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General Discussion
So how many software apps. do you know or are learning?
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Jonathan 480 posts23 Jan 2007For example,
3DS Max is great for modeling, rendering, etc. but Maya is great for dynamics and animation.
Then you have After Effects competing with Combustion, then of course a host of others.
So what software applications are you actively trying to learn currently?
I'm trying to learning Maya, Max, and I have been toying around with the XSI demo, but man, why do they have to make things so different. -
23 Jan 2007You certainly will be a force to reckon with if you learn max, maya + xsi.
Will take your 6 times as long, but if you do manage it you'll be the most hireable person here, even above Tyson
Personally its just max + photoshop for me, but I dont work production or intend to.
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Claymation 600 posts23 Jan 2007I use maya, photoshop, AE, and zbrush. I don't model in zbrush, I make the base models in maya first, then details in zbrush.
Others around the office also use illustrator, shake, and I think we have one copy of max for exporting/importing. -
Claymation 600 posts23 Jan 2007And as far as the Max/Maya/Xsi/whatever issue, most studios that I know are usually willing to train you in the app that they use, as long as you have a strong understanding of the principles behind it. I haven't touched Max in several years, but I would be able to pick it up very quickly if I was hired at a studio that used just max. I know several people personally that used just maya and were hired at a studio near here that uses lightwave, and they were trained for it by the company. It didn't take them very long because it's fundamentally not much different than any other app.
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23 Jan 2007i'm tired of learning new programs. I just want to be good at the ones I already know.
things I know:
After Effects
Premiere Pro
Photoshop
Audition
Encore
3dsMax
Magix Music Maker
Fusion
R&H's Icy
Silhouette Roto (but it's been a while)
Elastic Reality (enough to get stuff done)
ArtRage
things i'm learning:
Mudbox
Imagineer Systems Motor
3dsMax (always learning new things in it!)
things i've tried but decided against:
Imagineer Systems Mokey
Zbrush
Final Cut Pro
GIMP & Cinepaint
Combustion
Nuke (v2)
Maya (a teeny, tiny bit)
Painter
things I want to learn (even though this contradicts my first sentence):
Particle Illusion
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23 Jan 2007things I know:
After Effects
Premiere Pro
Photoshop
ImageReady
Dreamweaver
Maya
things i'm learning:
Maya
Illustrator
After Effects
ZBrush
things i've tried but decided against:
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23 Jan 2007things i know:
maya
after effects
digital fusion
shake
cinema 4d
photoshop
illustrator
painter
boujou
mokey
monet
mspaint
final cut pro
premiere pro
dvd studio pro
encore
gimp
motion
fusion
nuke(v2)
avid express
endorphin
realflow
particle illusion
combustion
smoke
things im learning:
max
xsi
zbrush
things i've tried and decided against:
eating sushi
look mom no hands!
lightwave
blender
reason
And to any programs I forgot, you know who you are.
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23 Jan 2007Things i know but still learning
ps
3dsmax
aftereffect
Illustrator
app used and kinda know but not that intense.
final Cut - Loooooong time ago in a place far far away.
Flash
ArtRage
Maya
Mudbox
Zb
Sony Vegas
Combustion - strange fucked up program.
Indesign
Fusion
Shake - Loooooong time ago in a place far far away.
And problely some others i cant recall.
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