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Some things are replaceable, others hard wired. The fact that is free and real time powerful for the next version will appeal your thoughts about leaving. Read the post. Leave feedback. Now you'll be the first one on the list. I went using modo, 3d coat, now on Blender. Hu is my next target. Cheers. On Oct 7, 2017 3:44 AM, "kenny wood" <[email protected]> wrote: I asked this question myself . After starting to use maya for a year after a 10 year break .I dumped it and went back to xsi...nothing else comes close overall as a generalist tool . If you don't have to use anything else then don't...unless a job requires you to know another tool . On 7 Oct 2017 10:39, "skuby" <[email protected]> wrote: > TLDR = Where do I go/which program? I’m specifically asking hardcore > Softimage users who knew all the hotkeys and L/R/MMB clicks/shortcuts, > sticky keys, etc.. And wore the software like a custom fit glove. All > aspects (modeling/rigging/anim/UV/all of it etc.) I was a freelancer, > not a specialist. I won’t be working in the 3D segment of the industry > again, but I want a professional generalist tool-kit back in my art toolbox. > > > -Has Maya become use-able out of the box (according to Softimage vets) (w/ > preferences tweaks)? Did anyone make a plug-in or hotkey kit for > Softimage users? Does it still take 4+ steps/clicks for everything vs. > Softimage even after learning Maya best practices? > > > Was there any recent talk of bringing Softimage back, even with limited > support? I’d pay $30+ per month for it w/Mudbox in a heartbeat. (I’d pay > the same for Maya + Mudbox if it was viable for me) (I’m close to giving > up on Blender, interface/usability wise it’s still way too far away from > Softimage and it took A LOT of effort to get to the point where I am with > it now, too much effort). > > > After all this time, how did you solve this problem? Is your solution > adequate or still frustrating? > > > About Me: I spent a small fortune training Softimage at Vancouver Film > School/VFS and then worked as a freelancer for small commercials (before > that I trained Maya at SVA for 4 years and I hated the Maya software, I was > using it afterwards at a small film and commercial company). More > recently I swung over to websites and now have moved fully into 2D > Illustration. I miss my 3D toolset (and have practical commercial uses > for it now), and I really need to bring it back into my toolbox. I’d be > willing to put in the time to re-learn some things that I already know how > to do, but I won’t settle for sub-par interfaces, I’m sick of banging my > head into the wall. > > > Please help me, I’m completely lost, frustrated and heart-broken. > > > Best of luck to all of you. Thank you for your time. > > ------ > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] > with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. > ------ Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
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