Administrators Jeff Mottle Posted January 20, 2003 Administrators Share Posted January 20, 2003 Jim Lammers over at Trinity Animation has offered a copy of the his new Maya 4.5 Fundamentals book if we review it. If you are adept at writting reviews, have a good working knowledge of Maya, please let me know and I'll set it up. Jeff [ January 20, 2003, 10:44 PM: Message edited by: Jeff Mottle ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cesar R Posted January 23, 2003 Share Posted January 23, 2003 I know maya .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ingo Posted January 24, 2003 Share Posted January 24, 2003 ...yes, she's definitly a nice girl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Nichols Posted January 24, 2003 Share Posted January 24, 2003 Jeff... Since I am now using Maya hardcore everyday for work... I may be able to do it... ... and you know how I LOVE to write reviews. Are you reviewing Maya or the book? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Jeff Mottle Posted January 24, 2003 Author Administrators Share Posted January 24, 2003 Hey Chris, It's a review of Jim's New book. But to do a good review, I figure you need to know Maya to determine if it is good or not. If you are interested, just let me know and I can hook you up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cesar R Posted January 24, 2003 Share Posted January 24, 2003 where do u work Chris? what do you maya for? I switched to 3dsmax - rather Viz, bc its more geared to architectural stuff being much more compatible with ACAD. I like maya for animation. it kicks butt! I know maya , but I've never written a review before............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Nichols Posted January 24, 2003 Share Posted January 24, 2003 Jeff... Yeah, I'd love to do it, email me at home or work with the details. Cesar... I have switch careers and now work in the entertainment industry. I work for Digital Domain, a major visual effects company. Still "involved" in architecture, I now build digital cities for CG environments. I have a love/hate relationship with Maya... like most people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ingo Posted January 24, 2003 Share Posted January 24, 2003 Just curious, what software do you have to use for modelling those buildings ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cesar R Posted January 24, 2003 Share Posted January 24, 2003 maya I asume,bc you cant really import anything into it which really suck. yeah I love/hate maya too. she's only good for a few things..um.. ok that doesn sound very good.. sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Nichols Posted January 24, 2003 Share Posted January 24, 2003 We model all in Maya which is great for film, since accuracy is not very important. Makes modeling very fast... I can bang out major buildings in very little time, since it only needs to be as accurate as a pixel. Plus some imperfections in the model help sell the building as more real. Perfect walls look too CG. I want to start getting into Houdini do start doing parametric buildings... but I am getting off-topic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ingo Posted January 24, 2003 Share Posted January 24, 2003 Hi Chris, thanks for the info. Is there any difference despite the accuracy between modelling architecture in Maya compared to other programs ? I'm a long time FormZ user and when i bought Lightwave two years ago i wanted to use it only for texturing and rendering, but than i dicovered some nice features in Lightwave's modeller and now i modell in both prog's, but still start in FormZ. If you start talking about Houdini i start talking about Shade3D, although i have to find it anywhere on my backups Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cesar R Posted January 24, 2003 Share Posted January 24, 2003 I've always wanted to play with Houdini, (try out) I just hate Maya's Renderer and lack of GI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrius Posted January 24, 2003 Share Posted January 24, 2003 All I have ever used is maya, actually even before maya it was Power Animator. I love it and it rocks, except for the renderer. It blows chunks!!!!! Maya just added Mental Ray as it's alternative renderer but the GI is horrible. I haven't been able to do anything with it. Lightscape is cool but porting my geometry from maya to lightscape is a bit of a pain. For architectural rendering I don't think maya is the best choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Nichols Posted January 24, 2003 Share Posted January 24, 2003 A tool is a tool is a tool... Personally I hate formZ. Maya is very different. The thing I like the most about it is the speed of the interface. I also miss the parametric parameters of 3D Studio... makes designing in it really nice. Now with MentalRay built into version 4.5... GI is available. Houdini is hardcore. Few, if anyone, models in it. It is parametric to the n'th degree. It is NOT easy to just "pick up." They tell me that even with my math degree it would be hard... and that I would just pick up smoking again. They say: "Houdini is not like a Ferrari... it is like giving you the parts to build a Ferrari" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cesar R Posted January 24, 2003 Share Posted January 24, 2003 A girl friend of mine told me that is it possible to model to scale is Maya?? hey Chris, if you have access to Houdini i'd love to see what the UI looks like - post a pic. ok? PS. Do you go by Chris? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Nichols Posted January 24, 2003 Share Posted January 24, 2003 Sure it is possibel to model to scale in Maya... it just is not very friendly at it... it is built for fast modeling. The snaps suck with only three options. Here is a screen grab of Houdini 5.5 WAY off topic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ingo Posted January 25, 2003 Share Posted January 25, 2003 Huh, one of the hardcore guys, Houdini under Windows Otherwise nice clear interface, especially compared to Maya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cesar R Posted January 25, 2003 Share Posted January 25, 2003 lol, very way off topic, but thanks the UI doesnt look very friendly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dollus Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 Is Chris doing the review for you? If not, I have several years of Maya experience and would be happy to review it for them and post it on your site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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