Hello ! I have successfully moved from XSI to Blender for everything not just modelling. Although the 3D work I am doing isn't as complex as it used to be.
The feature I love the most is that Autodesk cannot acquire Blender. A big hurdle is getting used to the change of the Z axis overall. I have not used the XSi keymap for Blender so that I can learn the native hotkeys and then be able to follow tutorials. It took a long long time to adapt. Now on the very rare occasion that I run XSI, I have no idea what the hotkeys are. I've found that in XSI you might have a single key for a hotkey where as Blender the functions from hotkeys work in 'pairs'. I miss plenty of tools from XSI, but have found equivalent ways to get stuff done in Blender. I REALLY miss 'dice' .... oh man.... I miss it..... Oh and that sticky magnetic M key point manipulation thing..... Anyway, here's my favourite Blender Tutorial creators. https://www.youtube.com/@CGMatter https://www.youtube.com/@askNK https://www.youtube.com/@TheCGEssentials And of course the most famous tutorial - The Donut https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIoXOplUvAw&list=PLjEaoINr3zgFX8ZsChQVQsuDSjEqdWMAD Good Luck ! On Wed, Nov 1, 2023 at 8:30 AM Steven Caron <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for sharing this looks like it could really help me. If the > comments are any indication I am not alone in my struggles 😂 > > *written with my thumbs > > On Tue, Oct 31, 2023, 12:26 AM Royston Michaels <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi Steven, >> >> Some of us are still lurking around, lol. >> >> Jason did an amazing job creating the XSI Keymap for Blender. >> I felt at home working in Blender, without it... Blender doesn't seem >> usable coming from working in XSI and Maya. >> >> Jason, if you are still around... thanks for your efforts... it's >> lifesaver moving to Blender. >> Have a look here. https://youtu.be/_DvM009LaN4 >> >> All the best. >> Royston >> >> On Tue, 31 Oct 2023 at 06:24, Steven Caron <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Wow, it's been so long since I posted this list. Not sure anyone is even >>> around to list... >>> >>> I have been trying to learn Blender and coming from Softimage I am just >>> completely floored that people can get anything done in Blender from a >>> modeling perspective. Anyone here successfully made the switch to modeling >>> in Blender from Softimage and care to share any tips? Links to video >>> tutorials etc? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Steven >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Softimage Mailing List" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/xsi_list/CADpObBmr-uyMNjKH6rgaAjPSZ_uFJSP%2B6o5KB787D1z_%3DrXDRA%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/xsi_list/CADpObBmr-uyMNjKH6rgaAjPSZ_uFJSP%2B6o5KB787D1z_%3DrXDRA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Softimage Mailing List" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/xsi_list/CADNPYTAGJmnvhHZ__0UJxSCUYie6BPFAETZNUNN%3Decf7o__Syw%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/xsi_list/CADNPYTAGJmnvhHZ__0UJxSCUYie6BPFAETZNUNN%3Decf7o__Syw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Softimage Mailing List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/xsi_list/CADpObB%3DbK0X9S5AsYHqk_sNHXfkKVB85pAagXS6jm3AJQ53fqA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/xsi_list/CADpObB%3DbK0X9S5AsYHqk_sNHXfkKVB85pAagXS6jm3AJQ53fqA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- *_________________________________________________________* *Scotty Wilcox* www.scottywilcox.com.au *0410 324 005* *_________________________________________________________* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Softimage Mailing List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/xsi_list/CAD-1k6QJR3SBSJWi1UAex1T12Mq1h7waQuunvt1iks2yEcP1fQ%40mail.gmail.com.
