schools? 2005-05-05 - By Rafe Sacks
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Hi,
Honestly, I think students are better off learning as many packages as
possible. It is the principals of 3D that are important, not the
package. You could end up working at a studio that has proprietary
software after all. Before collage I was exposed to After Effects, and
Autodesk 3D Studio. I knew photo shop and some other CAD softwares. In
collage I learned 3DSMax and After Effects along with film, editing, art
and lighting classes (not 3d, real lighting etc.) I didn't get into
Soft|3D until I was out of school at my first job. That is where I was
introduced to a beta (or alpha...I forget now) version of XSI.
It will never hurt you to know multiple packages. My advice is to not
stop until you know at least 2. That way you won't fall into the trap of
seeing yourself as a software artist (Maya Artist, XSI Artist). I'm in
this to make films, not to use a particular piece of software. It is
just the course of my career that has placed me in a situation where I
am using XSI. Granted it is my favorite package now and I truly believe
it is the best tool for this job.
I would advise you pick the school with the best animation, lighting,
compositing, etc. instruction and ignore the software they use. Then, if
it isn't XSI, get a student version and RTFM =) (and of course there are
the user-base outlets like this one).
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xsibrad@(protected) wrote:
>I'm not sure its fair to say there isn' a school in the states, simply because
>I've not researched them all. Of the schools I know, I don't know of any that
>has a full on XSI curriculum that goes all the way from intro through advanced
>production pipeline.
>
>The advice I've been giving people is to watch as many advanced Maya DVDs and
>tutorials as they can find, and then try to adapt them to what they know of
>XSI. Keeping in mind that XSI often does things differently (arguably better
>in a lot of cases). Its more important to understand industry workflow and
>tools than it is to know which button to press at all times IMHO. You can
>teach yourself the buttons.
>
>-brad
>
>Quoting ALTRDVISON@(protected):
>
>
>
>>In a message dated 5/4/2005 10:41:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time, xsibrad@(protected)
>>writes:
>>I would think you'd have a really hard time finding a program with the
>>kind of depth you would want, that also teaches it all with XSI.
>>
>>
>>So its fair to say there isn't a school in the states that has a decent XSI
>>curriculum>?
>>
>>I am the kind of person who could be self taught (thus so far) of course
>>lecture/trainning videos help the most.
>>
>>There are a few certified classes Softimage does correct?
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>
>>Jon
>>
>>
>>
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Honestly, I think students are better off learning as many packages as
possible. It is the principals of 3D that are important, not the
package. You could end up working at a studio that has proprietary
software after all. Before collage I was exposed to After Effects, and
Autodesk 3D Studio. I knew photo shop and some other CAD softwares. I</font><
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and After Effects along with film, editing, art and lighting classes
(not 3d, real lighting etc.) I didn't get into Soft|3D until I was out
of school at my first job. That is where I was introduced to a beta (or
alpha...I forget now) version of XSI.<br>
<br>
It will never hurt you to know multiple packages. My advice is to not
stop until you know at least 2. That way you won't fall into the trap
of seeing yourself as a software artist (Maya Artist, XSI Artist). I'm
in this to make films, not to use a particular piece of software. It is
just the course of my career that has placed me in a situation where I
am using XSI. Granted it is my favorite package now and I truly believe
it is the best tool for this job.<br>
<br>
I would advise you pick the school with the best animation, lighting,
compositing, etc. instruction and ignore the software they use. Then,
if it isn't XSI, get a student version and RTFM =) (and of course there
are the user-base outlets like this one).<br>
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<pre wrap="">I'm not sure its fair to say there isn' a school in the states,
simply because
I've not researched them all. Of the schools I know, I don't know of any that
has a full on XSI curriculum that goes all the way from intro through advanced
production pipeline.
The advice I've been giving people is to watch as many advanced Maya DVDs and
tutorials as they can find, and then try to adapt them to what they know of
XSI. Keeping in mind that XSI often does things differently (arguably better
in a lot of cases). Its more important to understand industry workflow and
tools than it is to know which button to press at all times IMHO. You can
teach yourself the buttons.
-brad
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I would think you'd have a really hard time finding a program with the
kind of depth you would want, that also teaches it all with XSI.
So its fair to say there isn't a school in the states that has a decent XSI
curriculum>?
I am the kind of person who could be self taught (thus so far) of course
lecture/trainning videos help the most.
There are a few certified classes Softimage does correct?
Thanks
Jon
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