max to maya is easy maya to max is hard becuase of the quickkey difference. Max can be a horrid pain unless you use switcher. Max or maya to XSI, EASY! Out of max and maya , Max is the most orginized. But, I know all 3 and Softimage XSI whips em all as having the fastest modeling tools and user interface. XSI lets you do a…
My Maya to Max transition maybe took 2 days with the 3dbuzz tutorials, I did that for an art test. Skill is software independant, modeling is the same in all apps they just have extra things that make it easier.
Well, it really depends on which you like best, I'd say, since they've all got the capabilities to do (roughly) the same thing. Blender is free but much more powerful than the Maya Personal Learning Edition or Gmax (which you might find lying around somewhere on the Internet) and as far as I've noticed, as powerful as the…