How does 3ds max compare to flash in terms of difficulty?

Im planning on starting with it next weekHow does 3ds max compare to flash in terms of difficulty?
They 2 different and as uncomparable programs. Flash being mainly 2d based and Max 3d. The most difficult aspect of Flash is understanding Actionscript, but once you grasp the basic grammar of the code and where to place it and how it effects other symbols in flash then you've pretty much cracked it.





With 3ds max you have to understand a whole new methodology of design. You have to understand Hiearchies for 3d animations, sub objects, movement in 3d planes, materials and shaders, lighting design, rendering, global illuminations, meshes, splines, vertexes, the list could go on. You could learn Maxscript 3ds Maxs default scripting language but theres really no need for a beginner.





So although the progs are 2 separate entities Max is more rewarding though with a steeper learning curve in actually navigation the program.





Flash is an easy program to navigate (its layout is similar to most of the adobe suite), but its learning curve is in the scripting.





By the way any form of tuiton wil help with Max is software that you need to see in action rather than reading tutorials from books, flash is the opposite. Good Luck and enjoy the world of 3D.How does 3ds max compare to flash in terms of difficulty?
flash, to me, is an absolute nightmare to work with


it makes 3ds max seem easy


unless you get heavily involved in all the script stuff





3ds can be fun and rewarding