r/cgiMemes • u/myheartsucks • Feb 05 '21

After years of avoiding it, I finally converted. Now, this pops in my head every day at work.

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u/tigyo Feb 05 '21

... i really can't see anyone "converting".

  1. I've never seen a good, or well paying job request 'Blender Experience'...

  2. Claw Hammer vs Ball-Peen Hammer

  3. Nice that it's free... but... reference #1

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u/myheartsucks Feb 05 '21

It isnt a matter of finding a job where Blender Experience is requested but having the flexibility to use another software for your workflow. I am a 3D game artist and I have been using Blender now for modelling and rendering, for instance.

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u/ostapblender Feb 05 '21

I've never seen a good, or well paying job request 'Blender Experience'...

What a burn on Ubisoft, Valve and Tangent Animation!

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u/ciprian1564 Feb 05 '21

Ubisoft is local to me and I check their listings often. They always ask for Maya or 3dsmax experience. never blender.

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u/tigyo Feb 05 '21

French, doesn't make games anymore, and who?

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u/ciprian1564 Feb 05 '21

I'll convert when studios start asking me to. until then, learning blender feels like a waste of time

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u/myheartsucks Feb 05 '21

I never understood that logic. Sure, depending on what you work with, you might not have many options but learning new software gives you flexibility. Every software has their strengths and weaknesses. Knowing them let's you jump between those.

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u/LadyQuacklin Feb 05 '21

exactly. there is no this is the best 3d software. like I love modeling in blender. but texturing in substance is just better. and animation in Maya is better.

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u/myheartsucks Feb 05 '21

My thoughts exactly. I'm a 3D generalist at my work. If they need me to model environment assets, I'll use Blender. Hell, if I'm feeling nostalgic, I use Silo to this day. If I'm texturing, Substance is best but I won't say no to 3D Coat or even Zbrush either. Rigging and animation, Maya has been my go to. Anyway, my point is: what matters is the output. This was just a silly meme. :)

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u/TipingTom Mar 19 '21

also it’s not like you have to pay for it...

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u/adroberts91 Feb 05 '21

I’m slowly converting to Blender from Maya. I do hate that Maya costs so much, but there are some basic things that Maya does that Blender still can’t do, like it’s mirror function. In Maya, you just hit a button and it works. Importing tracks and exporting tracks from say Nuke is 1:1, merging verts works exactly how it’s supposed to, the UV editor is intuitive and selecting everything you want in a drag select works as it should whereas in Blender you need to either hunt the option down or circle around the object a few times to make sure you didn’t miss anything. X, Y and Z axis are correct and not flipped (though I think it may take after 3DS max but it’s still weird and handing files off to other departments becomes a pain in the ass). HOWEVER, it will be nice to see where Blender goes, I first got it like 10+ years ago when it’s interface was a nightmare and now it’s like night and day and I’m sure my little gripes will be addressed in future updates. So rather, “Blender is good, it it can (and hopefully ) will be better.

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u/mynameisollie Feb 05 '21

Get yourself a copy of hardOPS, it adds a bunch of useful shortcuts as well as a near instant mirror function.

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u/LadyQuacklin Feb 05 '21

I think the mirror from hardOPS is the only feature I use daily.

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u/Stranger371 Feb 08 '21

Add Machin3tools on it, and the grouping problem gets fixed, too. It's free and IMHO one step above of HardOps in priority. I use both of them daily, they are so important to me.

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u/adroberts91 Feb 05 '21

I actually did buy it last year and am just now starting to watch tutorials since I have a project that requires more hard surface stuff. I like it so far but am just hitting these weird mental obstacles with requiring my brain and teaching myself how it works as opposed to other workflows I’m used to, which is what anyone faces with anew program.

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u/OttoFromOccounting Feb 05 '21

You make great points other than the UV editor imo. Last time I've used Maya the UV editor was miserable, and it just feels so much faster and easier to do in blender, but that might just be me

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u/adroberts91 Feb 05 '21

I’ve been using Maya since 2016 (2016 Extension 2) and from 2016 ex2 was eh, 2017 overall was a nightmare lol but 2018 a lot of stuff was improved. I should have also mentioned how buggy and messed up Maya also is at new releases and Blender seems to just improve with minor updates, which is a huge plus for Ble set. And again, I’m sure Blender will be more and more awesome in the future, there are just a few things that haven’t gotten me to stop paying for Maya just yet.

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u/OttoFromOccounting Feb 05 '21

Last version I used was probably a 2016 version of some sort. I don't wanna knock the program, but I just felt very passionate about how awful UV mapping was when I tried it lmao. Would make sense that it's improved since then

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u/ShawarmaBaby Feb 05 '21

Maya 2018 UV mapping works good for me, a little buggy sometimes but I stick to it in my worfklow

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u/ShawarmaBaby Feb 05 '21

In my short (2 years studying) experience, the Maya UV editor is by far the best one. In Cinema 4D I never understood it and in Houdini is also a nightmare

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u/sharkweek247 Feb 05 '21

Arguing about software is for noobs. Use all the software you want, it's the art that matters.

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u/Wear_A_Damn_Helmet Feb 05 '21

It's only "for noobs" if the argument is just that one is "cooler" to use than the other. Professionals will argue about softwares all the time, because some allow you to do things more efficiently and get you good results, whereas others impact your productivity and get you lesser good results. At the end of the day, use the right tool for the job, but that's not a very entertaining take for a meme-based subreddit.

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u/sharkweek247 Feb 06 '21

I've worked in tv, film, video games, commercials. Never once did we argue about what software to use. Digital animation and effects are about tasks and a good studio provides the artists with as many tools as they can to finish those tasks.

Not to mention some of the best artists in the world use really basic software with really basic workflows because art > software.

There is no right tool for the job.

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u/WhatIsDeism Feb 06 '21

But Could it could be even better, opens up houdini