I have been doing graphic art for a number of years, and I can't
recommend DAZ(Hexagon, Studio, Carrara) enough...
http://www.daz3d.com
http://www.daz3d.com/i.x/software/studio/-/?&_m=d
http://www.daz3d.com/i.x/software/hexagon/-/?&_m=d
http://www.daz3d.com/i.x/software/carrara/-/?&_m=d
-Ed
Mark Armendariz wrote:
csnyder wrote:
On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 1:02 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm a visual artist not a coder. I dabble in PHP. I haven't looked in a
while but I have not really found an good easy to understand and use 3D
rendering program.
Does Google Sketchup count?
http://sketchup.google.com/
I've heard it's pretty easy to use. You can embed the output in Google
Earth, but I don't know you can embed the output in a web page other
than as a screenshot.
Google Sketchup does indeed have a pretty easy interface. I recommend
it as well.
There's also an open source 3d App called blender:
http://www.blender.org/
>From WikiPedia: "Blender has a robust feature set similar in scope
and depth to other high-end 3D software such as Softimage|XSI
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softimage_XSI>, Cinema 4D
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_4D>, 3ds Max
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3ds_Max>, Lightwave
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightwave> and Maya
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_%28software%29>"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blender_(software)
I'm not sure what your needs are, but this could be a reason to get
creative and break some ground. If you search for "3d engine canvas"
(sans quotes), you'll find quite a few blog posts, samples and
examples of people writing 3d engines in javascript meant to draw to
the canvas tag, which should work in most modern browsers.
Canvas Tag:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canvas_tag
Here's one I found particularly intriguing:
http://www.nihilogic.dk/labs/canvas3dtexture_0.2/
Good luck!
Mark
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