Animation:Master (the successor of Animation:Apprentice and Animation:Journeyman) is a very professional, efficient and easy to use 3D character animation application, has the longest history of all 3D software. In 1986, when most people had never heard of computer art and even had no idea what a computer was, the famous Disney company had already used this program to produce animations.

To learn 3D modeling, most people will recommend 3ds Max and Maya these trump-level of 3D computer graphics software to you. But what I want to emphasize again here is - the best may not be the most suitable for you or the one that best meets your needs. For those who are interested in modeling but don't have much time to learn modeling techniques systematically, it is unwise to choose them. This case, we need a simpler and more user-friendly modeling tool such like Wings 3D.

Pixologic claims to be the maker of Sculptris, but actually it had no choice but acquired it in 2010 due to the huge threats from Sculptris, and applied Sculptris' advantages to ZBrush, so as to maintain the market and position of ZBrush. Otherwise, if Sculptris' inventor Tomas Pettersson had chosen to stick to go his own way (although that would have been tough) rather than join into the Pixologic team, then this revolutionary software could have quickly eliminated ZBrush. In other words, it was his own shortcomings that killed his invention, not the competition from Pixologic.

Modo (AKA: The Foundry MODO) is a professional, comprehensive, and flexible 3D modeling, texturing and rendering toolset developed by The Foundry Visionmongers (Foundry for short) from United Kingdom. It integrates advanced polygon subdivision surface, modeling, sculpturing, 3D drawing, animating and rendering in one place, and serves as a comprehensive and complete software solution for many design and creativity links.