/3/ - 3DCG

Recommend me a piece of relevant corporate slop to learn. I tried learning 3ds Max and even could get some stuff done in it, but then I updated to recent version and I feel like that thing is just about to cave in and figuratively bury me under the rubble, It's just pane upon pane upon pane glued to the screen which accumulated over decades, with usability and accessability just sitting in a distant corner.

Recommend me a software to pirate which does most of the stuff that Max does, but will make me feel like a cool kid in the process. I don't want blender because I don't want to watch those annoying guides, learn hotkeys for everything and generally prefer reading manuals.