Hello all,
Before I start, I'll say that this isn't a technical question, more of a call for direction.
I've been using After Effects for several years now, and the quality of work has been fantastic. I enjoy the program's capabilities and couldn't be happier with the amount I have learned over the course of my last few projects. This being said, I feel that it is time to make the jump into the three dimensionsal world (a big jump, I know), and I guess I'm sort of stuck at this fork in the road.
I know the direction in which I want to design, yet I am not sure which program will suit me best. I've done plenty of readings on maya, 3ds, 4d, etc, and most comment on what your company prefers, what learning curve you are ready to take on and so forth. These are all great suggestions, but I still sit here pondering which road to take.
If there is more advice, please give it. If I am being a procrastinating bum, please reinforce this notion. Either way any insight would be appreciated. I'll leave you all with this: I think exactly WHAT I want to design may be the best indication of which direction I should lead. I am most interested in potentially modeling products for companies, putting together short presentations demonstrating a client's capabilities (sort of a how-to video), and so forth... Thanks for reading!