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Bryce 6Bryce 6
Buy new: $94.99 / Used from: $90.00
Bryce allows you to quickly create realistic landscapes and scenes. It competes with Vue but seems to offer greater capabilities at a lower price. If you're thinking of creating beautiful scenery, start here!
Poser 7 3D Figure Design and Animation (Win/Mac)Poser 7 3D Figure Design and Animation (Win/Mac)
Buy new: $169.99 / Used from: $198.15
Poser is the de facto starting place for anyone interested in 3D art. It's cheap, easily expandable and able to do medium-level 3D artwork. It has been used in creating backdrops and large crowds for several recent films.
Vue Easel 6Vue Easel 6
Buy new: Too low to display / Used from: $69.99
Vue Easel 6 is the lowest end of the Vue product line which extends all the way up to the network Vue Infinite -- the software used to create many of the CGI backdrops in "Pirates of the Carribean."
Adobe Photoshop CS3 [OLD VERSION]Adobe Photoshop CS3 [OLD VERSION]
Buy new: $649.49
Adobe's Photoshop is *the* premiere software for digital manipulation of artwork -- photos, drawings, or 3D software. It can also be used, by itself, to create amazing artwork.
Eovia Carrara 5Eovia Carrara 5
Carrara (latest version is 6) is a great piece of 3D rendering software, similar to Poser -- although the render engine is arguably better.