I had a very short expierence with Maya a while ago (mainly driven by curiosity). It was to do with rendering. It went something like this:
*Maya user*: I need to replace all the characters in my scene because they are not referenced and there has been topology, shader changes (objects are called the same) *Me*: That's cool. Bring the new characters, match Partitions and done :) *Maya use*r: mmmm. what? *Me*: Match Render Layer Overrides ? *Maya Use*r: not possible. *Me *: Wow! what are you going to do..... *Maya User*: I will bring the characters one by one . And character by character, render layer by render layer, object by object I will re-assign all the relevant overrides or changes made in this and my other 5 render scenes! *Me*: Ok. Let me know when you are done with this......... You are staying late? ........ J On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 9:57 AM, Sebastien Sterling < sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Apt analogy, but you omitted that each nest is covered in bird shit :P > > > On 19 March 2014 09:54, Nick Angus <n...@altvfx.com> wrote: > >> First rule of Maya: forget ergonomics, the engine is powerful but the >> cockpit is a giant birds nest constructed from thousands of tiny birds >> nests. >> >> Sent from my Windows Phone >> ------------------------------ >> From: Alastair Hearsum <hear...@glassworks.co.uk> >> Sent: 19/03/2014 7:33 PM >> >> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com >> Subject: A confession >> >> Folks >> >> Here is a confession. I've never used Maya! Not really. I've had a >> little poke every now and again but no more than make a sphere and spin >> round it. >> >> Now, the lack of Maya knowledge may diminish the value of my comments in >> some eyes but I think that , on the contrary, it puts me in quite a good >> position to appraise the software at a certain level. Here is an example of >> the trouble I'm having that may bring a smile to people's faces. But first >> just a couple of more sentences before I reveal my difficulty. I like to >> bill myself as the sensitive artist/animator who is technically all fingers >> and thumbs, like the woman by the side of her broken down car waiting on a >> big strong man to help her out. The truth is that its not true. I do have a >> degree in Fine Art but I also studied maths and physics at university and >> programmed extensively in Lisp in my first job. So I'm not stupid BUT: >> >> *I'm on my third night trying to adjust the resolution of a sphere >> after I have applied n-cloth to it!* >> >> Isn't that incredible? Its one example plucked from many experienced by >> people I work with who can and have used Maya. Its symptomatic of the all >> encompassing interface workflow issues that Maya has that I think are >> really fundamental problems and more important in some ways than headline >> large features. Admittedly I had had a couple of glasses of wine by that >> point and it was a casual , before bedtime attempt to try something out but >> I had already twice asked my colleague at work to explain what the >> procedure was and I followed what he was doing at the time. >> >> So there you have it. Is it me.........? >> >> 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. >> > >
