On the topic of Videos its worth looking at Growing vines up a column
http://community.thefoundry.co.uk/tv/training/view.aspx?id=774 It gives a nice intro into how to create more procedural geometry using the nodal system. Also the Modcasts are really worthwhile (not only Brads) as they go into a lot of the nuts and bolts of Modo and how Nexus and It are put together. Now that I have a better handle on how they think about they way they put stuff together I have good deal of confidence about the future in Modo for my needs, and for our Students needs( once we are able to drop Maya) What I have done is little projects for each aspect and the main thing I j have learned is that there are so many way to achieve things in Modo and to really get to know your preferences file because it can make a huge difference allowing you to tweak a great many things to make you feel more comfortable. Lastly get to know how to make you own layouts. In most of my projects I am no longer anywhere near the Vanilla Modo layouts and they tend to differ from project to project as I find new things and as it suits what I am trying to do more. For those registered Modo users check your Registered Content/Plugins/Training folders as there is stuff there for you to help. Sadly the more I am starting to love Modo they less I want to open Maya which I what I need to do for at least the next two years ;( Kind regards Angus From: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Reply-To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: Wednesday 07 May 2014 at 6:30 AM To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: softimage to modo I agree: you should start first with your mindset to: wrap head around concepts. Pivots and centers were kinda hard to digest (in xsi we just move center to vertices and voilá) but this jus an aspect to keep in mind... after a while of watching intro seminar to modo 701 and other 1hour videos, other references to the same tools will give you confidence. Then fire up the software and mingle around. Then texture, then light, then uvs, then materials, then render settings, then morphs, then weights, then particles, then hair, then constraints, then bones and binding, volume effects and then everything else..like drivers, channels, schematics and more cool in depth stuff... That's the order I've followed for the past 3 months. What really got me into modo is the community and the video stream presentations. I've thought: these guys are not talking like robots..they love what they do, just like us in softimage. But yes, living without a history stack makes your concious guilty sometimes. Hehheh. Cheers. David R. Enviado desde Yahoo Mail en Android<https://mx.overview.mail.yahoo.com/mobile/?.src=Android> ________________________________ From: Steffen Dünner <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>; To: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>; Subject: Re: softimage to modo Sent: Tue, May 6, 2014 3:52:58 PM Yes, we have. And we're digging it more and more each day. My hint would be: Watch tutorials first! Especially about the shader tree, decoupled shading, the principle of "items" and the way you can copy&paste polys, edges, vertices etc. in and out of them and the "tool pipeline" stuff. Don't open up Modo and start clicking around. You will likely be disturbed and disappointed, because many things work differently. But these are the things that will make you love Modo in a few days ;) Cheers Steffen 2014-05-06 17:40 GMT+02:00 Francisco Criado <[email protected]<javascript:return>>: Hi guys, anyone already started using modo? first impressions or tips coming from soft? received our licenses today and soon starting to migrate...any tips from si users are more than welcome! F. -- PGP-ID(RSA): 0xD6E0CE93 Fingerprint: 879F 572C FEE4 9DE5 53A8 3C1C 22A9 C8DE D6E0 CE93 <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%;"> <tr> <td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font face="arial,sans-serif" size="1" color="#999999"><span style="font-size:11px;">This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. </span></font></td> </tr> </table>
