All I hear is how shit Maya is. surely it does some things well? The headline features like nCloth etc. [admittedly I don't know what the etc is] are meant to be pretty decent, what about low level [but essential] functionality like the stuff listed below? What would be an eye opener when comparing it to XSI? From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Jacob Gonzalez Sent: 19 March 2014 10:18 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: A confession 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 user: mmmm. what? Me: Match Render Layer Overrides ? Maya User: 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 <mailto: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 GLASSWORKS <http://old.glassworks.co.uk/images/Logo_UK.jpg> 33/34 Great Pulteney Street London W1F 9NP +44 (0)20 7434 1182 <tel:%2B44%20%280%2920%207434%201182> 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.
