I do have to agree with Eric that the target audience of first two videos is very much at a beginner instead of a professional looking to transistion (Which was the original requirement)
I am hoping the series will be ramped up significantly to deal with workflows instead of workarounds. So far there is also nothing that couldn’t have been done using the beta software months ago ;( Also wondering why there weren’t more questions asked on the list by Autodesk or even Adam as to what people would want to see. From: Eric Turman <i.anima...@gmail.com<mailto:i.anima...@gmail.com>> Reply-To: "softimage@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>" <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>> Date: Monday 12 May 2014 at 6:31 PM To: "softimage@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>" <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>> Subject: Re: First Softimage -> Maya transition videos posted Thanks I do have to say that I am a bit put off by the first choice of examples, and I'm certain that I'm not alone. Any competent 3D veteran could easily figure out most of this with in minutes...and probably has. The video is quite frankly insulting. I'm not saying that transition videos aren't helpful, but it comes off as condescending that we would not be able to figure out something as basic as hotkeys. More useful would be a series of videos of: here is feature A in Softimage and oops! Maya doesn't have feature A, but here is the convoluted workaround that you can do to kind of get the same result (like distance constraint) Or even, in Softimage you'd normally work like this, but even though you can work the same way in Maya, a better way would be to use this other feature or methodology since trying to work like you would in Softimage will slow Maya down (use expressions in Soft ==> use node networks in Maya) -=Eric -- -=T=- <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>
