Sad but true, Jacob... The worst thing is that Maya users who have never tried something else don't know that the grass was greener on the other side.
Saludetes! -- Martin Contel Square Enix (Visual Works) On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 7:18 PM, Jacob Gonzalez <[email protected]>wrote: > I had a very short expierence with Maya a while ago (mainly driven by > curiosity). It was to do with rendering. It went something like this: > > *Maya user*: I need to replace all the characters in my scene because > they are not referenced and there has been topology, shader changes > (objects are called the same) > *Me*: That's cool. Bring the new characters, match Partitions and done :) > *Maya use*r: mmmm. what? > *Me*: Match Render Layer Overrides ? > *Maya Use*r: not possible. > *Me *: Wow! what are you going to do..... > *Maya User*: I will bring the characters one by one . And character by > character, render layer by render layer, object by object I will re-assign > all the relevant overrides or changes made in this and my other 5 render > scenes! > *Me*: Ok. Let me know when you are done with this......... You are > staying late? > ........ > > J > > > > > On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 9:57 AM, Sebastien Sterling < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Apt analogy, but you omitted that each nest is covered in bird shit :P >> >> >> On 19 March 2014 09:54, Nick Angus <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> First rule of Maya: forget ergonomics, the engine is powerful but the >>> cockpit is a giant birds nest constructed from thousands of tiny birds >>> nests. >>> >>> Sent from my Windows Phone >>> ------------------------------ >>> From: Alastair Hearsum <[email protected]> >>> Sent: 19/03/2014 7:33 PM >>> >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: A confession >>> >>> Folks >>> >>> Here is a confession. I've never used Maya! Not really. I've had a >>> little poke every now and again but no more than make a sphere and spin >>> round it. >>> >>> Now, the lack of Maya knowledge may diminish the value of my comments >>> in some eyes but I think that , on the contrary, it puts me in quite a good >>> position to appraise the software at a certain level. Here is an example of >>> the trouble I'm having that may bring a smile to people's faces. But first >>> just a couple of more sentences before I reveal my difficulty. I like to >>> bill myself as the sensitive artist/animator who is technically all fingers >>> and thumbs, like the woman by the side of her broken down car waiting on a >>> big strong man to help her out. The truth is that its not true. I do have a >>> degree in Fine Art but I also studied maths and physics at university and >>> programmed extensively in Lisp in my first job. So I'm not stupid BUT: >>> >>> *I'm on my third night trying to adjust the resolution of a sphere >>> after I have applied n-cloth to it!* >>> >>> Isn't that incredible? Its one example plucked from many experienced >>> by people I work with who can and have used Maya. Its symptomatic of the >>> all encompassing interface workflow issues that Maya has that I think are >>> really fundamental problems and more important in some ways than headline >>> large features. Admittedly I had had a couple of glasses of wine by that >>> point and it was a casual , before bedtime attempt to try something out but >>> I had already twice asked my colleague at work to explain what the >>> procedure was and I followed what he was doing at the time. >>> >>> So there you have it. Is it me.........? >>> >>> Alastair >>> >>> -- >>> Alastair Hearsum >>> Head of 3d >>> [image: GLASSWORKS] >>> 33/34 Great Pulteney Street >>> London >>> W1F 9NP >>> +44 (0)20 7434 1182 >>> glassworks.co.uk <http://www.glassworks.co.uk/> >>> Glassworks Terms and Conditions of Sale can be found at glassworks.co.uk >>> (Company registered in England with number 04759979. Registered office >>> 25 Harley Street, London, W1G 9BR. VAT registration number: 867290000) >>> Please consider the environment before you print this email. >>> DISCLAIMER: This e-mail and attachments are strictly privileged, private >>> and confidential and are intended solely for the stated recipient(s). Any >>> views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not >>> necessarily represent those of the Company. If you are not the intended >>> recipient, be advised that you have received this e-mail in error and that >>> any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this e-mail is >>> strictly prohibited. If this transmission is received in error please >>> kindly return it to the sender and delete this message from your system. >>> >> >> >
