Hi, I am a 3dsmax user and would like to pick up the basics of Maya too. Anybody know of any good tutorials / websites or books that teach Maya from a Max users perspective? Thanks.
There's actually a max plugin that switches all the max hotkeys to match the maya hotkey layout. Dunno if there's anything specifically for max users goin to maya, but if you got a friend who knows maya see how much you can bug him as you fiddle with it.
Problem with Maya is that if you really want the best out of it you need to put in the hours. I think the worst thing you can do is go "Max does it this way, why doesn't Maya have the exact same tool?" because really, they both are very different programs. It's been said many times before. I'd avoid using switching tools…
Was mostly wondering why that script would be so valuable. I don't have any real interest in 3ds right now, but was curious whether it's a more efficient workflow, or just useful for people who are used to the max way. On the original topic, i'd recommend to anyone learning maya the first two chapters of 'Complete maya…
Also,. Maya has a really lovely feature. The hotbox. I usually work without any UI piece up thanks to it. Mmm lovely workspace. As for tutorials. Hmm. I don´t know really. I learnt the basics by picking up the autodesk maya beginners book. The quality of that one is... so-so to say the least.
lol our Technical Director wrote a MEL script that looks and works exactly like Edit Poly in Max. Maya isn't the best modelling program, but the navigation is pretty good. This wasn't a bad tutorial site: http://www.3dlessons.com/categories/3D-Tutorials-Maya-3D-Tutorials/page2.html This can be used to bake out AO and…
So far I haven't run into Maya missing anything that I can't do without. The main problem I kept running into for a while was that all those things are possible, its just how much time do you want to invest in getting it to work, and how do you organize Maya. Its a blank slate with quite a bit hidden here and there,…
Thanks MoP, i figured it out a little earlier as i remembered Maya treats shift as a plus and ctrl as a subtract in terms of selection, so it kinda makes sense.. but yeah tad weird >.> ... this is gonna take some time.