Maya or Max?

[[Insta]-Loque]

Not too sure if this should be in "general chat" sorry if it needs moving, but I figured all the artists would be in this forum to answer

So, to my question.. Maya Or 3DS Max?

I love feel and work flow of Maya, for modeling at least, But I love the simplicity of 3D Studio Max.

Im not a pro designer by any means but i've done enough tuts in both to get the ideas to do stuff, and to be honest, unless you've been doing it for a long time its very difficult to be independently creative, so hats off to all you fantastic artists who've been making UT stuff for us over the years!

[warby]

i prefer maya but the actor X plugin seams to have trouble with exporting collision geometry i have to export it as a separate ase than import it as a brush shape and save the brush as an objects collision total pain in the *** don't know/doubt this is a problem with the max plugin

[Kazimira]

Great name you got there.

Well from seeing alot of non UT artests theres alot more people useing 3DSMax and that program seems to stick. That way you know there will be enough support easely for your work your trying to do.

[SynaGl0w]

Too much money invloved... yeah I am cheap...

I prefer Blender, but that is because I took the time to learn the alien interface.

[[Insta]-Loque]

Great name you got there.

Thanks dude, Back in the day I remember the Real Loque from bot match kickin my butt, I always wanted a scary presence when playing online! I have even practiced some of his trade mark moves, Like the jump up straight from side to side thingie, sad life but it does actually confuse some peeps.. Just gotta keep mixing it up

[CaptainSnarf]

Maya Complete 2009 - $1,995.00
3ds Max 2009 - $3,495.00
Maya Unlimited 2009 - $4,995.00

Blender - $0.00

*sigh* It looks like I'm learning blender...

[nomadicus]

Blender is a good way to. I picked up 3dsmax for $100 for 13 months student pricing. http://www.studica.com/products/prod...roductid=56026

[Kazimira]

Thanks dude, Back in the day I remember the Real Loque from bot match kickin my butt, I always wanted a scary presence when playing online! I have even practiced some of his trade mark moves, Like the jump up straight from side to side thingie, sad life but it does actually confuse some peeps.. Just gotta keep mixing it up

If you cant beat them join them *grins* I am now able to beat Loque on UT99 but back then I stunk. Just shows what a good pair of glasses does.

Well with a name like that and practiseing like that you've already got my respect.

[DGUnreal]

Maya is less expensive, but I prefer Max since it imho is more "Windows" compliant in UI and seems to be more intuitive to me, plus I've been using it (legally) for over 15 years.

If you can get the student edition that will save you a lot of bucks.
Otherwise Blender is free.

[[Insta]-Loque]

Maya is less expensive, but I prefer Max since it imho is more "Windows" compliant in UI and seems to be more intuitive to me, plus I've been using it (legally) for over 15 years.

If you can get the student edition that will save you a lot of bucks.
Otherwise Blender is free.

Nicely put DGUnreal!

[Repent_]

I use
3Ds MAX 2009
ZBrush 3.1
Adobe Photoshop CS3
Bodypaint 3D
Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI,

I find that I have to use them all to do what I do ,

[Kazimira]

Modeling seems to cost alot to do.

[AlexG]

They are just tools and nothing more.
Choose what you are comfortable with, what you like in terms of layout and modeling. Once you master the modeling principles they can be applied no matter what software you use.

[Repent_]

Modeling seems to cost alot to do.

Yeah quite a lot of money goes into the programs,

[deadletter]

3DS max is the one I know the most about, But now I'm learning Blender ^^ I think it's a pretty cute app...Maya is pretty cool except the work flow seems a little strange to me, I was looking at XSI mod tools a few days ago I was kinda impressed feels good.