[Sunny Thaper]

Originally posted by Jay5780
I'm a professional graphic artist and work in the broadcast television field (local tv news). I don't know any 3d apps, but I do a lot of PhotoShop and After Effects work. All I can tell you if you want to get into this part of this field is to know those two the most. Knowledge of a 3d app is a plus, but many television stations can't afford to buy the app and all the goodies to go with it. A station I used to work for does use Lightwave.

If 3d modeling is your thing check into some broadcast design compaines. I have dealt with a few and all of them did do 3d work for graphic packages for local and national news shows as well as networks graphics and dvd stuff. Check out this site and see what you could do.

After Effects is by far the most used program out of any of the ones discussed and the reason being that while most companies focus on a specific niche, such as pure game animation, pure photoshop image editing, etc, they all share the need for post production. After Effects would most certainly land you a job easily and most likely it won't be a temp position.