Review about 3D modeling careers

Hi, Everyone 

  I hope your having a good weekend this Jan, and have a safe and enjoyable holiday for Martin Luther King.

   I wanted to talk about since I haven't reviewed the Daz Studio software, i wanted to talk about the 3D modeling career outlooks for this current new year and beyond.

  These are just my opinions and my ideas on where I think it is going i don't have any insight from any companies or industry insiders telling me what will happen, just as a disclaimer to people on here.

  Being a part of wanting to get into this Industry and friends who are already in the 3D world it seems that there is a major shift going on.  With movies trying to cut corners and people in the big box building like pixar or dreamworks cutting workers or rhythm and hues filing for bankruptcy.  It seems that there a change in the air and finally starting to hit the fan.

  I feel like the new students trying to get into the industry including myself, are going to find it harder to really break through unless we change are skills levels and aspirations on taking a reality check.  I wanted to work for Pixar or Dreamworks like everyone else, but as of now i have not heard from either of them because you have to have experience before going to work for them.  Your skill level has to be amazing compared to the 99% other people trying to get that same position as well.  So to get a job in big companies like this is really a lot of luck and a lot of skill.  It seems if I or We as the 3D industry new comers are gonna have to really focus on a skill that most companies would value more then just the traditional 3D animator or 3D modeler.

Looking into doing FX or HRD for camera mapping, or learning how to do Simulations really well like on Houdini or Maya, or MoCap has become more popular and not many schools are teaching this area. So more companies are needing people for these positions.  A friend of mine right out of college, go a job in MoCap and he working at a company in Los angeles and having a blast. Me on the other hand haven't got any offers since i want do a position that you need a lot of experience in.

Now i am not saying stop your dreaming on becoming a 3D animator or 3D modeler, i am just saying that it is tough now to get into this positions right out of college.  It is gonna take a lot of hard work on your part to get up to par with the other industry users that are already ahead of you, so you have to really put the effort to really be better then the rest.  I know that for me i am going to do that as well, and one day it will work out for me and hopefully you.

There is a lot of new areas for students to try and a lot of it sometimes we overlook in are local towns that we live in, there is a lot of people that need help with animations like your local news station or your local play or high school or theater.  There need for school that might need some help with tutoring for students in that field and you could help out with that and get paid for it.    So I say take the longer outlook and realize that it will take some time to get your dream job, but if you work for it every day it will come this much closer to becoming a reality.

This is my Advice for the Weekend,

Cheers,

Manny

First Review Software-Cinema 4D R15 Studio

My Choice Review

This software review for the Cinema 4D Studio Edition the product price is very steep, although the product will pay off in the amount of work you can get done and the workflow speed.  The quality of the product is very clean and streamline for the consumer and it gives a new user a very easy way to learn the software in a quick amount of time.

Performance

“Disclaimer I am using my own setting on my PC that I personally made and so the performance could be slower or faster depending on what type of computer you have”

            In the performance aspect there was a very easy navigation inside the program once installing it on my PC.  There was no lag or very little or no sluggishness in using the program.  When making a huge scene however was when it started to slow down but if your using a few million polygons in a scene with hair or fur the software going to slow down your computer whatever software your using.

The Tools inside

The tools that Cinema 4D had were a lot of way to complete a task from adding a cube in the tool bar, to adding modifier on top of the cube without having to edit the cube itself.  There is a also lot of tools like right clicking on the object you can get a drop down menu on what to do to it, like say Bevel or Extrude from the object.  You have to click first to make it Editable so you can do that, but it’s a very non-destructive format with this software.  There are also short cut keys in the program where there is if you click on the object and press the T button on the keyboard it makes the object scale, and if you click E you can Rotate the object and if you hold the right button mouse click and scroll the mouse forward and back you can scale the object that way too.

If you’re a 3D Modeler or Animator

This product is a great product that has many ways of getting your workflow up and running as soon as you start a project.  Granted you have to learn the interface for a few days, but you will soon make it up by the amount of time you save with this piece of software.  If you want to animate with this product this gives you many tools to create your animations with, one of the Bright Spots in this is when you animate a object you get a graph that shows up in the interface of the workplace your working on and shows you like if you are moving a leg to walk.  This will show up and have the arc that it makes when the legs moves on your character.  This is very handy to have and I personally feel that it speeds up your animation workflow.

The texture and realism in this program is very great, I have created an object that I will place in this review in just about 20-30 minutes of time to make and render.

Interface of Cinema 4D R15 Studio

If you’re a Hobbyist

Strawberry made from 3D

This Product is a something that if you want to go into what the Professionals use that by all means go for using this type of software.  This type of product is expensive and If you don’t have the money for it right now then save up for it, but in the mean time I would at least get a demo version of this and see if you like it.  If you really love this product then go for it and buy it.    

Video of Review of Cinema 4D studio Cinema 4D Studio

Where to buy

There are few sites that you can buy this product at and I will recommend them in the links below on my sites so you can go look at the product and hopefully purchase.  Thanks again for reading this review and have a great day!

http://www.amazon.com/Maxon-Cinema-4D-Studio-R15/dp/B004M145AY/ref=sr_1_8?m=A2HX2MRG96ONB3&s=merchant-items&ie=UTF8&qid=1389748541&sr=1-8&keywords=cinema