


I dabble with what I can here and there as a hobbyist. In my dreams, however, I would go after it. 3D animation seems to me to be a virtually impossible field to break into, so I never considered it as a viable pursuit. I am quite interested in 3D animation (more the modeling and rendering), but my experience is limited to cheaper software like Bryce, Ray Dream Studio, Poser, and Blender 3D. The tour relates to the release of the two highest profile 3D animation software packages, now owned by one company, Autodesk.

I invited him to go with me because I figured he might be interested. I'm on the Alias/Autodesk email list, so I got the announcement a few weeks ago. Wednesday evening, good ole Jim and I went to the Autodesk 3D Studio Max 9 and Maya 8 launch tour presented in Portland.
