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Thanks for the link Im home schooling too. Althought it can be hard with a 2 yr old running around. Hows your SU practice coming?

Wow guy's you've given me alot to think about. I defiantly think its a good idea to focus on the one that can help me speed up the process like SU and learn it inside and out. Since I have a student version of Maya from when I took a Maya class, i might as well use that for more high poly stuff and defiantly need to sit down and learn photoshop inside and out. As for the renderers, im just going to have to try out the demos versions. Im going to want one that does character modelling and animation as well, since its a side hobby. Thank you so much guys for your feed back, LoKeL

Wicked thread. Ive also been wonder many of the same things MrStar. Im also learning SU. If you find any good tutorials on building houses in SU can you let me know. I also enjoy character modelling, its a nice change from trying to learn all the archviz stuff. Good to break it up a bit.

That is so cool. I cant believe its only $200. My husband was hoping some company would come out with something like that. The fact that its Wacom is even better. Cant wait to be able to try that baby out

@Brodie, Im defiantly going to play around with Kerkythea and see. Cant pass up trying the free option,lol.

@ Brodie You've certainly given me alot to think about. Im going to have to try and demo them and see. @Endless, thanks for the heads up about Kerkythea. Im going to play around with these 3 renderes with sketchup and blender. Thanks so much guys for the great info, certainly given me alot to think about. This community rocks

@Valerio, I didnt even know about the Sketchup plugins, thanks Ill have to go check them out. What kind of plugins are you using? I think what I might do to start is use SketchUp and use Blender for any high poly modeling I have to do. Im familiar with it and my husband uses it all the time. Im looking into using Vray as my Render too. Still undecided on that one. And of course photoshop, cant miss that, lol Since Im just learning and starting my business, im gonna keep the costs low and go from there. I really appreciate all your helpful info and guidence. I look forward to posting much more as I progress.

Wow, this is awesome! I would love to stay in a room like that. It looks so real.

Thanks VE and pumbaa. I think a big benefit you mention P is the different plugins and how its less buggy. The little big ive used Maya, Ive found it buggy. Maya does have this grass and plant feature now, but its not very nice looking. Im defiantly going to play around with max, vray and sketchup together and see how they work out. Have you guys heard much about Maxwell render? Also do you know much about the difference between max and max design? I read there is lighting difference and such in the design version. The only reason I ask is I also enjoy character modelling. And im not sure which venue to take.

Ya thats what I would be using Maya and or Max for. Doing the finishing touches, adding furniture, lamps, stuff like that. What do you do your materials, textures, bump maps and such in?

Thanks Im defiantly gonna learn sketchup. Good to know im going in the right direction. Im actually looking to startup a small business where I show people what there small or large home renos are going to look like before they start shelling out the cash to contractors, so they can change anything they need to without it costing them lots to change plans.

Hey Everyone, Im new here and ive started to get into doing architectural visualization and Im not sure which software to use. Ive seen some threads that talk about this, but they arent up to date with the new Maya 2012 and Max. Ive taken a brief class on doing a room in Maya, but I see alot of people use Max. Ive started to use Sketchup as well, as it seems fast to get your foundation setup, but Im looking for a software to do final details and such. Im wondering what the difference is between the 2 and why you choose the one over the other. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, LoKeL:D PS anyother software other then max and maya that you guys use Id like to hear about too.