Maya PLE

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[quote author=Rich Lee link=board=fx;num=1100237191;start=15#16 date=11/30/04 at 23:09:25]thats pretty cool bob. did you do any of the softimage to maya learning cds?

so do you still do work for alias?[/quote]

I did 1 Softimage to Maya CD back in the day. It was a long time ago. Alias isn't worried about Soft anymore. I'm not at Alias fulltime anymore. I do however work for them on a consolation and contract basis.
 
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Hey Bob, do you know Jason Schlefer? He used to work at Alias, now he works where I do.
 
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[quote author=TC link=board=fx;num=1100237191;start=15#21 date=12/06/04 at 01:19:57]Hey Bob, do you know Jason Schlefer? He used to work at Alias, now he works where I do.[/quote]

Wow! A blast from the past! Yeah I know Jason Schliefer. He worked out of the Santa Barbara office while I worked from the Toronto office. We would meet at Siggraph and other office meetings. I helped put together the 2 DVDs he did on character rigging. So I'm assuming you're at Weta? I had two other colleagues who work at Weta now too - Shawn Dunn and Bill Dwelly.

Small World,

Bob
 
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[quote author=glassblowerscat link=board=fx;num=1100237191;start=0#0 date=11/11/04 at 21:26:31]Has anyone learned Maya using their free "Personal Learning Edition?" I've been thinking about doing it, but I don't know how much you can learn without getting extra resources.[/quote]

You can't go wrong with it. It has all the functionality of the retail version (supposedly) but you have to work with a constant watermark on the interface and renders.

I've used Maya since 98'. I think as far as "not needing to know how to program a script" Maya has one of the most versatile particle/dynamics systems out there. Especially now that their hair and fluid systems are pretty much stable enough to render/act photo-real on a production level(WITHOUT the need of 2 million plug-ins). The new Maya 6 is incredible.

I use Max & Mirai occassionally... but for particles, you can't go wrong with Maya.

Can you learn it on your own? Well... to get great at it, unless you are a good problem solver/scripter... it'll be tough.
The best DVD's for Maya right now are the Gnomon Workshop DVDs. Personally, I think the DVDs themselves could be ALOT better. They need to edit them better and are filled with a bunch of "verbal-filler crap". i.e... and... ummm... uhhh.. yah... uhhh.... like... personally I hate that stuff. But if you can work around it. Also, they are pretty damn expensive. About $80.00. But hey... it's alot cheaper than taking a $1,600.00 professional particle/dynamics class.
www.gnomon3d.com

I guess the DVD could be worse. I can't remember if it was a lightwave or Softimage DVD I saw... one guy was talking.. then out of nowhere, someone else started talking? Then the friggin' phone rings in the background and while the demo artist was talking, you hear the other guy answering and talking on the phone!

You can also check out the Alias DVDs off their website.

I'm not the type to say 1 software is better than the other. It's all the same in the end... just depends on personal preference and how good you are in the end. I just happen to prefer Maya and Mirai.
 
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WaveRider- I'm the one that works at Dreamworks. Yeah, the software is proprietary.
 
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