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[edit] Market share

• http://www.cgenie.com/cgenie-content/104-cg-community-survey-upgrades-09.html
  Survey that User:JesterKing posted in IRC 2009-02-22nd
  

[edit] Type of market

• Illustration - this is probably the largest professional market
  • 3D Logos
  • Architectural Design
  • Artistic Illustration
  • Commercial Illustration
  • Environmental Design
  • Industrial Design
  • Package & Marketing Design
  • Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Technical Illustration
  • Medical Illustration
• Gaming - the largest hobbiest market, and second largest professional market
  • Game Modding
  • Mobile Gaming
  • Console and Desktop Gaming
  • Browser Based/Flash/Shockwave Games

• Architecture Preview
• Construction
• Interior Design
• Landscape Architecture
• Film & Stage
• GIS
• Game Development
• Mechaical Design

Carrara Print Video Web

Cinema 4D

Architecture Design & Visualization Print & Screendesign Broadcast & Movie Games & Interactive Science & Nature