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I very much like the modifier stack concept which is very powerful when you work a while with it. It´s not so easy to explain why max for me is better for poly/subdee modeling. Of course, meshes will get tesselated :mad:

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I don’t remember where the plug-in is available, but it’s free and Ed Harriss probably knows the link This is the best format you can have to import in XSI. You have a nice plug-in in 3ds max that allow you to export in. However animation will not, in most cases, be carried through the export-import process. You just have to click on the nodes to access their properties.Īt first it looks scary, but once you get used to it you think that it is truly “compatible” are Max and course there is compatibility issues, like with any other software. It’s just that the Render Tree gives much more flexibility (you can connect everything toghter, instead of browsing through the material levels. In XSI you must assign UV coordinates even for procedural textures, in max you don’t and they stay on the surface when the surface moves. In think that in this particular area max is superior. Personally I like the max materials too, especially the 3D textures. I just think that XSI is more “mature”, and max more “childish”.īernard can be better not sure I understand your question.

Animation benefits from the same workflow I described in #1. The graphic for animation curve is more useful than in max. Functions are at the right place, and the tools are nice. Also, XSI has a compositing module that allow you to recombine these passes, as well as apply effects and changes parts of the 3D rendering without rendering it all again.ĥ- Animation: XSI is much much more intuitive in animation. Outstanding quality over the 3ds max scanline renderer.Ĥ- Compositing: XSI has functions that easily help you create passes. For example, the Render Tree allow to see all your material in one graphic, and you access the parameters by clicking on the icons in this graphic.ģ- Rendering: mental ray is fully integrated in XSI, you don’t have to purchase it seperately. The Texture Editor and the Render Tree give you great flexibility, and again, the way they are designed makes it really fast to tweak your stuff. Finally, many similar functions are grouped togheter, so you don’t browse much through the menus and panels.Ģ- Texturing: Texturing is far more superior than in max. Also, the system of shortcuts is great (would take long to explain), but let me tell you that the shortcuts system make modeling much easier. First, XSI uses OpenGL commands, resulting in a much faster and stable interface. I favor XSI much more over 3ds max, for several reasons.ġ- Workflow: in XSI there are several concepts that facilitates workflow.