There are still places that don't plan to switch to anything else for the time being for another 4-5 years maybe even more. And I saw animschool as perfect place to send couple juniors to cover some areas, and was looking at modeling and rigging ie make characters part. As modeling is pretty much software agnostic rigging on the other hand is completely software dependent.
I guess there are not so many places that have that need and that will end up in school to justify keeping SI in the classes but it is shame... Only learning materials left in those cases will be like digital tutors where they said they wont be removing tarining materials so at least one good thing... Even EOL for a lot of people there is no replacement so... On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 3:22 AM, Siew Yi Liang <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jon: > > I would add RapidRig (and its newer modular version) and CreatureRigs to > that list :) RapidRig is not free though. They are, however, the closest to > GEAR that I know of publicly available for Maya if you don't want/have no > time to make your own. > > I would stay away from abAutoRig, as our school forced us to use it and I > was amazed at how terribly it was set up (and it's not free!). Not to > publicly diss, but...it was just very weirdly scripted and its own tools > have issues across versions of Maya. > > Some links: > > http://creaturerigs.com/ > > > http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/script/-rapid-rig-advanced-auto-rig-for-maya > > > http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/script/-rapid-rig-modular-procedural-auto-rig-for-maya > > Personally I think aSkeleton is one of the best free autoriggers I've seen > out there, and it's really nice, apart from a few bugs/issues I have with > it. The more recent versions have some really nice features in now though, > and he's always updating regularly so that's a bonus. > > Hope this helps! > > Yours sincerely, > Siew Yi Liang > > On 3/27/2014 5:45 PM, David Gallagher wrote: > > On 3/27/2014 6:07 PM, Jon Hunt wrote: > > Angus, > I agree with not teaching EOL software it may not be approprite for you. > However I'm not totally undecided or against migrating over the 3 years. > Obviously it depends on the set up of the syllabus and staffing. > > Hi David, > I have many questions but my my initial questioning is around character > setup and what is an appropriate autorigger (that could complement some > rigging principles) > > We currently use the rigging tools as well as the biped as well as some > Gear. > > The Maya ones I have on my research radar so far are: > abAutoRig > Advanced skeleton > Human IK > Mgear > > > Hi! We don't use auto riggers. We teach them how to do things manually, > then script simple tasks. Then the last rigging course is learning how to > automate tasks in python in Maya. So, make an auto-rigged body part. > > I don't teach any of those classes -- I don't really keep current on Maya > and don't enjoy rigging in it, so we have some other instructors involved > in that. I teach the aesthetic side of things. > > > > Kind regards, > Jon > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 11:27 PM, David Gallagher < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On 3/27/2014 5:21 PM, Jon Hunt wrote: >> >> My chat today was very constructive and supportive. I would certainly >> request that if you haven't already, contact Maurice and he can put you in >> touch with the best channels. >> >> It's far from rosie as I have a lot of retraining in a short space of >> time and a lot of equivalents to find/discover that they don't exist. If >> there are any educators that already have Maya in their syllabus that can >> offer some advice I would be grateful. >> >> Thanks. >> >> We teach in Maya (with some support for Softimage, that is now winding >> down.) >> Do you have any specific question? >> >> >> >> Kind regards, >> Jon >> >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 10:38 PM, David Gallagher < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Oh, that's good. The educational side of this debacle was perhaps >>> handled the worst. >>> >>> >>> >>> On 3/27/2014 4:03 PM, Jon Hunt wrote: >>> >>> Hi David, >>> I had a Skype call today from a chap from autodesk where it was >>> confirmed from the feedback they have received, the free student versions >>> shall be offered for another year (timeframe - iirc it was a year) to aid >>> migration of the education community. >>> >>> I have certainly found this useful in our plans >>> J >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 9:04 PM, Jason S <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Yet I'm sure that a number of positive silver linings would come out >>>> of this in coming versions of Maya, >>>> Cheers >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 03/27/14 16:36, Jason S wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Nad Center in Montreal is also hit pretty hard.. (among many) >>>> >>>> >>>> The thought of where XSI7 was heading, >>>> in that sense I can undestand what may have motivated the measures >>>> taken in consequence. >>>> >>>> Typical sentiment in Area Forum back then >>>> >>>> << >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> * .. with programs like Houdini and XSI 7 (with ICE) gaining a lot of >>>> ground in the development arena, is Autodesk actually taking a hard look >>>> at Maya and making it more stable while providing new features? The >>>> underlying theme I get from people on forums is if Maya 2009 doesn't >>>> deliver or Autodesk doesn't lay out some sort of roadmap worthy of sticking >>>> around, people will in fact jump to XSI or Houdini.* >>>> >>>> >>>> Makes me wonder where XSI would be today, had it not been subject to >>>> Laws of the Jungle. >>>> >>>> I'm sure Maya would have been very much (if not more) alive & well... >>>> as well.. >>>> (having more reasons to keep-up) >>>> >>>> >>>> On 03/27/14 15:32, David Gallagher wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello! We will begin to remove Softimage assignment options, >>>> unfortunately, as it appears the students will no longer be able to >>>> download a student version, and we would be unwise to promote it for their >>>> sakes. >>>> >>>> We will continue to offer our more advanced rigs in Softimage to the >>>> animation students who may already have it, and our free, public rigs as >>>> well. >>>> >>>> I will continue to show Softimage's amazing capabilities to our >>>> students in my extra help sessions with the students. >>>> >>>> Thanks for the compliment! >>>> Dave G >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > >
