Hey Alastair. It is funny you mention the sphere approach for evaluate the simplicity and how intuitive a program is.
The sphere model and animate from frames 1 to 100 paradigm, is the one I used when I switched from 3D Studio to Softimage 3D. Without opening any manual I sat at a Softimage workstation, and I was able to create a sphere, translate it to an x position at frame 1, set a key and then translate it again to another position at frame 100 and set a key, and playback in 5 minutes. This paradigm is something I have used from ever since to evaluate how fast or slow I can start interacting with a new software, and gives me a first approach of the learning curve. I am not going to comment my experience in Maya when I applied this same paradigm about 10 years ago... But the result was that I uninstalled Maya from the workstations at my former studio even that the Autodesk sales rep at that time, left me with Maya "open demo licenses" that had some synth music when he was installing them in my computers. ------------------------------------------------------- Emilio Hernández VFX & 3D animation. 2014-03-14 8:41 GMT-06:00 Alastair Hearsum <hear...@glassworks.co.uk>: > Thanks > > The questions I wanted to pose were more along the lines of : > > "Are there Maya users here with direct experience of Softimage or who work > alongside Softimage users in a larger facility who have opinions about what > Softimage functionality they envy" > The aim is to get some counterpoint from that side of the equation to use > in any discussions with Autodesk. > > The other type of question I have is something like > "I want to make a sphere and move it somewhere over time" (as I struggle > manfully with dark lord, but I'm not making them too public yet. > > Alastair > > Alastair Hearsum > Head of 3d > [image: GLASSWORKS] > > 33/34 Great Pulteney Street > London > W1F 9NP > +44 (0)20 7434 1182 > glassworks.co.uk <http://www.glassworks.co.uk/> > Glassworks Terms and Conditions of Sale can be found at glassworks.co.uk > (Company registered in England with number 04759979. Registered office 25 > Harley Street, London, W1G 9BR. VAT registration number: 867290000) > Please consider the environment before you print this email. > DISCLAIMER: This e-mail and attachments are strictly privileged, private > and confidential and are intended solely for the stated recipient(s). Any > views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not > necessarily represent those of the Company. If you are not the intended > recipient, be advised that you have received this e-mail in error and that > any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this e-mail is > strictly prohibited. If this transmission is received in error please > kindly return it to the sender and delete this message from your system. > On 14/03/2014 14:05, Tim Leydecker wrote: > > You might like to google: > > maya_he3d google group > > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/maya_he3d > > There´s many of the long-time Maya users there that transitioned > from the old/closed m...@highend3d.com listserver. > > The volume is quite low. For specific questions you may as well > probably go ahead and ask Stefan Andersson or Matt Estela. > > I think Matt set it up, in case you want to subscribe. > > Cheers, > > tim > > > > > > On 14.03.2014 13:44, Alastair Hearsum wrote: > > Folks > > Doses anyone know the equivalent of this list for Maya users? I wanted to > pose some questions to them. > > Alastair > > -- > Alastair Hearsum > Head of 3d > GLASSWORKS > 33/34 Great Pulteney Street > London > W1F 9NP > +44 (0)20 7434 1182 > glassworks.co.uk <http://www.glassworks.co.uk/><http://www.glassworks.co.uk/> > Glassworks Terms and Conditions of Sale can be found at glassworks.co.uk > (Company registered in England with number 04759979. Registered office 25 > Harley Street, London, W1G 9BR. VAT registration number: 867290000) > Please consider the environment before you print this email. > DISCLAIMER: This e-mail and attachments are strictly privileged, private > and confidential and are intended solely for the stated recipient(s). Any > views or opinions presented are > solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the > Company. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have > received this e-mail in error and > that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this > e-mail is strictly prohibited. If this transmission is received in error > please kindly return it to the sender > and delete this message from your system. > > >
