Two questions about Anim8or, Blender, 3D Canvas (free version)

Hi....I notice that these three softwares are free. Now I want to start learning one of them. I have two questions about them:

1. Which one is the easier software for beginner?

2. Which one is the most powerful?

Thanks...!

I really believe this is a personal preference. I find my choice of 3d package ( which will remain nameless ) to be very easy to use, while others complain that it's incredibly difficult to get to grips with.

Having said that, I think it's universally accepted that Blender is not easy to get to grips with.

I would try them all, if I were you. I'd probably try 3d Canvas first, and Blender third, but I really would try them all.

As for power, there's really not a lot in it. Blender has a lot of power that you won't ever use for realtime work. Heck I have a very(!) expensive 3d package and I still find myself doing the kind of vertex manipulation I could be doing in any old 3d package. It's really about how comfortable you are with the interface.

Sybixus is right it's not that hard but if you are looking at those pacakges I would choose 3d canvas over blender. blender without proper books or tutorials is kind of difficult.

ive tried all three, in my oppinion Anim8or is by far the easiest, Blender's ui is very difficult and 3d Canvas... i just dont like the way it works, it also keeps crashing on me and messed up my computer.

proberably Blender is the most powerfull but i could never get the efficiency with blender to do much with it :)
i would go with anim8or if i were you, i did

I have never modelled before, and among several free tools that I have downloaded, I found that Amapi, who claims to be the most "intuitive" tool to modell, is very easy to use for a total beginner like me.

The vision is no 3 axis-windows-vision, but one window only, the object to modell is on a table, and one can turn around the table during the modelling.
I found it very near the natural clay modelling process.

Perhaps I will use something else later, but right now, as a beginner, I found Amapi to be the most intuitive to learn modelling.

(The version 5 is free now)

where can i get version 5, i can only find 7

I'm not sure what country you're in, SSS. Psycoach managed to find it on a 3d Special Magazine ( see his thread about Amapi directly below this thread for that. )

In the UK, I've seen a few magazines with it on the cover. There's probably one on the shelf now. If not, I'm sure you can chase up a back issue.

AFAIK it's not downloadable.

Does Anim8or has exporting capabilities? How? To which formats?

[EDIT:]I have found it by myself: Object->Export. You can export to 3DS format.

@SSS : Did you find it in a magazine ?
Did you get my e-mail ?

Hi....all,

Thank you very much...!!!