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1. Do I really have to use Maya for animation?

   

   Topic by ironbearxl · Dec 2013 · Home› General Discussion

   Not that there's anything wrong with Maya, but it seems to be the only option if you want to focus on serious rigging/animation. Is there any other tool out there right now that specializes in animation that is as good or close and user-friendly?

2. Re: Do I really have to use Maya for animation?

   

   Reply by jipe · Dec 2013 · Home› General Discussion

   Besides looking at the base tools and studio popularity, it's also helpful to research the ecosystem around the software. What are schools using? AM, iAnimate, and AnimSchool all provide rigs in Maya (though the latter may also provide XSI equivalents?). Who's writing helpful scripts/plugins and for what software? On the…

3. Re: Do I really have to use Maya for animation?

   

   Reply by thatanimator · Dec 2013 · Home› General Discussion

   I guess it is. but that doesn't mean it stops there, you still have all the keying features you'd ever need. I do all my handkeying in motion builder. I know it's way standard in Sweden and I've come across tons of job listings where they want motion builder experience and I'm assuming it's not just for cleaning mocap. The…

4. Re: Do I really have to use Maya for animation?

   

   Reply by iniside · Dec 2013 · Home› General Discussion

   You can use modo for animation.

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   Reply by lluc · Dec 2013 · Home› General Discussion

   A paper and a pen ! Animation is an art not a software!

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   Reply by ExcessiveZero · Dec 2013 · Home› General Discussion

   ive always found 3ds maxes cats and animation tools to be fantastic, what sort of advantages does maya actually have?

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   Reply by passerby · Dec 2013 · Home› General Discussion

   you can rig and animate in most packages, but most studios work in maya for this, so prolly best to learn what the industry uses.

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   Reply by StephenVyas · Dec 2013 · Home› General Discussion

   Since it hasn't been mentioned yet, I'll toss Softimage's XSI into the mix I believe it's Valve's go to animation software, and it sure is a thing of BEAUTY! A few other local TV & FX houses around town use it as well.

9. Re: Do I really have to use Maya for animation?

   

   Reply by ironbearxl · Dec 2013 · Home› General Discussion

   thatanimator, I thought motionbuilder was primarily for editing mocap data?

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    Reply by D4V1DC · Dec 2013 · Home› General Discussion

    Pshh always, yo! Sucks, don't It? In all honesty from what i keep hearing it is the beezzzknees.