The Little Black Book of Online Business: 1001 Insider Resources Every Business Owner Needs

35.8. 3D RENDERING AND ANIMATION SOFTWARE

If you want to go to the next level of visual impact on your site, check out what's possible with 3D rendering and animation software. The advanced simulation capabilities available on your computer today are amazing—especially when you consider the low cost of entry.

In fact, the Vue software at e-onsoftware.com was used for scenes in Pirates of the Caribbean II and The Spiderwick Chronicles. Simply incredible stuff. The learning curve will be steep, though, so unless you're into this kind of thing, plan on outsourcing the work.

http://my.smithmicro.com/win/poser/index.html

http://www.daz3d.com/

http://www.pandromeda.com/products/

http://www.maxon.net/pages/products/products_e.html

http://www.e-onsoftware.com/products/

http://freeserifsoftware.com/software/3dPlus/default.asp

For royalty-free video content, see "Video."