I asked this question myself . After starting to use maya for a year after a 10 year break .I dumped it and went back to xsi...nothing else comes close overall as a generalist tool . If you don't have to use anything else then don't...unless a job requires you to know another tool .
On 7 Oct 2017 10:39, "skuby" <sku...@gmail.com> wrote: > TLDR = Where do I go/which program? I’m specifically asking hardcore > Softimage users who knew all the hotkeys and L/R/MMB clicks/shortcuts, > sticky keys, etc.. And wore the software like a custom fit glove. All > aspects (modeling/rigging/anim/UV/all of it etc.) I was a freelancer, > not a specialist. I won’t be working in the 3D segment of the industry > again, but I want a professional generalist tool-kit back in my art toolbox. > > > -Has Maya become use-able out of the box (according to Softimage vets) (w/ > preferences tweaks)? Did anyone make a plug-in or hotkey kit for > Softimage users? Does it still take 4+ steps/clicks for everything vs. > Softimage even after learning Maya best practices? > > > Was there any recent talk of bringing Softimage back, even with limited > support? I’d pay $30+ per month for it w/Mudbox in a heartbeat. (I’d pay > the same for Maya + Mudbox if it was viable for me) (I’m close to giving > up on Blender, interface/usability wise it’s still way too far away from > Softimage and it took A LOT of effort to get to the point where I am with > it now, too much effort). > > > After all this time, how did you solve this problem? Is your solution > adequate or still frustrating? > > > About Me: I spent a small fortune training Softimage at Vancouver Film > School/VFS and then worked as a freelancer for small commercials (before > that I trained Maya at SVA for 4 years and I hated the Maya software, I was > using it afterwards at a small film and commercial company). More > recently I swung over to websites and now have moved fully into 2D > Illustration. I miss my 3D toolset (and have practical commercial uses > for it now), and I really need to bring it back into my toolbox. I’d be > willing to put in the time to re-learn some things that I already know how > to do, but I won’t settle for sub-par interfaces, I’m sick of banging my > head into the wall. > > > Please help me, I’m completely lost, frustrated and heart-broken. > > > Best of luck to all of you. Thank you for your time. > > ------ > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com > with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >
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