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# 1 04-10-2012 , 05:08 AM

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How long did it take for you to comprehend Maya? Months? Weeks? user added image

How much type realistically did you spend on Maya to understand how it works and have the information stick to your head?

It would be nice to know how much time everyone spent on Maya as a beginner before they got it. I know it may differ on your learning " speed" but still it would nice to get an idea because i'm having difficulty "getting" it. Everyone around me seems to be getting it at faster speed than I do.

Thank you.

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# 2 04-10-2012 , 12:09 PM

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Everyone learns at a different rate, so don't worry too much about the people around you. For me, it was a couple years before I felt comfortable with many of the different areas in Maya, but I was just trying to learn evenings and weekends. But "getting it" is a kind of strange idea. There's so many different areas to learn. Someone can be a masterful modeller and not "get" animation at all. My definition of comfortable is probably different than someone else's. Just focus on small goals and don't try to get ahead of yourself.

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# 3 04-10-2012 , 04:33 PM

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Join Date: Apr 2002

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It's like asking someone how long it took them to learn to paint, it will take you years to master Maya.

As stwert said focus on small goals and you'll get there in the end

Best of luck.

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# 4 04-10-2012 , 05:07 PM

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Join Date: Feb 2004

Location: Chicago

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You never really ever stop learning, even a master of Maya finds new ways to do things.
As Stewart and Dave have said don't try to get ahead of yourself, a lot a beginners want to do extremely difficult things that take years to learn to do well. Focus on learning the basics of the tools in Maya and don't try to learn every aspect at once.
Oh and in answer to your original question it took me personally about 1.5 to 2 years to be confident in what i was doing but even now after 8 years there are parts of Maya that are beyond me because i have not learned them yet.

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# 5 04-10-2012 , 06:03 PM

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Join Date: Oct 2007

Location: London

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i did a short course in maya, so 12 weeks to get to a stage where i can make something half decent from modeling to rendering... 4 years on, i'm still learning stuff all the time.

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# 6 04-10-2012 , 06:24 PM

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Did you complete any projects yet or did you just watch and read stuff? There's a huge difference between knowing how to do something and actually being able to do it yourself.

Make these things and post them up in Finished Work when you're done would be my advice for a start.

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