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Most of the year I do photography, landscapes & car shows (love antique cars and hot rods - in 1983 I restored a 1960 Corvette which I still own). I have four DSLRs and since I do computer network support for a living, photography gets me away from looking at a computer in the summer until I need to process the RAW photos via Lightroom and Photoshop.

 

In the winter I tend to do my digital stuff (Artrage, Painter, Vue Complete, Hexagon 2.5, Sculptris, Groboto3D, 3DCoat). Hey I live in Canada and winters are long. Thankfully we have hockey and the NHL to help us survive winter (Been a fan of the St Louis Blues since 1968).

 

In the past I was very intimidated by 3DCoat and would use it only for texturing. I did my basic UVing in UV Mapper Classic. A few months ago i decided to try using 3DCoat for UV mapping and sculpting.

 

After watching the fantastic 3DC tutorials on your youtube channel I found UV mapping in 3DC was not as complicated as I originally thought. It's almost quite easy.

 

Thanks to the great tutorials on your yourtube channel and the awesome instructors. Not sure the name of the new person who is doing these here

 

http://3dcoat.com/learn/

 

But he is awesome, as is Javis Jones. I find 3DC is perfect for adding details to a base mesh I create in Groboto or Hexagon 3D. Now if I could only get my head around retoping so I could use these meshes in Vue...

 

Cheers & many thanks...

 

Ken

 

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My advice to new users. Do not be overwhelmed or intimidated by 3DC. It's not Blender, ZBrush or Truespace. (No offense to users of these apps).

 

Stick with it. There are too many excellent video tutorials to alleviate your fears. I also tried the trial version of Mudbox and although the interface at first seems much simpler, the experience is not as enjoyable as 3DC...
 

Sadly I was one of those newbies who was intimidated by 3DC and have been prognosticating on really giving it a try as I've owned 3DC since version 3.... Sorry I did not jump in sooner....

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