I, my self, was a proud max user. Had been for most of my career. I praised the program in all its abilities. At the time, Maya, Softimage, and Lightwave, were nothing to me. Though I never tried any over them during most of my career, I was opposed to any change. Stubborn, Pig headed, arrogant to thing that max could be out done. My fellow collogues and artist, I must say, I am eating my words now. Oh how I was so wrong. I am still, somewhat a fan and of 3dmax, but, I have recently been introduced to MAYA. It's now a requirement that I use the program for work. I could go into strenuous details and countless remarks and debate wide ranges of reasons for how the 2 programs differ, but, as it stands now, I don't think I will ever return to 3dMax again. Maya, with all its GLORY, has demonstrated a unique ability to streamline the work flow, speed up the modeling process, and provoke a different style of thinking in ways of game production. Its UV editor is roughly 75 percent faster than 3dmax and its ability to be used as a game engine for console development is outstanding. Simple tasks in Maya take many steps to complete in 3dmax. I am writing this forum to relate to other converts. What do you think? What is your opinion? To those who disagree, why do you disagree? What is your thought on this?
I GOOFED!
MODERATORS PLEASE MOVE THIS TO 2D/3D. THANKS
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To all those aware of my multi account problem, rest assured, this is the last and only. The rest have been deleted. I would apologize but as the past has demonstrated, No one would believe that. "Why the hell does this nemrod keep posting here then?" you might ask. Well, that part is simple. I like the feed back I get from work submitted. If I could go back in time and change all this shit on my part I would. Some will take this a face value and others will call me a lier. Thats cool. I can deal.
lier
\Li"er\ (l[imac]"[~e]r), n. [From Lie. ] One who lies down; one who rests or remains, as in concealment.
How come you are from english speaking country and cant write for shit?
I much rather pick on him because of him repeatedly being a tool. if he would up and age a few years to at least the level of a 14 year old, I would have no problem with him.
but i don't realy see that hapening anytime soon
Enjoy the stay.
Bloody hell why does the board almost always die on me when i try to post?
I'm in exactly the same position. Our valiant leader, has decided we're doing the shift to Maya after about three weeks of discussion, argument and fisticuffs between the artists and one of the coders. At this stage, prior to any sort of training, I'd have to say Maya has one of the most horrible unwieldy interfaces I've ever used on anything. This will presumably change when someone shows me how it works, but its a long way from Max where you can open the program and start modelling straight away with a little experimentation. I much prefer the ethos of keeping it simple and giving the user what they need, rather than giving them 15 different ways to do everything.
Anyway, thats what I think at this point. Keep in mind this is the opinion of someone with no experience with the software. That said, there are aspects of Maya that are going to piss me off no matter how much training I have, simply because it doesn't work like a PC program and there a lot of little things that could be made more efficient. I suppose I'll just have to learn Mel-Scriping and make them work more to my liking.
-R
I can only hope that this website will aid you in your quest-
http://www.simnet.is/hjarta/
http://www.simnet.is/hjarta/
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Don't get it.
The reason I ask is that 2 coders that I have worked at various firms with over the last few years both love Soft Image. They say its so easy to write tools for and get data out of.
I think you'll love it once you learn a little more about it .
+1 post count!
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"Why the hell does this nemrod keep posting here then?" you might ask. Well, that part is simple. I like the feed back I get from work submitted.
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So if people stop giving you feedback, will you stop posting here?
This topic is about Maya, not infantile attacks on both our parts. Please, ladies and gentlemen and some teens, can't we all get along and love one another.......Didn't John Linen write, All you need is love".
I say this with love Zombie. Come on Zombie, hows about you join the joy of this conversation. Question for ya,....have you used Maya in your career?
I'm glad you're hanging around, Tubboy - the place is much more colorful with you here. I even edited my post in your honor!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....