3DS Max is an expensive program, but if you're looking to get used to 3D rendering apps,  Maya (an AMAZING program used in movies and tv shows for 3D work) has a fully functional 30-day educational version that you might want to look into.  At least, there used to be... its an amazing application.  I believe Autodesk (owners of 3DS Max) purchased the company that owned Maya, so you might have some trouble finding it now.  www.autodesk.com

Yes. Autodesk now owns AutoCAD, 3D Studio Max and Maya. All products should be possible to find on their website.

Id like a bag of hundreds..and by the way I want it for free.

  

One of the funniest initial posts I think ive ever seen.

Title coulda used some work.

Best title so far: Computer stops responding on shutdown.

omg   

God I miss those days. I thought the better one was the "What do you think of this" thread.

for that price i hope it can wash clothes and everything else

It does.

You could also strip-dance to Franz Ferdinand. And get the software money in 3 days.

Seriously, if you can't even get the software, you're going to have a hard, hard, hard, hard (let's drag this to infinity) time using MAX.
And also, add $600 to the price for vRay.


MAX is quite cheap already- Houdini used to cost 18k.

Yes I agree the 3DMax is hard, hard to learn and very expensive. But I can recommend you another way. There is a great and so powerful software to achive 3D images/animation and I'm taking about Softimage|XSI. Just go to the Softimage website and check it out. But remember... 3D is not an easy issue to learn. I carry with 1e year of experience and I still learning day by day trying new techniques to enhance my works.
However... a last advice is... "Nothing is impossible" my friend.

"The sky is the limit"... do you agree?

and he would know!

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Damn!....you know, mine does that too.....bugger of a thing....

I had a computer that just kept going when you turned shut it down. Resistant bugger.