I'm a softimage->Maya transition myself, and I liked that. .. You're learning different things at once when trying to implement something like a hotkey for slopes in the Animation Editor, or opening multiple Outliners. It's good to have someone show you that stuff.
On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Angus Davidson <angus.david...@wits.ac.za>wrote: > I do have to agree with Eric that the target audience of first two > videos is very much at a beginner instead of a professional looking to > transistion (Which was the original requirement) > > I am hoping the series will be ramped up significantly to deal with > workflows instead of workarounds. > > So far there is also nothing that couldn’t have been done using the beta > software months ago ;( > > Also wondering why there weren’t more questions asked on the list by > Autodesk or even Adam as to what people would want to see. > > > > > > > > From: Eric Turman <i.anima...@gmail.com> > Reply-To: "softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" < > softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> > Date: Monday 12 May 2014 at 6:31 PM > > To: "softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> > Subject: Re: First Softimage -> Maya transition videos posted > > Thanks > > I do have to say that I am a bit put off by the first choice of examples, > and I'm certain that I'm not alone. Any competent 3D veteran could easily > figure out most of this with in minutes...and probably has. The video is > quite frankly insulting. > > I'm not saying that transition videos aren't helpful, but it comes off > as condescending that we would not be able to figure out something as basic > as hotkeys. > > More useful would be a series of videos of: here is feature A in > Softimage and oops! Maya doesn't have feature A, but here is the convoluted > workaround that you can do to kind of get the same result (like distance > constraint) Or even, in Softimage you'd normally work like this, but even > though you can work the same way in Maya, a better way would be to use this > other feature or methodology since trying to work like you would in > Softimage will slow Maya down (use expressions in Soft ==> use node > networks in Maya) > > -=Eric > -- > > > > > -=T=- > > This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. > If you have received this communication in error, please notify us > immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate > this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised > signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the > University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message > may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal > views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and > opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements > between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless > the University agrees in writing to the contrary. > >
