i find topogun's surface snapping to be the best out of all of the mentioned programs, and the interface is something you will be at home with when compared to conventional 3d packages like max/maya. it is unfortunately lacking some of the newer fancy tools and some things like extruding edges or sliding edge loops arent…
Don't really get all the hate and negativity. Looks like a solid start for a touch interface to me. Love the Metro UI, colors, simplicity, no bevel/emboss/shadows shit anymore. I agree that they should change most of it for desktop, laptop OS, but for touch interface its amazing. UI wise Apples iPad looks like a children's…
The "problem," if you can call it that, doesn't lie with the mouse or lack thereof. Even though most flash movies assume the presence of a mouse, flash buttons could be selected quite easily using a touchscreen interface. Adapting mouse applications for use on touch screens is much easier than converting controller-focused…
6-7 years and I'm still struggling to learn the Zbrush Interface and UI. Albeit I haven't been trying all that hard that entire time, but 2-3 concentrated pushes to get past the interface and I still feel like someone stole my thumbs while using it. With this, it was like mudbox it just worked and I didn't need massive…
What i found has worked great is actually just make some tools as standalone apps. Python can talk to PS very well over the com interface, with all the same stuff available as the native JS api, than after that i can use something like pySide to use qt4.x as my UI. Im pretty sure the guys at quxiel do the same, where they…
ok, that looks like i will have to try custom themes indeed. i'll need something that matches about the medium-dark photoshop interface, 3ds max or similar so not pitch black and definitely not dark window frames with white text boxes/content. also super narrow/non existent window borders like they are hip now on mac and…
i've upgraded from windows 7 to win 8 just because they removed the aero interface, i like the new clean interface and if you change the border width make it slimmer it looks even better :) i've also disabled UAC completely because i hate that and now the metro apps do not work at all, but i don't care since i can't stand…
i just had to force quit 4R8 update 1 due to an (apparently) massive memory leak. had the program running continuously for a few days with only a handful of small ztools loaded, suddenly my machine starts to lag like mad and task manager shows me that Z has gobbled up almost all my 32 gigs of RAM. are there any settings…
If you want something that throughly goes over everything beginner, from the interface to using brushes and everything in between, I personally recommend the zbrush 3.5 and 4 dvds from eat3d. Your team can reference exactly what the need within those dvds when ever they need to. The biggest differences from the 3.5 dvd to…
Swizzle: Could you link to that thread? I recently sent a letter of epic proportions to the devs to see about collaborating with outsiders on making the interface more outsider-friendly. Or more specifically: more user-friendly for those who don't like the blender-interface, and who are already experienced with the…