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Hey all,
My kid is thinking of going in to video game animation.. though he would consider movie/tv animation as well. Still trying to figure out what colleges (in US) might be best for this career path (if you have some ideas, please share).
He loves anime, etc.. but has next to no knowledge at this time of software to use/learn. The go to is Blender. Free, supported, etc. Maya is the other product he was thinking of, but it is way too expensive.
So my question is.. can Fusion be used along the same lines for gaming/movie animation? Or is it more visual FX and not animation? I dont truly know the difference I guess. In the past I played around with Lightwave 3D, and there you could use tools to build 3D models AND animate them, but I also used it for text titles that did the 3D stuff, animated, etc. I see Fusion can do that easily so it made me think it might be possible to use it for animation and could be good for him to learn.
If fusion isnt ideal, is blender the way to go for free/cheap learning before he heads to college so that he has some idea of the tools and ensure it is the path he wants to go down?
Slightly off topic but related.. is this still a career path that pays well and has lots of opportunities? I pose this question regarding animation (be it Blender/maya) and Fusion?
Thank you.
My kid is thinking of going in to video game animation.. though he would consider movie/tv animation as well. Still trying to figure out what colleges (in US) might be best for this career path (if you have some ideas, please share).
He loves anime, etc.. but has next to no knowledge at this time of software to use/learn. The go to is Blender. Free, supported, etc. Maya is the other product he was thinking of, but it is way too expensive.
So my question is.. can Fusion be used along the same lines for gaming/movie animation? Or is it more visual FX and not animation? I dont truly know the difference I guess. In the past I played around with Lightwave 3D, and there you could use tools to build 3D models AND animate them, but I also used it for text titles that did the 3D stuff, animated, etc. I see Fusion can do that easily so it made me think it might be possible to use it for animation and could be good for him to learn.
If fusion isnt ideal, is blender the way to go for free/cheap learning before he heads to college so that he has some idea of the tools and ensure it is the path he wants to go down?
Slightly off topic but related.. is this still a career path that pays well and has lots of opportunities? I pose this question regarding animation (be it Blender/maya) and Fusion?
Thank you.
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