beginner question

[mikefeil]

go into maya and press F1

[Alouette]

........no comment

[d24e]

I did the Instant Maya tutorials first, then checked out some sites for videotutorials (www.digitaltutors.com and www.simplymaya.com) and also I bought the Maya 4.5 savvy book wich looks great. You should start with those tutorial if you ask me though.

[rebo]

go into maya and press F1


........no comment

Er, actually F1 is the best way to learn.

[seb4d]

First of all I will write in french since this guy is french like me, sorry for this little french moment people :D

Salut,
c'est vrai que F1 est une bonne solution, moi j'ai appris comme ça au debut.
Tu peux acheter le livre Maya 4.5 de L.Petitot des editions Eyrolles, il est très bien fait pour les débutants.
Ensuite pour te spécialiser tu peux acheter les vidéo Gnomon qui sont excellentes.

Bye

[Alouette]

thanx for your reply.

Seb4d merci des conseils j'en prends note.


:)

[Nicool]

Moi je trouve que ce sont de #&² BIP ]° ceux qui répondent systématiquement "press F1".

There are a lot of tutorials online man!

[stunndman]

Originally posted by Nicool
Moi je trouve que ce sont de #&² BIP ]° ceux qui répondent systématiquement "press F1".


that's the most frequent anwser most probably because it's the best approach to learn Maya

if you start out with tutorials without reading the manual you will have missed all the little details that you should already know by reading the instant maya and essential chapter

so RTFM - and keep it open all the time - i am rereading chapters everytime i hit some obstacle - and everytime i learn something new

[rebo]

Yea once you have done the F1 thing, your question will change, it will be where can I find out more about rigging characters? or where can i find out more about NURBS modling cars etc.

If your question is


I'm a LW user and I'd like to start Maya.
What's the best ways to begin ?


F1 is simply the best answer.

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