3d modeling program ?

#1 Was surprised we did not have that in our resource database... we do now. Here is the link.

But we did have a tutorial in the database describing how to load models created in Milkshape into your own programs. Here is the link.

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--Rick

#2 Well Milkshape is a Good 3d moddeling enviroment, ive used it since the early versions, and once mastered is versatile and powerfull.

#3 I have been looking at different 3D modeling packages, and if I have this correct, MilkShape 3D is a "Low Ploygon" modeler --how much of a differnce is there between using this and a "High Poly" commercial product? What is "Low" vs "High" --i.e. at which resolution does it become apparent that one was used vs the other?

Also, which is your "preferred" 3D modeler?

Brian

#4 Low polys for games
high polys for detailing on your models(Final Fantasy movie)

I pesonally use Strata 3D.The image rendering is awsome and its easy to use.Check out the gallery
http://www.stratacafe.com

#5 if you want to learn how to model using Milkshape 3D then i am teaching wed/thur 7-9, i am currently just getting a list of people that will be in the class but i will start soon (25 people per lesson limit so sign up before there is no room left) (2 hour lessons) 40$ for 4 lessons (each lesson 1 hour long 2 lessons at a time) on AIM chat rooms and soon MIRC www.verifiedlearning.net a site for other lessons on many computer courses coming soon, www.3dmodeler.50megs.com a CoolCatStudios website and some of my models,
so if anyone wants lessons e-mail me at JICETTY2000@cs.com with your AIM ScreenName and i will put you on the list and tell you when we start, (as soon as the site is up i will start teaching i already have some people and there signing up quikly so reserve your spot today)

#6 I deffently perfer Blender over any other modeler I've tryed. It's cheaper then MS as it dosn't cost anything :P And you can model with it alot faster then MS, because you use alot of keyboard shortcuts. And you don't have to keep switching modes ;)

#7 Low poly is focused on poly count for realtime games, typically into the mid hundreds to perhaps a few thousand polygons at most. I think Milkshape3D puts the limit of how many polygon can be in its models at 64,000 or whatever 64k turns out to be. That may have changed since last time I checked MS3D.

With high-poly modeling you can through additional subdivision smoothing at it and again and again and further refine it to the point where you have meshes with tens of thousands if not even hundreds of thousands of polygons, perhaps at rendering time going down to a polygon for each pixel being rendered. That can go into the millions at film resolution. Some better tricks are played with bump and normal mapping though, so extremely high oly rates are rarely needed. Even in illustration.