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Very good. The only reason I haven't really gotten anywhere in 3ds max is the fact that I don't know the key settings, and I don't have a proper way to learn it that isn't rushed. Anyone have any tips? Things to start out with? :|

Screw around for a while. It's good for the essentials, plus if you're dabbling in effects, you may just discover stuff that'll blow people's minds. I can make fairly impressive stuff with 3ds Max. But that was in animation class as a summer extracurricular.

The fact that Loose made that with "3 hours" worth of experience is actually pretty dam crazy. I call shenanigans on that one, you must have had prior knowledge from elsewhere!

I so can't wait to get my new computer... even though it won't have processing power maxed out, I still wouldn't mind doing still-images.

(btw last I was able to go crazy with 3ds Max, it was prone to crashes. Ugh!)