Maya Arrives
Sep. 12th, 2003 12:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pasitheaSo.... Yesterday my copy of Maya arrived...
Letsee. It was secure FedEx tho, so it actually went back to the FedEx place, so I had to take off work early to go there and get it (by early, I mean 7PM) ... I guess I really have been working a lot lately. Stacey keeps reminding me of this. I don't notice it until she does tho. There's just a lot of work to do and I feel like I do slack a bit at work (at times like this when I'm writing in LJ for instance) so I guess I see it as balancing out.
Anyhow, I got my package, got home, and went to dinner with Jeff, Dasha, and Stacey and had sushi, leaving my brand new toy at home alone and un played-with. I was a very good girl and did not fuss about my toy. I remind myself that people are mor3e important than toys no matter how obessive I may be...
Got home late and went back to finally play with my toy. Spent about an hour or so installing and registering it. Alias has the most complex and confusing registration process I have ever experienced. I'm SO glad I was on a Mac rather than the PC!
Anyhow, I finally got to play with Maya for an hour or two before bed. Lotsa fun. It is MUCH easier to work with than my old 1.2 version of 3DS Max. I don't know if the Max interface has improved in the decade it has been since I got it (I would assume it has!) but Maya is really friendly by comparison. It also has yet to behave weird or crash the way Max 1.2 did, so I'm excited!
Looks like I may get to leave work early today and spend somne time play with Maya even! :)
Of course, the bummer to the Maya package I got was the complimentary merchandise. All of it is really cool except the tee-shirt which is a very masculine cut/design. It's also an XL. That sorta antagonizies my inner feminist. Not everyone who animates is a chubby fanboy. Okay? Grr! I think I'm gonna write a letter to their marketing department and whinge a bit. The bookends, backpack, and mouse are all pretty top-notch tho. :)
I guess that's all for now.
Ciao!
Sammi
Oh! The DVD and tutorial .MOVs that came with it were pretty good too! Nurbilicious!
Letsee. It was secure FedEx tho, so it actually went back to the FedEx place, so I had to take off work early to go there and get it (by early, I mean 7PM) ... I guess I really have been working a lot lately. Stacey keeps reminding me of this. I don't notice it until she does tho. There's just a lot of work to do and I feel like I do slack a bit at work (at times like this when I'm writing in LJ for instance) so I guess I see it as balancing out.
Anyhow, I got my package, got home, and went to dinner with Jeff, Dasha, and Stacey and had sushi, leaving my brand new toy at home alone and un played-with. I was a very good girl and did not fuss about my toy. I remind myself that people are mor3e important than toys no matter how obessive I may be...
Got home late and went back to finally play with my toy. Spent about an hour or so installing and registering it. Alias has the most complex and confusing registration process I have ever experienced. I'm SO glad I was on a Mac rather than the PC!
Anyhow, I finally got to play with Maya for an hour or two before bed. Lotsa fun. It is MUCH easier to work with than my old 1.2 version of 3DS Max. I don't know if the Max interface has improved in the decade it has been since I got it (I would assume it has!) but Maya is really friendly by comparison. It also has yet to behave weird or crash the way Max 1.2 did, so I'm excited!
Looks like I may get to leave work early today and spend somne time play with Maya even! :)
Of course, the bummer to the Maya package I got was the complimentary merchandise. All of it is really cool except the tee-shirt which is a very masculine cut/design. It's also an XL. That sorta antagonizies my inner feminist. Not everyone who animates is a chubby fanboy. Okay? Grr! I think I'm gonna write a letter to their marketing department and whinge a bit. The bookends, backpack, and mouse are all pretty top-notch tho. :)
I guess that's all for now.
Ciao!
Sammi
Oh! The DVD and tutorial .MOVs that came with it were pretty good too! Nurbilicious!
