Maya 8 wishlist!

#221

… As long Autodesk doesn’t cut off the Mac dev…
A UB version to come with Maya8 would be sweet.

#222

i`d colud be fine some net render solution like backburner from Max/cobustion - it-s all now at home isnt it?
… and second mentalray shader color etc visible in working window

#223

Hi,

Found that it would be cool if Maya able to open 2 or more scene files in same times. Without closing the previous files. I try C4D before and found out that this is a really good and friendly feature for copy and paste object or material from 1 files to another files without export --> close files --> open files --> import . and ooops , if i miss something , i have to close my scene files again and open previous 1 again and export again.

#224

You can do this in maya just drag and drop the scenes you want to add.

#225

…would be cool, lightwave styles im guessing u mean?.. but i dont know how they woull make this and keep the 2nd/hidden scene out of any calculations so it dosnt slow the scene down at all untill its visible/loaded into the 1st scene (if that makes sence) blue magic’s way seems the most logical to me.

#226

…would be cool, lightwave styles im guessing u mean?..

Cinema 4d can open multiple files like Photoshop can open multiple files. They are completely seperate entities that allow you to switch back and forth at will, with no importing or adding to another/existing file.

I second the request! It’s not life and death for me, but it would be nice.

#227

this has been an very popular thread, So i hope i am not repeating an existing post that i have issed, but - how about a more comprehensive help?
It probably seems a bit simplistic of me to say, but , more often than not when i have a problem with maya, i look in the help, only to be presented with either pages of entirely incoherent (to me , at least) programming language, or otherwise, irrelevant tutorials that dont seem to get to the point for pages and pages:scream: .

Needless to say, time and time again cg talk has proven to be an invaluable source of knowlege in this area.

All the same, it would be nice if maya help could give answers even 70% of the time, instead of 10% as it is in my experience.

Sorry for ranting. In short, help that is actually helpful. Yay! :slight_smile:

#228

I’d like to add: tangent value fields in the graph editor (ala XSI’s fcurve editor) would be real nice.

#229

The ability to make a semi-transparent mask outside of the camera’s film/resolution gate. Man that would be helpful :slight_smile:

#230

what about opening a second maya,and open file. I do that if i need to compare files.

#231

http://highend3d.com/maya/downloads/tools/misc/4131.html
a camera rig my old teacher made, its good, but if you just want the mask im sure u can look how this is made.

#232

make it more for 2 button mouse configs… i never see any 3 mouse buttons anymore :frowning:

#233

Also what about always being able to see the little dot on faces… so you wont have to change to wireframe for the buggy faces :slight_smile:

#234

Nice job of redesigning, makes it a little closer to Shake’s UI.
For wishes…: gee! I’d like to be able to use Maya a lot better than I do… with the actual features or plenty others!!! ;p

#235

do you mean show face center? its in polygon display options

#236

I mean that ons some faces you see the little dot by which you can select them and on some you cant if you have geometry with lots of corners and such usually…

#237

then switch the faces select option to “whole face” in your prefs. That makes the dots dissapear and you can instead select the faces by clicking anywhere on them :slight_smile:

about faces/components i’d like to see smart highlighting onMouseOver… but anyway the topic should be called “Maya 9 Wishlist” :smiley: Maya 8 is allready cooked and ready to get from the oven next monday :wink:

#238

What are you talking about…??? show me a mouse that ONLY has 2 buttons. They don’t exist unless you own a MAC.

Are you afraid of mice that use the scroll as a button or something?

#239

The highlighting in Cinema 4d and Bodypaint 2.5 are top notch. When using the edge loop or poly-loop selection tools, you can see a preview of the loops in a nice bright highlight before you commit to the selection by clicking.

I would love to see this in Maya. But getting it in via Bodypaint is OK I guess.

What are you talking about…??? show me a mouse that ONLY has 2 buttons. They don’t exist unless you own a MAC.

Urgh, no self respecting Mac owner uses less than 2 buttons and a scroll wheel! :slight_smile:

I have a collection of those Apple mice still in their wrapping that came in my Mac box. I always had a nice intellimouse or something ready before the computer arrived at my doorstep.

#240

Are you afraid of mice that use the scroll as a button or something?

The scroll button is not really comfortable… as a normal button.

And yes highlighting would be great preferably like silo has especially for tweaking vertices. No need to select them anymore. Oh and shortcuts like silo to switch between edges faces and vertices… And a shortcut to select an edge loop to plz. In fact buy nevercenter and integrate all their modelling tools :smiley: