The most popular 3D art grapic design software catalog rating:
1. 3D Studio MAX R7 Developer: AUTODESK http://www.discreet.com Highly customizable and scalable 3D animation, modeling and rendering solution for creative professionals and large-scale pipelines for games, design visualizations, film & television. Features Overview: Schematic View, Particle Flow, Vertex Paint, mental ray® 3.2, reactor® 2 dynamics, Dynamic Shader UI, Render to Texture, Network Region Render, Spline/Patch Modeling

2. Poser 6, Shade 7, Vue 5 Esprit, Developer: Curious Labs Inc. http://www.e-frontier.com/ Poser is the 3D figure design tool for artists, illustrators and animators that enables you to easily create 3D figures from ready-to-use human and animal models. For realism, map facial photos, grow and style dynamic hair, or add dynamic cloth that flows. Quickly output images and movies for use in any project. Poser is easy to master and affordable, yet rich in professional features.

3. Bryce 5.5 Developer: STRATA + DAZ Productions http://www.strata.com/ Featuring an innovative user interface, Bryce 5.5 combines exceptional power with incredible ease of use. Bryce 5.5 is a fun, feature-packed 3D environmental modeling and animation package. The entire program is designed to allow new users to quickly draw and render stunning landscapes, scenes, and 3D artwork. You can literally create a world of your own within this unique 3D program.

4. CINEMA 4D R9 Developer: MAXON http://www.maxon.net/index_e.html Offers you all you need to create high-end 3D pictures and animations - right out of the box. And CINEMA 4D's modular design - with a total of 8 modules that you can buy individually - allows you to custom fit the application to suit your needs and your budget.

5. Vue d'Esprit R4, Vue 5 Infinite, Vue 5 Pro Studio, Vue 5 Esprit Developer: E-ON http://www.e-onsoftware.com Vue d'Esprit 4 is the ideal introduction to natural 3D graphics and animation. Designed for ease-of-use, both for the traditional 2D graphics designer and for 3D artists, Vue d'Esprit lets you create incredible volumetric skies, realistic landscapes, glowing materials, planets and more. SolidGrowth technology lets you generate completely unique vegetation.

6. LightWave 3D Developer: NewTek http://www.newtek.com/ Professional 3D Modeling-, Animation- & Rendering- Software for Print Graphics, Game Development, Independant Film, Architecture & Visualization, Broadcast, Film & Visual FX, New Media.

7. SOFTIMAGE|XSI R4.2 Developer: SOFTIMAGE http://www.softimage.com SOFTIMAGE|XSI sets a new standard in productivity. By giving artists and developers greater access to the most advanced content creation tools, XSI dramatically accelerates any pipeline. Featuring better access to compositing and crowd simulation, enhanced integrations with industry leading tools, such as Alienbrain Studio, as well as unmatched support for post and broadcast file formats like OpenEXR and MXF, XSI allows artists to produce more for less. With a superior workflow and unprecedented interoperability within the Avid Computer Graphics family, SOFTIMAGE|XSI is the smart solution for studios of every size.

8. Maya R6.5 Developer: ALIAS http://www.alias.com High-End 3D Animation und Visual Effects Software for Film, Video, Broadcast, Game Development, Interactive.

9. BodyPaint 3D R2 Developer: MAXON http://www.maxon.net/index_e.html Forget flat compromises and paint in three dimensions. BodyPaint 3D offers the ultimate control over your textures with complete layers, filters and tablet support - all optimized for working in 3D. With BodyPaint 3D you can paint on up to ten channels with a single stroke, so a brush can define an entire material rather than a single color. Plus, BodyPaint 3D's exclusive RayBrushT technology lets you view the results of your painting realtime in a rendered image.

10. Amapi Pro 7.5 Developer: EOVIA http://www.eovia.com/ Amapi Pro is a high-end creative tool used for the conception, modeling and assembly of 3D objects and scenes in Product Design, Architecture and advanced 3D model creation. Featuring advanced NURBS surfacic modeling technology, yet still preserving the legendary creativity of the Amapi product line, Amapi Pro is the first product to offer high-end functionality combined with a user interface. Carrara family o Carrara 4 o Carrara 3D Basics o Carrara Add-Ons o Hexagon Amapi family o Amapi Pro o Amapi Designer o Amapi Add-Ons DAZ family o DAZ | Bryce o DAZ | Mimic o DAZ | Studio Pandromeda o MojoWorld Pro o MojoWorld Standard MojoWorld Focus

11. Animation:Master Developer: HASH INC http://www.hash.com/ Model, Render, & Animate in One Powerful Package! Now anyone can create 3D pictures and animation at home or in the studio with Animation:Master. This remarkable program includes everything you need to create fabulous computer graphics; including complete sculpting features, powerful animation tools, superb rendering, and all this is compatible with the most popular computers (PC and Macintosh!)

12. Alladin 4D Developer: http://www.novadesign.com/exoops/modules/news/ Aladdin 4D is one of the most complete 3D packages you can find on the Amiga market today. It comes complete with enhanced animation, modeling, lighting, and rendering that can all be extended with an advanced plugin system. Aladdin 4D provides professional features at a price anyone can afford.

13. Houdini R7 Developer: Side Effects Software http://www.sidefx.com/ Houdini is 3D Modeling, Animation & Rendering Software.

14. GeoFrac2000 http://www.geofrac2000.com/ GeoFrac2000 is a realistic landscape and terrain generation tool that will create and output heightfields, texture maps, 3D Polygon Meshes, and more. It's primary function is to create, sculpt and manipulate 2D heightfields using sophisticated techniques and algorithms, as well as manual modifications via grayscale painting.

15. 3D GameStudio Developer: Conitec http://www.conitec.net 3D GameStudio is a authoring suite for 2D and 3D realtime applications. It combines the C-Script programming language with a high-end 3D engine, a 2D engine, a physics engine, a level, terrain and model editor, plus extended libraries of 3D objects, artwork and ready-assembled games. You can easy create 1st person games, 3rd person games, role playing games, side scrollers, flight simulators.

16. trueSpace6.6 Developer: CALIGARI http://www.caligari.com Whether you are an illustrator, designer, animator or game content creator, trueSpace6.6 is designed to meet your needs - with new particle engine, non-linear editing using Clips, Selective Subdivision Surfaces, fast and accurate Physics with Local Environments, Geometry Paint and more, creating in 3D has never been more flexible and intuitive.