I downloaded Blender maybe a month ago and tried pretty hard for about a week, then haven’t touched it since. You’re right about the difference in terminology, it’s so disorienting lol.

The addons you mentioned sound enticing as well.

Thanks for the advice, I’ll check out those YouTube channels. There are many options, from improved boolean operations (KITOPS, HARDOPS, Boxcutter and the free fastcarve) to automatic rock, tree and landscape generation, automatic character rigging and UV-Mapping and much more. You can also find useful addons (both free and paid) to increase your workflow in different areas. I read something about maya only being useful because 3D companies rebuild the engine to fit their specific needs, but the basic maya lacks functionality. Lastly, I don't know how true it is, but from what I picked up here and there, it seems that blender has outdone maya by now functionality-wise. In my opinion, it's a little less confusing and makes it easier, even if most tutorials are based on 2.79. Also, if you haven't already, switch to blender 2.8, the UI is much more streamlined and visualized. Regardless of what you learned in maya, check out these youtubers to quickly pick up on the tools: So what is called bevel in blender, might be called differently elsewhere. But I think even the terminology is often different, based on some guides i've read in which they used other software. I just started blender a few weeks ago and have no experience with maya or other software. Maybe even a way to customize the UI in Blender to feel more familiar? But the UI is so different I’m just having trouble getting used to it and finding tools I recognize.Īnyone here been in the same situation before? I’ve used a couple tutorials but I would love a tutorial or class that could be more relatable for someone coming from Maya, rather than a complete beginner to 3D software. I know they are capable of mostly the same things. I’ve used Maya for 4 years or so, and picking up Blender has not been easy for me. I figured, “it’s Maya but free!”īoy was I wrong. It’s the only software my school taught us to use for modeling and animation, and now after graduation I’m regretting that a little.Īt this point I can’t afford to pay for Maya so I’m starting to learn Blender.

My free ride with Autodesk is over because I no longer qualify for the Student version of Maya, which is definitely a bummer because I was getting pretty good with it.

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