Realsoft 3D 4

Choreography enhancements, post shading system, more advanced Subdivision Surfaces, choice of user interfaces, OpenGL and hair rendering, compass menu, Public Rendering Service.

Windows only, fairly steep learning curve, and odd tool behaviour in places.

It will be unfamiliar territory for a lot of users, but Realsoft's features and new educational pricing policy, which allows free sub-licensing to students, will attract many wishing to get into 3D

Realsoft 3D 4 offers a shallow learning curve, and provides an impressive range of features for the 3D animator. That said, not all of the headline features are as comprehensive as they could have been