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# 1 15-01-2007 , 10:10 PM

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what the heck!!!!!!! maya 8 just came out and now maya 8.5!?!??! NOES I BOUGHT MAYA 8 lol....

not soo FAST autodesk lol.

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# 2 15-01-2007 , 11:20 PM

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No one says you have to upgrade every time a new version comes out. Stick with what you have and get your work done.

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# 3 16-01-2007 , 12:10 AM

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Yea i know lol i just like knowing i have the newest maya user added image

but i am not going to upgrade for awhile.

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# 4 16-01-2007 , 06:24 AM

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im gonna stick with mine, maya 7 lol.

also saw this about maya 8.5, quote: "Autodesk Maya 8.5 supports Intel Macs"

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# 5 16-01-2007 , 10:15 AM

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we got it today in work and now I have to speand a week learning ncloth - oh what a hard job I got. :p

They kept this very quite I must say.

Going thought the docs there are alot of improvements thought,

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# 6 16-01-2007 , 11:52 AM

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What really is Ncloth?

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# 7 16-01-2007 , 12:01 PM

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mayas new poly based cloth sim - works abit more like the way syflex works i think

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# 8 16-01-2007 , 01:40 PM

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Do you like it?

and how does it work for you?

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# 9 16-01-2007 , 07:54 PM

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I'm on your boat marlon at these rates I"m a 7 man for a little bit.

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# 10 17-01-2007 , 04:22 AM

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... i finally started using maya 8 last week. ive been using maya 5 for a LONG time... i think i didnt stop using maya 4 untill maya 6.5 came out....

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# 11 19-01-2007 , 01:16 PM

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ahaha graphiac, feel free to come aboard :p anyone welcome, lol.

" i finally started using maya 8 last week. ive been using maya 5 for a LONG time... i think i didnt stop using maya 4 untill maya 6.5 came out...."

im using maya 7 and i reckon i will be using it for another 5 years lol. dont like to change programs even if there a little bit the different. i dont know why i bought maya 4.5 bible book though, and maya 6 for windows ... lol

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# 12 19-01-2007 , 02:15 PM

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We keep switching in work. I started in sept on 7, then 8 and now 8.5. The main resions = 64bit versons of the softwear and ncloth.

But at home it took me ages to get the money for Maya7 and I cant afford the updates. My boss got me a licance for my laptop but thats only because I`m trying to learn cloth (be it syflex or ncloth) but I`ll lose it when we hire more animators in about a months time.

I love alot of the changes autodesk have made, and best of all they don`t interfere with my workflow only improve it.

I`m loving ncloth it works alot like (but faster than) syflex but there is just not explain how to use very well. The help pages keeps jumpimg to other pages explaning about one thing then stops and you have to go back and find the page you came from.- very hard to follow.

Think I`m going to save up and grab 9 when it comes out, if they dont release it in like 4 months that is.

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# 13 19-01-2007 , 02:25 PM

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man i was excited when i got 64bit windows cd original. then i find out 90% literally of my stuff does not work on it...

"Think I`m going to save up and grab 9 when it comes out, if they dont release it in like 4 months that is."

hope its a long time lol, imagen it comes out this year user added image

just wondering also, where bouts you work?

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# 14 19-01-2007 , 04:25 PM

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Cool where do you work tunes?

yea i am going to save up for a new computer and then get the adobe video bundle and then get maya 9 lol... i have a way to go i am only 15 almost 16 user added image

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