Discussion
Autodesk Maya: One of the worst pieces of software I have ever dealt with (alongside Logitech GHub and Razer Hub).
Plus the fact that it took me almost 30 minutes between trying to create an account for trial and installing it (plus I had to handle a lot of personal details, but I used alteregos).
Someone mentioned I could have Pixel Art Studio ported for Maya and I'm investigating it and I'm already regretting it.
@PixelProphecy Oh, good to know. I am still shocked at how bad it behaves, and it even looks like a joke/scam/even malware haha
So could be something in my computer conflicting with it, maybe?
I am going to try on my Macbook later.
@alfredbaudisch It might be. Their licensing service feels pretty invasive and it's a process you cannot kill that just hogs resources. I've been carrying my user settings for 20 years over to every new version, so it might be just the first time you open it? Otherwise go the traditional route: Full PC restart and hoping for the best 🤞🤞
@PixelProphecy yes, it's a fresh install, first time everything.
@alfredbaudisch yeah. Alias|Wavefront should have never been allowed to be acquired by the likes of Autodesk
THIS IS A MACHINE WITH 24-CORES, 64GB RAM and a 8000MB/s SSD and a RTX 3080TI, WHY IS MAYA SO SLOW? WHY DOES IT FREEZE ALL THE TIME?
How is this an almost $200/month software and why do people use it and not Blender?
So many questions. "Industry standard", I fear you.
How about this that keeps popping up even while using the software?
Again, how is this a software under a $200/month subscription and why does millions of users use it?
Holy shit! It's so sloooooooooooooooooooooow.
Blender is like LIGHT YEARS ahead.
@alfredbaudisch I'm guessing years of habits, and maybe the idea that blender isn't up to that level.
@cmdrDiscoCat art pipelines also are all Autodesk dependent (plus imagine all the internal documentation and processes of big studios).
hahahhaha <again, but now a different kind of crash report dialog>
@alfredbaudisch Its been a long time since having to be confronted with Maya pricing. I see they have enshittified quite a lot.
So, are you on a trial of Maya? How experienced are you with other 3d program offerings?
@Catwoman69y2k yes, on the trial (even creating an account for trial was HELL, I had to re-input stuff 3 different times and they lost my login session 2 times, before I could even begin downloading-the-downloader).
> "How experienced are you with other 3d program offerings?"
I've been a Blender user since 2009 (but I'm not a professional 3D artist) and I made a pretty cool Blender add-on https://alfredbaudisch.itch.io/pixel-art-studio, I have experience with all the 3 big engines, but I have zero experience with Maya
@alfredbaudisch and what do you know....you have a useful addon for pixel art. I think I know some friends who might be looking for such a solution *yoinks that link*
@Catwoman69y2k thanks! and it had a massive update not only a week ago that added 40 new features https://alfredbaudisch.itch.io/pixel-art-studio/devlog/1652092/pixel-art-studio-v120-is-out-more-than-40-new-features-and-improvements
@alfredbaudisch My experience with Maya is old. Like, "when they were still owned by Alias" old. I had to leave the Maya software ecosystem once I left college bc I didnt have the 14k needed to make portfolio material that didnt have huge watermarks on it
Blender is what I moved to after that. Its UI in 2.4 days was pretty horrible. It was painfil to use but, then things got better. Im not sure I want to go back to Maya and your post does not help convince me
@Catwoman69y2k it was 14k dollars?
And year, Blender until 2.8 was a pain in the ass :P
@Catwoman69y2k @alfredbaudisch the good old times "Max is so cheap compared to everything else! It's only $4000" /s
@kwramm @alfredbaudisch Yeah. I admit... even 4k would have been out of reach for me as a college kid. 14K was just.... in the stratosphere compared to the income level I came from
@Catwoman69y2k @alfredbaudisch I ended up buying Cinema 4D for 499 EUR back in college so I wouldn't have to fight for a place in the small Maya lab (although they had sexy SGI machines)
@kwramm @Catwoman69y2k is that C4D a perpetual license? I used a bit of C4D in the past, it was kind of nice.
Install bonfire.cafe
Get the full app experience
@alfredbaudisch Hello, I've been paying for Maya for well over a decade and while it does crashes and takes ages to launch, your experience with it seems to be a particularity bad one. I am not defending Maya (god no), just offering my perspective 😅