Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 1
This course will look at the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. We'll look at what makes a good model in Maya and why objects are modeled in the way they are.
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SOFTIMAGE|XSI v.4.0
I am wondering how many people are tempted by it. I know Maya is the market leader, but XSI seems to be the in the No.1 spot with studios at the moment so I am wondering what effect this will have.
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Which studios? AFAIK most still use maya. At the end of the day a cheap cut down version of XSI isnt going to convince any major studio to redevelop their 5 year old maya pipelineI am wondering how many people are tempted by it. I know Maya is the market leader, but XSI seems to be the in the No.1 spot with studios at the moment so I am wondering what effect this will have.
i think it's great for home users but for studios I dont think it's that big a deal 
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Aggh! Now that's interesting. I keep reading that Softimage is taking over in the worlds 3D studios. I believe you Alan - from the horse's mouth so to speak.Which studios? AFAIK most still use maya.
I think the idea is more people will buy it at that price to learn it and thus there will be a larger pool of people out there who have XSI experience. Then studios who do use XSI instead of Maya or are thinking of changing (you can answer that bit Alan) have a larger pool of XSI users to choose from.i think it's great for home users but for studios I dont think it's that big a deal
But as originally asked will it cause Alias to lower its price? Probably not...
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No, no, no better than that, they have taken out the button which says press this to instantly produce in 3-D on your computer what's in your head...:laugh:What kind of things has been stripped from the cheapo version? File -> Save?
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On the subject of xsi, my flatmate came 2nd in the xsi worldwide student animation. check out his animation at https://www.softimage.com/community/x...04/winners.asp it was 1st and 2nd to bournemouth with vfs coming 3rd
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