Maya

[Aran]

Say, I know nearly everyone's heard of Maya. But I've only heard of it.

Anybody no where i can see Maya's excellence? I tried google and kept getting results for the country...

help me out here, I gotta see this

 

[coyotecraft]

uh...try its web page?

Edit: I think this is it
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=7635018

You just want to see what it can do right?

 

[Aran]

well, yes, and thanx, but i was looking for screenshots (altho that thing in the upper right of the page is blowin my mind)

 

[Tohsaka]

Well, most of the 3D stuff in Lord Of Rings was made in Maya. That should say something.

 

[Shadow_Strike]

Yeah, just look at the major movies.
The Matrix and I believe some Pixar Movies were made in maya, though dont quote me on the Pixar thing.

 

[Aran]

9_o Whoa

now that's something... ...

 

[Prexus]

Spiderman 1 and 2 were made in Maya.

 

[Caldaron]

the Final Fantasy Movie too
(don't know if also advent children...)

 

[Kraft]

I have only heard of Maya also...

Ever heard of Blender 3D?
http://www.blender3d.org
it is a free program, similiar to all other 3D modeling programs.

there is a movie (elephants dream) that was made useing blender, and it can be found on their site.

it looks so good!

 

[Shadow_Strike]

Yes, now stop your man-handling questions and refer to this site for all your future questions regarding "know whats".
http://www.google.com

 

[arcthemonkey]

Basically every movie with any CG in it was done in Maya or 3DSMax, although some things are done in Cinema4D (Mostly because of bodypaint.)

Square does basically everything in Maya, so you don't need to look any further than Advent Children, FF:TPW, or the cutscenes in the recent Final Fantasy games.

 

[Kojo]

Another free sister program to Blender with as much support is Google SketchIt. It is a fun little tool to play with, though not quite as versatile as Blender.

 

[Mercutio]

I just know my favorite game Vagrant Story used Maya for its opening movie. Been interested in it ever since.

 

[Shadow_Strike]

Though remember, 3ds Max is just as good, don't treat things like Maya is the one and only just because a few movies were made in it.

 

[arcthemonkey]

I'm pretty sure Maya's renderer is better.

Hell, C4D has probably the best renderer short of Radiosity effects, but is missing some of the more robust features.