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I have been doing graphic art for a number of years, and I can't 
recommend  DAZ(Hexagon, Studio, Carrara) enough...


http://www.daz3d.com
http://www.daz3d.com/i.x/software/studio/-/?&_m=d
http://www.daz3d.com/i.x/software/hexagon/-/?&_m=d
http://www.daz3d.com/i.x/software/carrara/-/?&_m=d

-Ed




Mark Armendariz wrote:
> csnyder wrote:
>> On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 1:02 PM,  <paul at gubavision.com> wrote:
>>   
>>> I'm a visual artist not a coder.  I dabble in PHP.  I haven't looked in a
>>> while but I have not really found an good easy to understand and use 3D
>>> rendering program.
>>>     
>>
>> Does Google Sketchup count?
>> http://sketchup.google.com/
>>
>> I've heard it's pretty easy to use. You can embed the output in Google
>> Earth, but I don't know you can embed the output in a web page other
>> than as a screenshot.
>>   
> Google Sketchup does indeed have a pretty easy interface.  I recommend 
> it as well.
>
> There's also an open source 3d App called blender:
> http://www.blender.org/
>
> >From WikiPedia: "Blender has a robust feature set similar in scope 
> and depth to other high-end 3D software such as Softimage|XSI 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softimage_XSI>, Cinema 4D 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_4D>, 3ds Max 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3ds_Max>, Lightwave 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightwave> and Maya 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_%28software%29>"
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blender_(software)
>
> I'm not sure what your needs are, but this could be a reason to get 
> creative and break some ground.  If you search for "3d engine canvas" 
> (sans quotes), you'll find quite a few blog posts, samples and 
> examples of people writing 3d engines in javascript meant to draw to 
> the canvas tag, which should work in most modern browsers.
>
> Canvas Tag:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canvas_tag
>
> Here's one I found particularly intriguing:
> http://www.nihilogic.dk/labs/canvas3dtexture_0.2/
>
>
> Good luck!
>
> Mark
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