# Animation software (446888)

**URL:** https://discussions.unity.com/t/animation-software-446888/446888
**Category:** Animation
**Created:** [June 5, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/animation-software-446888/446888 "2011-06-05T14:02:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![anon\_87967738](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@anon\_87967738](https://discussions.unity.com/u/anon_87967738)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/animation-software-446888/446888/1 "2011-06-05T14:02:08Z")

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Hey guys.

Reccomendations about animations and animating a character. Exporting it to .fbx file. Thanks.

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### Author: ![anon\_82216600](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@anon\_82216600](https://discussions.unity.com/u/anon_82216600)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2011, 2:12pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/animation-software-446888/446888/2 "2011-06-05T14:12:32Z")

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I use blender, but Maya is the most professional, or motion builder,

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### Author: ![PhilliamApps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/46a35a/32.png) [@PhilliamApps](https://discussions.unity.com/u/PhilliamApps)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/animation-software-446888/446888/3 "2011-06-05T14:35:12Z")

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Blender is free and great if you know how to use it well

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### Author: ![anon\_87967738](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@anon\_87967738](https://discussions.unity.com/u/anon_87967738)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/animation-software-446888/446888/4 "2011-06-05T14:35:19Z")

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Maya and 3Ds Max are from Autodesk i think… Which one is better? I’ve heard about Blender that is poor and that’s why it’s free. What do you think?

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### Author: ![anon\_58409310](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de0a6/32.png) [@anon\_58409310](https://discussions.unity.com/u/anon_58409310)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/animation-software-446888/446888/5 "2011-06-05T16:34:59Z")

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3Ds Max !!!