I want to have a positive attitude regarding the switch to Maya, but watching some videotutorials on modeling, rigging, texturing, and so on, and reading what you guys are saying I'm kinda scared... Because what you're saying is that Maya out of the box is kind of crappy if you don't script what you want...and thats the bad part, I don't know sh*t about scripting, so my only option is to use it as it is...and then buy plugins... It's Max all over again :(
2014-03-20 10:09 GMT+01:00 Mirko Jankovic <mirkoj.anima...@gmail.com>: > Maya seems to be more and more do-it yourself kit.. it's price should > reflect that as well.... > Buy starter kit - only Maya UI, you script everything else > grade 1 kit - you have modeling plugins! etc... > > > On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 9:45 AM, denis-jose francois > <denis...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hi All >> >> So here's another ancient lurker suddenly rising from the depths. It's >> been a while... >> >> Alastair, it's definitely not you! For the last 3 years I have mostly >> worked in non XSI pipelines. They include Modo, Houdini and more often than >> not - Maya. Every now and then I get to work in XSI again... but sadly this >> is less and less. >> >> I had no trouble switching to Modo. I picked up Houdini very very >> quickly. But Maya... its been 2 years and I am simply uncomfortable. I'm >> definitely not an idiot (I tell myself this all the time) and I've been >> working in CG since 1995. Interestingly, even though I started with soft3D >> back in the early days I very quickly progressed to AW Power Animator. So >> I'm no stranger to 'the other side'. Yet some how very simple things in >> Maya allude me! And it's not helped by the shockingly poor documentation >> either. >> >> Last summer I worked for a short stint at Sky. First time back on XSI >> (and Arnold) in a couple of years. It was a really hard project, yet XSI >> made it feel like I was on holiday compared to what I'd been doing before >> that! >> >> I mostly work in pipeline these days and it amazes me how much work we >> have to do bring functionality to Maya which is already there in XSI and >> other packages. Of course, the fact that we *can* bring this functionality >> to Maya is one of it's strengths, but what's the point of spending loads of >> money on something that you can't really use without further modification? >> If you are a small studio or a single user it just doesn't make sense. >> >> I shall now return to the murky depths again... >> >> Denis-Jose Francois >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> * >> Denis-Jose François >> >> Known to some as *@Hairytech* >> Known to others as *+Denis-Jose* >> Occasionally referred to as *Simon* >> Always *The Evil Hood* >> ------------------------------------ >> https://soundcloud.com/infiniversemedia >> >> >> On 19 March 2014 09:32, Alastair Hearsum <hear...@glassworks.co.uk>wrote: >> >>> 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. 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