Best 3d software combination

[umberg6007]

yup I would like to know what is the best 3d software combination:

1. maya and 3d studio max
2. maya and lightwave 6
3. 3d studio max and lightwave 6

or it would be maya,lightwave 6 and 3d studio max.
i know the more the better but sometimes there are drawbacks
when shifting from one application to another.

[mbrunetta]

It depends on yourself which one do you prefer, which one do you more master in ! Once again it depends on the artist theirselves.

For me, the best combination is Maya and Soft. It varies for every people (like you and me). From your post. I can say that, probably you better choose Maya and lightwave for combination. Use Maya as your modeling app. and render it from lightwave. But the thing is you have to convert all NURBS to polygon. I think you know this. and in smooth the surface in LW. If you want to import the animation or any camera. Use polyTrans prog. The best transfering app i think.

Hope this is helps,
Vai

[actarus]

out of your choices,
i'd say #2,
cuz you get maya's overall strength, with LW's nice renderer

#1 is a bit odd, why use max if you have maya?
Aint much max can do that maya cant(although there is some)

#2 same thing pretty much

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[motalgo]

Max and maya are pretty close (like interface) and you won't have much problem switching in between. Also now max have MentalRay as its renderer!Max also have a lot of great plugins which come very handy when the need arises. MAX own renderer is pretty fast and good enough. MAX is also expanding very fast and upgraded every few months(it took decades to lightwave to upgrade).
But maya and soft seems real explosive.
Zeni

[the-dragon]

i think the best combination is the maya and si.for me, i use si do the common works like model,animate,render,because the mental ray is very good.but the particles system of si is poor,so i used maya to make the particle effcet,and maya is very good at actor animate.