Moving from 3dsmax to maya

[Nicool]

I remember their was On the alias|wavefront website a *.pdf to move from xsi<to>maya and another one 3dstudiomax<to>maya too...

[Larsen]

Yeah this is the url that nicool has mentionned :

http://www.alias.com/eng/products-services/maya/file/3dmax_to_maya.pdf

About your question, i can only advise you to try maya, you win a lot of time in making effects that 3dsmax doesn't support automatically ( dynamics stuff, paint effects etc...).
About the shading it's a pleasure to work with the hypershade, make connection between elements etc... I have to admit that it's a bit complex when you begin but when you know how to manipulate your tools, and use the intuitive interface, you're saved :)

[ostov]

WHat is paint FX? 3dsmax will get a vertex painter in ver.6. 3dsmax also got a dynamik system. Reactor made by Havok.
btw. what is hypershading?

[DeathBrain]

Originally posted by cipher
About the shading it's a pleasure to work with the hypershade, make connection between elements etc... I have to admit that it's a bit complex when you begin but when you know how to manipulate your tools, and use the intuitive interface, you're saved
I am totally agree with cipher..:beer:
I was on Max (for 3.5 yrs), now i am with Maya (latest 2.5 yrs)
I found Maya has incredible video composition tools, highly precission dynamic & animation calculation, amazing particle tools & modifier, Fur, Fuilds, built-in paintFX, etc

The best thing with maya for me is :
1. Maya has Built-In Video Composer aka MayaLive (it's really helps me a lot)
2. I am able to pan or rotate the camera with real time while the animation is still running (this is the most imporant things for fast moving animation)
3. Maya has unlimited connection, I am able to connects everything (which is the most what i am looking for), and if i get stuck with Maya's default properties, then i go to MEL (the coolest thing i've ever seen as a scripts)

But the poor thing is rendering time :annoyed:

So that's why i still use Max for my client's preview and go to Maya for Final Production :thumbsup:

[ostov]

Well, I am only thinking on getting the 2000$ ver.
Does somebody know how many days it will take alias to put out maya ple?

[Larsen]

Not a very long time though

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