Maya

[mac'n'me]

Hi ,does anyone here have experience of working with Maya? I'm going to be studying 3d animation at uni in september and this is what we are going to be using. I am thinking about getting a start on it in the summer and basically wanted to know if it's difficult to learn.

Thanks

[jimking]

Brush up on your math skills, you'll need it.:)

[mac'n'me]

I was hoping somebody wouldnt say that :(

Thanks for the tip ;)

[jimking]

If I'm not mistaking you should be able to download a demo or there may be a free student version with a watermark built in. You'll need a decent computer to run this program.

[mac'n'me]

Yeh, going to buy a 250 GB mac in the summer, and I know a guy that can pretty much get me any software.

Do you use Maya then?

[jimking]

I wanted to several years ago but I came to the conclusion that unlike several applications that I was successful in learning with books and trial and error and some classes at the local college, Maya is a program if taken seriously, you'll need some real training to be very good at. At that time the program cost at least $16,000.00 U.S. dollars. I didn't feel motivated to that extent because it didn't fit into my plans at the time.