Blender

Blender is a 3d animation tool. I am trying to get a grasp on how blender works. One thing great about it, is it is a free animation software compared to 3d Studio max and maya.

Many when first use blender may thinks that it is not that user friendly. The interface is quite complicated for newbies, but you should check out blender can perform a really great 3D environment.

I hope by this few weeks i will be able get know of how the lighting works. I explored the modeling part, it's quite okay. I can't wait to go to the animation, and particles part. I hope it won't be that hard as i assume.

check out www.blender.org, the new version is available : 2.43