Which 3d program do you use ..

Maya or 3dsmax.. Also post why you use it

I use maya because i found it easier to use [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]..

I use Max because Maya is for girlie men. These threads almost never have happy endings, as I recall.

I use both, maya at work, max at home

3DSTUDIOMAX BABY

yea i am startin to use both.. Max at home and Maya at school.
i would prefer max over maya tho since i find mayas polygon tools in need of a big improvement. Then there are other things i like better/have learned in maya so i might change opinion.. Dont think so though. we'll see [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

I use Other. I've been using Other for about 5 months now and it's great. I don't know what I'd be doing without Other. Other is so much better than Max. Animating in Other is amazing.

maya, but modo and silo are nice too

I use both, Maya at work and Max at home.

I use both too, Maya at work and max at home. Anyone else see a trend?

Max, old cad user so Maya just hurt to use.

Ah ha! I will break the trend! I use Maya at home and Max at work. Maya's hypershade and node based structure flogs Max's Material editor and clunky hierarchy tools, but perversly Max's standard scanline render and basic materials seem to be alot prettier than Maya's. Oh well...and after about 3 days I liked modeling (in polys) in Max more.

James Ball

Maya at work, Max at home. Trendy!

If I had my way, though, I'd be using Max for everything. If only I had some method of getting Maya's "Map UV Border" and "Relax UV" tools into Max...

Wings3d baby [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Booo!!! so many options left out of the poll!

What happened to blender, wings3d, milkshape, lightwave, Softimage|XSI, cinema4d and others?? hmmm??

I use XSI, mainly cause in school I was able to use both xsi adn maya and xsi just felt more natural and easier to use and just as powerful. before school I used 3dsmax here and there. I'm also tinkering around a little with the zbrush 2 demo I have.

Worked in MAX for years, since then I've worked in Maya at my last two jobs. Back in the old days I got started in qME and Lightwave. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

I use Max and Maya at work, and Maya at home. Love the Maya! Love, stroke, taste the Maya!

Use Maya mostly, used to use Max.

Scott

used to use Max but switched to Maya, I need to relearn Max to make myself more marketable.

Max 90%, Maya 10%. I just know Max too damn well, and although I know the basics in Maya, it usually takes me five times as long to do anything.

However XSI at $500 for personal use is getting quite tempting, and that program's workflow seems very logical from what I have seen.

Max, just used it so much more than Maya. although in the short time my trial lasted Silo was soooo great to work with.

Mop: Max8 has great pelting and relax tools.

THANK FUCK FOR THAT!
Took 'em bloody long enough, though [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Max. Been using it since forever.....
Something about old dogs and new tricks.

Started in max 4 & 5 in school, still use max 5 at work, now using Maya 4.5 at home. Once you get past modeling and texturing, max is just too painful to use.

Although I have to admit max integrates nicely with my 2D work (splines, easy to set up renders), and the curve editor is nice. I like the draw curve function and the tangents.

Maya is my tool of choice though.