Need... Help?

Okay... Im getting proficient with flash, photoshop, and all... But I need to render my creations so I'm not constantly having to draw a new pose, scan, color, and shade. It is SOOOO time consuming. I need a good, basic(if... thats the word...) 3d renderer with cel-shading capabilities. 3dsmax looks good... But Then again, so complicated. If I'm looking in the right direction, then by all means, say so. I'm making an anime fanservice that alot of people are looking forward to, and I want it to be as consistent as big industry name's work. I'm just looking for something to pose ragdolls I create and they have to be:

1. Able to be cel-shaded without having to press a button sequence whenever I want to pose the model.

2. Number 1.

Thanks.

Okay... Im getting proficient with flash, photoshop, and all... But I need to render my creations so I'm not constantly having to draw a new pose, scan, color, and shade. It is SOOOO time consuming. I need a good, basic(if... thats the word...) 3d renderer with cel-shading capabilities. 3dsmax looks good... But Then again, so complicated. If I'm looking in the right direction, then by all means, say so. I'm making an anime fanservice that alot of people are looking forward to, and I want it to be as consistent as big industry name's work. I'm just looking for something to pose ragdolls I create and they have to be: 1. Able to be cel-shaded without having to press a button sequence whenever I want to pose the model. 2. Number 1. Thanks.

You looking for something free? Goto www.daz3d.com
For a limited time you can download Bryce 5.0 free. Or you can download DAZ Studio (which has always been free) Both of those applications will allow you to render, but I have to say the quality is not as great as some of the premium programs out there that cost near a thousand dollars.

If your looking to buy a program to render with, try google the Mental Ray renderer. I hear that one is the best.

One question. CAN THEY CEL-SHADE?

Cel shading isnt a rendering technique in 3d, its a material technique, like bump mapping. And yes those programs have the means to let you alter the materials of objects to make it look 'cartoonish'.

http://www.3dtotal.com/ffa/tutorials...g_tut_main.asp
this will explain everything you want to know about cel shading. You can try maya free edition is free but not for commercial.

It's a bastard to install, Maya. Takes years! And it slows the computer down. An duses up too much space.

Depending on which pc you use Lenny it could be worse. One of yours has about the same computational power as this solar-powered casio calculator I have right here =O.

That looks pretty nice IMO. Uh although I'm not sure if your looking to get like Windwaker style cause that's not what I would say this http://www.clubprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3297 is.

It could be because ours is 6 years old, P3 1000mhz processor, with only 512mb of RAM.

W00t first post on XP...

Ahem. I'm looking for maybe an ikkle tutorial that would let me make an outline for around... 1.5 pixels wide, and have a fairly good shading option, no matter how complicated, that would let me make an object(personnnn) and have a few shades of color to indicate shading. Not gradient like in LoZ:TP, but yes, more like LoZ:WW. The thing that made WW look really cartoonish was the build of the characters, what with the abnormally large heads, no feet and big round eyes. That's all a matter of style, it's the shading technique I want, not the kiddie graphics, which I happened to like, to anyone who is looking for offense(get lost).

Blender3D is free and highly complex yet simple to use.

It supports... everything? Cel-shading (is a material), bump map, ray tracing, built-in game engine and more.

www.blender3d.org

Okay, I'll check that out. *Removes terribly complicated 3dsmax7*