And the Survey Says....

[Marshall_Craft]

Okay, I saw the thread asking users' ages, and it reminded me that I am extremely curious as to how many users on here would be considered professional:

- Animators
- Renders/Modellers
- Architects
- Industrial Designers
- Students (Professional Nothings)

I'm an architect, and basically started our company's first foray into 3D visualizations, and I was wondering where most people call home (home at the office I mean.)

I don't know if someone knows how to write the code for it (I sure as hell don't...) but maybe a user survey with a graphical display of the results would be useful if not simply interesting to most here.

- Alex

[thablanch]

I do think that most people will say "all of the above"

[instinct]

Except for student...in a university sense...but dont we all learn all the time :P

[Da_elf]

all of the above but instead of student im a teacher

[Marshall_Craft]

Okay, glad I asked; I figured that most people on here did this professionally because it takes so much time and a lot of resources to get to the level of rendering that i've seen people produce on this site. As a beginning architect I have felt that learning modelling/rendering can be a great resource but that it's a huge diversion from what we do day-to-day. Okay, now I'm even more impressed with the work I've seen here if you guys are doing this WHILE working as professionals in other fields (or other parts of design/visualization.)


Thanks for the feedback.

- Alex

[plastic_]

all of the above except industrial design but plus web design/programming and print design and photography.
(and CAD when i'm in desperate need for money. but luckily i can make a living with 3d and web stuff by now.)

[visualride]

All of the above. Do they really teach 3D animation now? Life is a class, such as right now at this forum.

[Da_elf]

i got my BFA in film animation but that was more than just 3d

[visualride]

3d, animation, lighting, modeling, camera moves, tracking, texturing, scripting,.... it's all 3d animation to me..

[Marshall_Craft]

Okay, so obviously I didn't even know enough to pose the question correctly, but it seems like most people do a whole lot more than just produce pretty pictures (although you guys certainly CAN do that.) I guess I wasn't sure if most people here were mostly doing the visualization of others' designs or if there were many product/movie/architectural/interior designers using the software to help explain their own designs. I just graduated last May from a very good architecture school and nobody was using V-ray, and only a few people out of hundreds really knew anything about VIZ/Max.

Thanks for responding guys, even though it sounds like you all know what everyone is doing professionally here.


- Alex

[mdi]

illustrator.

[dellis]

I am a Forensic Animator by day....but i've also kept up with all the rest of the 3d fields as well.....character, archviz etc. Sadly, i only get to use MAX and Vray at work.....I use XSI at home for freelance so no Vray until the XSI version comes out....ummmm....i would gladly beta test that plugin....i hate mental ray!!!

[geoff]

Draughtsman 90% of the time
3d 10% of the time

Hoping to sort this out and either go full-time freelance or get a job somewhere with someone 'doing' 3d full time (any offers considered!!!)

Geoff

[joconnell]

Visual fx op / td / tea maker / person who knows things (and has to work late and weekends as a result)

[schroeder]

My story:

2/3 - Business owner
2/3 - 3D Illustrator/Animator
2/3 - GIS/Mapping/Cartographic/Remote Sensing Specialist

Total = 2 people (6/3)