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Originally posted by Jnadke
They don't. Most professionals use Maya for any major work. Click the link for examples.
3D Studio Max pales in comparison to Maya. It costs $7,000 for a copy.
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Actually this is not true at all with the release of version 5. How the trend normally goes is that most movies use Maya and most games use 3ds max (I know a lot of companies use other spawn off's of both). However 3ds max has been used in movies and Maya has been used in games. Also although Maya is only 1500, don't let that fool you. To get the full experience out of Maya, you have to but a lot of plug-ins and different add-ons. Max 5 on the other hand which is a huge improvement of 4 (much better renderer, the feedback in animating is gone and other new plug-ins) comes loaded for around $5,600 though I have seen it less (yes i know this is the price because i just met with a 3ds max teacher a month ago). Both programs are great though, and I really cannot give tell you which one is better than the other. I think that it is more of a preference. However lightwave (which is a product of Maya) rocks and is simple to use.