RichardUpshur wrote:How hard is Maya to learn? (With the understanding that you're an experienced Blender user.)
Blender gave me all of the knowledge and the theory of 3D modeling/texturing/rendering.
Maya has same 100% principle and theory. but the short cut keys are different and you have more tools at your disposal, along with TOTAL stabilization then blender will ever have. Sorry its just facts, i still love blender though

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And the last thing is that blender is free and maya is 2 Grand well free if you are a student.
When i first got maya i got a head ache due to incompetence on where all the controls were, i wanted to learn everything in like three hours thats just not the case so over a course of 2 to 3 months i started from scratch and just builded random objects and such, and with my 11 weeks of Maya classes [paid by my school]. My knowledge in maya has significantly improved.
Dont go crazy with all of these AWESOME buttons and stuff, you all need is extrude, cut, merge, combine, and solid objects