Is EI a dying app yes its price is insanely cheap now, especially if you get it rhoguh DVgarage, but you’ll also note that the creator of DVgarage uses cinema now for most his stuff, check out pixelcorps. Yes some people feel the need for maxwell and Final Render, but you’ll note both those renderers were available for max and maya before they were for cinema too Cinema is right up there with silo and modo. In Regards to nurbs modeling yes cinema is far behind, in terms of Poly modeling, they have surpassed Max in fact, and maya is the biggest joke of the top five in terms of poly modeling. It might make sense for one person to upgrade Cinema, while for another it might make more sense to put the money into specialized programs like Rhino or ZBrush. I guess the bottom line is that we’re blessed with a huge number of choices. One is certainly more likely to need a third-party engine if one uses a Cinema competitor. Likewise, while some may prefer to add third-party render engines to their toolsets, people have been using Cinema professionally for years without them. like Max, Maya, or XSI that include nurbs tools–simply because the nurbs tools in those apps aren’t that great. OTOH, if you like to have nurbs in addition to poly modeling, you’d probably want a standalone nurbs modeler even if you use apps. I know many professional modelers who use only Cinema. It depends entirely on your needs/preferences.

C4D however, really is not that far behind at all and competes quite well with Max’s modeling toolset since R9. Max’s modeling toolset (for poly modeling) is some of the most complete there is. Max does have a few more modeling tools than in C4D but that is the case for every major app out there. So in all neither one is more comprehensive than the other in that respect.

Maya has better NURBS tools than C4D, but it’s poly modeling is actually way LESS comprehensive than C4D. Many seem to think you also need Maxwell or FR. You can pick up the old EI nurbs modeller for virtually nothing in DVGarage tool kit.īasically, c4d is not a standalone app- you need a nurbs modelling app to go with it. I don’t know whether EI is a dying app or not, a few years ago I would have said yes, but its been very much ‘improved’ lately and is being sold for a snip, together with Silo. Well, whether you like them or not, Maya and Max both have more comprehensive modelling tools than C4d.

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