Haha - that might be true. I think single feature that defines the weirdness and also robustness of Modo is that when "nothing" is selected everything is selected. I mean when you think about it - why would you ever want to have nothing selected? ; D I`we used modo since 101 and have LW background so it affects for sure, but I digg SI too so I can`t be completely biased.
On 8 April 2013 15:15, Octavian Ureche <[email protected]> wrote: > This is actually interesting. Modo seems to resemble a lynch movie...you > either love it or hate it. > For example, i hate it's selection tools, and the whole workflow seems > alien to me. I tried and tried to get the hang of it, but just as i never > got along with lightwave, > i don't know if i'll ever get along with modo. The weird thing is, i want > to like it...but i just can't seem to get to that point. > And it's been like that since the days of 101. Still, i have used it on > projects with great success, but only for it's beautiful render engine. > Everything else seems backwards to me. > > > On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Juhani Karlsson <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> I love Modos selection tools - I think you just need to get used to them. >> Its neat for modelling and uvs. >> >> >> On 8 April 2013 14:56, Szabolcs Matefy <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> A friend of mine has access to Modo 701, and I was lucky enough to have >>> a look on it until the trial is out. It has very nice things, however, I >>> still hate the selection, and found it quite clumsy compared to >>> Softimage…However, the sculpting toolset is awesome…UV I haven’t tried it >>> yet, next time I visit his studio, I’ll take a look at it too. But to a >>> seasoned Softimage user Modo is a complete another world, and what I felt, >>> that the number of tools and possibilities were rather frustrating then >>> supporting. But of course if I could spend more time on it, I could get >>> used to it.**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Cheers**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Szabolcs**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Martin yara >>> *Sent:* Thursday, April 04, 2013 1:27 PM >>> >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Subject:* Re: Softimage 2014**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Is not the same thing. We need something to preserve unique frozeb uvs. >>> Maya and Max can do it. When you have assets from other packages, fbx data >>> or old frozen files a custom freeze button doesn't help at all.**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> I use gator to preserve uvs all the time. Not perfect, but quite useful. >>> And if the object isnt very high poly you can keep the op alive and it >>> works pretty well in real time. boundaries are always a problem but Maya's >>> preserve uv isn't perfect either and doesn't work all he time. It just give >>> you a warning message when the it can't do it (Gator doesn't.) >>> >>> M.Yara**** >>> >>> >>> On 2013/04/04, at 9:37, Ahmidou Lyazidi <[email protected]> wrote:** >>> ** >>> >>> And by the way, as I said earlier, if you make a custom freeze button >>> that will only freeze the stack and not the projection,**** >>> >>> the factory swim feature will preserve the UVs.**** >>> >>> >>> **** >>> >>> ----------------------------------------------- >>> Ahmidou Lyazidi >>> Director | TD | CG artist >>> http://vimeo.com/ahmidou/videos**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> 2013/4/4 Ahmidou Lyazidi <[email protected]>**** >>> >>> Sorry I mixed it up with the pin feature...**** >>> >>> Anyway what would be a fair price for a preserve UV feature ?**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> 2013/4/4 Matt Lind <[email protected]>**** >>> >>> No it isnt. We just had that discussion.**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> -- >> Juhani Karlsson >> 3D Artist/TD >> >> Talvi Digital Oy >> Pursimiehenkatu 29-31 b 2krs. >> 00150 Helsinki >> +358 443443088 >> [email protected] >> www.vimeo.com/talvi >> > > > > -- > visual | stuff > www.okto.ro > -- -- Juhani Karlsson 3D Artist/TD Talvi Digital Oy Pursimiehenkatu 29-31 b 2krs. 00150 Helsinki +358 443443088 [email protected] www.vimeo.com/talvi
