Why Modo?
Posted by Colin | Filed under 3D
Good question. Why not C4D or Maya or one of the other far more dominant applications?
The fact of the matter is that you can’t just pop onto a 3D forum and ask which is best. A simple popularity contest will ensue and possibly stronger, but less entrenched, apps can be overlooked due to a smaller user base. Even focusing on the ‘big’ programs results is too much info for a noob to process.
I don’t have a good reason. If I had a friend working on 3D then I would’ve used what he was using. I also tried Blender but the Modo interface made learning so much easier that I had to switch (my wallet will hate me for this). Modo’s price is about the same as the other apps. While Modo is missing a few features (but v401 is looking quite tasty!) it also has some things that other the competition doesn’t.
I don’t have the ecpertise to test 3 or 4 different apps because I have no idea what to look for so basically it came down to 2 factors:
Done. Decision made.
One drawback with my decision: given the smaller user base there are a lot less free resources. At this stage tutorials are the thing that I am struggling to find.