Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 2
This course will look in the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. It's aimed at people that have some modeling experience in Maya but are having trouble with complex objects.
# 31 16-09-2002 , 07:29 PM
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so what are you working on now then ?


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# 32 16-09-2002 , 07:40 PM
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skittles/mr bear d00d user added image hes over in the WIP page under bear? think thats it
ive remodelled him with nurbs :s and now im just skinning :s
u working on anything cool atm?


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# 33 16-09-2002 , 07:51 PM
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I am modeling a female figure, a little bit futurisc and fantasy, and I am trying to model a Minotaur ( have the feets allready).

Just getting in to maya and see what the program can do... lost of fun user added image I have a 4 week vacation so I have plenty of time to do my stuff


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# 34 16-09-2002 , 07:59 PM
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cool user added image ul have to post pics as u progress user added image
how long have you been learning maya?


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# 35 16-09-2002 , 08:03 PM
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I will post a pic soon. Well I worked with max before and that was a long time, Then I got Maya 2.5 i quess or 2.0 whatever... and from then I slowly learned it, not much because I was still comparing it with max and if you are used to max you do not switch quickly between modeling programs, but the last couple of months I got some tutorials (cd) and now learning it seriously.

and now I hardly touch max anymore... user added image


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# 36 16-09-2002 , 08:51 PM
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yeah im pretty much the same, i used to use max for rigging, but now, i got into maya cos everything ELSE was easier, and rigging just sucks lol
but lightwave was my first program, and i still love it user added image


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# 37 16-09-2002 , 08:57 PM
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I think I saw lightwave at a friend hoem onetime..., it looked nice, nice layout ! I used XSI for a month, but was not in the mood to lear a compleet new package again so I sticked with maya and max


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# 38 16-09-2002 , 08:59 PM
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ah rite user added image
which do u feel more comfortable with? max or maya?


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# 39 16-09-2002 , 09:21 PM
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well when you worked with max for sometime and the use maya i automatically look for buttons that are in max.... but now.. In maya you can zoom, tumble and move the scene with the alt button and the mouse buttons and I find that very very good, and now I am used to the hotkeys and hotboxes and marking menu's in maya that when I am at a friend home and he uses max I am pushing the space bar and waithing for the hotbox to appear... so you can say that I feel much more comfortable with maya then with max. user added image

How about you ? and for how long have you been using maya ?


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# 40 16-09-2002 , 09:27 PM
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i started using maya about 6months ago? something like, im not sure tho, but i no that i still suck user added image
i started lightwave about 2years ago, gave up for a bit, started max, gave up some more, now im pretty serious about maya user added image love it user added image tho i wud say lightwave comes close second user added image


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# 41 16-09-2002 , 09:38 PM
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I heard that lightwave has excellent render capabilities ?


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# 42 16-09-2002 , 09:42 PM
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not when i used it user added image that was back when it was version 5, the renderer wasnt that gr8, but i wud say back then its still better than mayas one
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# 43 16-09-2002 , 09:50 PM
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what other program did you tried also ? and is there a reason that you are a 3d modeler ?


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# 44 16-09-2002 , 09:53 PM
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other programs, umm
this is the order of all programs ive tried
lightwave
bryce
poser
max
maya user added image

lol
im not a 3d modeller, ask mike, he'll tell you my models suck user added image
i get hired for my animating skills, if i was hired for my modelling, i dont think ANY company wud be asked to do any 3d work user added image


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# 45 16-09-2002 , 10:04 PM
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I once used rhino, that was a long time ago, I wanted to create a unit for a game called Total Annihilation, and then I used Max and then Maya.

So you are good in animation ? what do you animate then, or what have you animated ?


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