What is the best 3D Program for animation to be used for making movies?

Question by Nathan: What is the best 3D Program for animation to be used for making movies?
I am very serious about making movies and although I have made some good movies using After Effects and all, I’m ready to expand my knowledge and get into animation. I’ve heard of a bunch of 3D Programs such as Milkshape and Autodesk 3D Max. What’s the best stuff available for a budget under $ 1000?

Best answer:

Answer by Mercuri
You could always get Blender. It’s free and some people have already made some Pixar-quality short films with it.

http://www.blender.org

3D Studio Max is a big one as well.

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