I recommend Cheetah3d as a Mac Solution for 3d content creation. It is one of the fastest evolving tools on the market and its price enables anyone the opportunity to become a digital artist.

Unity is a fantastic game engine, made by great people with an enthusiastic forum:

I partner with VanishingPoint.

I also use ParticleIllusion, Imagesynth, FilterForge Pro, Photoshop, Fluidmask, LNM Utilities, Vue6 ProStudio, Bryce6, Poser6, Mimic Pro, Dreamweaver8, PremierePro1.5, AfterEffects6.5, Audition1.5, AbletonLive Lite7, ReasonAdapted2.5, SamplitudeSE, FruityLoops3.56 and a range of Open Source software: MakeHuman, CBModelPro, TopMod, Wings3d, Blender, Equinox3d
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