How about c4d and maya?

actually, C4d and MAYA are neck and neck, because they have their own advantages and disadvantages. C4D is mainly reflected in high efficiency and humanization, and MAYA is the mainstream today, mainly in large-scale team cooperation.

let's look at the learning difficulty first. C4D is relatively simple, and the overall difficulty is equivalent to that of 3DMAX, but its function is far more powerful than that of 3DMAX. Compared with MAX, the only drawback is that the capture function is not easy to use. Other all-round explosions.

MAYA is more difficult. If you want to learn more, you need to learn programming first. But the more complicated it is, the more powerful it is. However, in recent years, every version of MAYA has been updated, and its functions have not been substantially improved. And every time a new version of C4D comes out, you can feel that it is more powerful. In a year or so, it's hard to say.

when I first came into contact with C4D, it was version R8. At that time, the function of C4D theory was not even comparable to that of 3DMAX. But now people are comparing it with MAYA.

talk about the shortcomings of the two softwares again.

Let's talk about MAYA first. Because it is AUTODESK's software, the functions that could have been added to MAYA have been made into a separate software. This is the root of MAYA's lack of renewal in recent years.

for example, the carving function was originally added directly to MAYA, so why not? But AUTODESK is a businessman ..... it has specially made a carving software. It's called MUDBOX So, the process becomes like this: you first make a rough mold in MAYA, and then import it into MUDBOX for carving. So you need to learn two softwares. For areas where everyone needs to buy genuine copies, this is another income.

C4D directly adds the engraving function to the software, so it can be achieved by learning only one software.

in addition, because AUTODESK and ADOBE are in a competitive relationship, AUTODESK's software and ADOBE's software are connected. None of them are as good as C4D. For example, C4D can draw a path with AI, and directly pour it into C4D and squeeze it into a model. After the model is completed, it can be opened directly with the new version of PS. Then draw a map with PS. Finally, after rendering, directly generate an AE engineering file. It is a very comfortable process to directly use AE to do post-........... And this will never be possible for MAYA.

and MAYA is very stupid. Of course, MAYA is not stupid if you want to make a Hollywood movie-level special effect. But if all you want to do is a short animation, it may take a week and hundreds of expressions to get it done. And C4D may only take an hour.

in addition, C4D finished modeling MAYA. At least I think so. MAYA's modeling is not generally difficult to use.

C4D has a fatal disadvantage, that is, the learning resources of C4D, at least for me at that time, was a big problem. Because C4D's Chinese course is limited. If you want to study deeply, you need to pass English. For example, when it comes to character animation, almost all of them should follow the English course. However, it is said that several C4D books were published later. I didn't buy it or read it, so I don't know how far teaching is now. Because C4D debuted late, there are no related courses in major universities, so it can only be taught by itself.