Hello there Shaun, That was a great way to put it Shaun. Yes, I do have the passion, that's why want to learn more about it.
Thanks again, Martin On Feb 4, 4:37 am, sh...@pyrokinesis.co.nz wrote: > Writing a custom deformer > plugin to generate nurbs curves with particles > Driving rman shaders and textures with Python based on partticle data > (velocity, mass, position,etc...) > taking functionality from Houdini and plugging it into Maya > Houdini uses python as its main scripting language > Classic Cloth for Maya is a plugin, it makes more sense to do things like > this in C++, though similar plugins in Python are possible. > etc...etc... > > You may be thinking that you can create a mel script to generate curves > with particles, and you would be correct. But it will be clunky, dirty, > slow, and far from elegant. > > As someone said earlier, you need to look beyond looping functions, > conditionals, and GUI's to begin to grasp and take advantage of Python, > and OOP's full potential. I have only recently begun to step away from a > modular methodology of coding. Making the jump was not easy, I had and > continue to have an incredible amount of support, which helps a great > deal. > > Good Luck, but if your passionate, you wont need it. > > > > > Could you guys give me some practical applications of python in FX? I keep > > hearing this but I really havn't found a situation where I couldn't just > > write a mel script for something I wanted to do over and over, or make a > > GUI > > of things I use often. > > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 8:48 AM, <sh...@pyrokinesis.co.nz> wrote: > > >> There are many advantages to using python over mel for maya. > > >> Object Oriented > >> Lists & Dictionaries > >> Access to the API without C++ > >> Access to a multitude of external modules > >> create and manipulate xml > >> plugs into your pipeline > >> QT > >> and more... > > >> Mel still has its place, yet Python is much more robust. If you are > >> interested in FX you will find that Python is becoming a necessity. > > >> Once you take Python beyond the basics, you will come to the conclusion > >> that with Python you can find more elegant solutions to more complex > >> problems. > > >> > I think you should look more into MEL if you are interested in > >> learning > >> > python for maya. Once you get the basics of python you'll realize that > >> it > >> > just wraps around MEL. > > >> > I found this book very useful: > > >>http://www.amazon.com/Learning-Python-3rd-Mark-Lutz/dp/0596513984/ref... > > >> > This is the book we got in school. > > >>http://www.amazon.com/Scripting-Animators-Kaufmann-Computer-Graphics/... > > >> > Chris Maraffi ( former teacher ) wrote this book but it might be kinda > >> > outdated. The scripting stuff should still apply but the rig is wack. > > >>http://www.amazon.com/MEL-Scripting-Character-Rig-Maya/dp/0321383532/... > > >> > -- > >> > Matthew Thorson | VFX Student | Full Sail University | Computer > >> Animation > > >> -- > >> Shaun Friedberg > >>http://www.pyrokinesis.co.nz > >> "Fire Is Fun, When You Think About It" > > > -- > > Matthew Thorson | VFX Student | Full Sail University | Computer Animation > > -- > Shaun Friedberg > 04-902-0443http://www.pyrokinesis.co.nz > "Fire Is Fun, When You Think About It" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Yours, Maya-Python Club Team. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
