Maya Unlimited 2.5

Just a quick opinion about what maya is, how it compares to its competitors & about the convention we attended. Recently I received an invitation to the "2D/3D Digital Creation Convention" ran and organised by McMillan Ireland. As this Convention was invite only, it goes without saying that myself and 2 other Staff members of quake3stuff.com jumped at the chance to go along. When we arrived at the Old Jamesons Distillery in Smithfield (Dublin) we noticed that it was a real Shirt and Tie event. Yes you guess it we were wearing baggy's & Combo's. Could we have stood out any more? I don't think so. =P, Anyway moving on. When we ...  Read the complete review

If ever there was a King of 3D animation then Maya would be it. The depth of the program is VERY intimidating for even the most experienced artists, but once you go through the excellent tutorials then whizzing around the screen becomes second nature with a combination of ALT-SHIFTS-CONTROL-SPACEBAR keys and a 3 button mouse; it definately beats the current 3D favourite "3D Max" hands down in this field. You can build anything using it's simple polygonal or nurb building system. On the surface the tools look just like any other 3D app, but select a sub-menu for a tool and you soon realise that you really have to dig deep down to reach full ...  Read the complete review