him to this link.

[KillyKyll]

Hmmm, I've always been interested in this sorta thing, maybe I'll take a look.

[Amoner]

Just a reminder tho, autocad, 3dmax and other products from autodesk are free to use for any students, you just have to signup with your school email.

[unff]

Just a heads-up for those of you installing Bryce on Win7 or Vista 64 bit, you are going to need to pick up vcredist_x86.exe from this site since the Bryce installer gives you the 64-bit version automatically, and it won't run without the 32-bit version.

[Novem]

Gonna try these programs out, since I haven't touched 3D modelers since freshman year- great find Unff!

[Lyrah]

I really appreciate this! It'll be nice to have a diversity in software, and honestly their lighting engine and animation looks very good, can't wait to try it out. Downloading as we speak, if anyone is interested in these, I'd suggest downloading soon as the deal expires on February 20th.

On this note:

Just a reminder tho, autocad, 3dmax and other products from autodesk are free to use for any students, you just have to signup with your school email.

Autodesk does offer Inventor, 3DS Max, Maya, and Mudbox for free for students, but be warned: you'll have a rough ride. I can't speak for their other products, but we used the Maya and Mudbox student versions for my 3D intro class and ran into so many problems. My professor (who has the retail copies) was pretty appalled at the state of the student versions. There were a lot of bugs and random issues that we honestly couldn't figure out, and though I've seen people on the internet agree it is the student version's fault, no one knows how to fix those problems. So really, if you encounter things not working or random files getting messed up (we had major issues on one project with files reverting to previous saves and overriding the new saves), you just have to roll with the punches. I'm not saying they aren't bad programs, I love Maya and use it all the time, and while some people have little issue with the student versions, I've seen many others with problems, so be ready to compromise with the program a little bit.

[Deft]

Nice find! I'm always interested in that sort of thing, though I probably won't use it. Still, it's awesome seeing the artwork people come up with. If anyone here ends up using it, I want to see some of your creations.

[StandBY]

what do these programs do? are they used for animation and stuff alike?