3D MAX vs MAYA?

Please friends upstairs please stop making jokes like "MAYA was acquired by MAX". Now two (three, including XSI) software are owned by Autodesk, but they are all purchased by Autodesk from other companies. The company acquired 3dsmax from discreet in about 2003/04 (I can’t remember the exact year), MAYA from Alias/Wavefont in 2006, and XSI from AVID at the end of 2008. Those who were acquired now belong to Autodesk, but it is by no means the so-called acquisition of MAYA by MAX...it's just that MAX got it first.

As for what the original poster said, in terms of game scenarios, MAX has a relatively complete support interface for game development, but basically everything MAX can do, MAYA can do. It’s just that MAX makes some things easier and faster. However, MAYA has strong support from MEL (MAYA Environment Language). People with good programming foundation can make many customized MEL scripts as long as they are familiar with MEL syntax. This is also the power of MAYA.

Currently, MAX is used in China mainly in construction (MAX and autocad work well together), advertising, games and other fields, while MAYA is mostly used in film and television animation, and is also involved in advertising and games, but it is also used in architecture The landscape aspect is not as convenient as MAX

But when it comes to animation, it is MAYA’s strength. From skeleton setting, skinning, weighting, to animation debugging, it is more convenient than MAX. As for MAX’s animation One piece is mainly made using the CAT plug-in system. Although it is not as good as MAYA now, it is much better than the previous version.

If you are interested in applications such as weight measurement games and architectural drawings, then learn MAX. If you want to engage in film and television, then I suggest you learn MAYA.

As the saying goes, there are specializations in the art industry. Both softwares have their own strengths. For example, MAYA’s position in film and television cannot be surpassed by MAX in the short term. Similarly, in cooperation with CAD software in modeling, In terms of application, MAYA is also much worse than MAX.

In addition, the workflows of the two software are also quite different. MAYA is in the node form (I personally think the node form is more flexible and changeable), while MAX is in the hierarchical form. You can adjust this according to your personal needs. Use creative thinking to choose the software that suits you.