Does anyone know what software studio ghibli uses?
They also use XSI.
Sorry to judge, but based on your previous thread, I think you’re still on a quest for the ultimate software eh? 
Watch out. I’m about to transform into mr. sinister here.
did you know?
- Squaresoft uses Maya
- Blizzard uses Max
- Brother’s grimm uses XSI
- Japanese games often uses either Maya or XSI
- The Core uses Max + Brazil R/S
- Sharkboy & Lavagirl uses Max
- Blur studios uses Max but then they said they use XSI
Anyone know what software does Pixar use for Cars?
What software does Kingkong used?
etc…etc.
hey you all weak worthless low life cheap software users… kneel before this render. This is done with 3DSMax + Mental Ray :
Oooh, look at that! A sphere on a plane! Rendered in thousands of dollars worth of software! I bet this makes blender users and all those cheap software users envy! Look at that soft shadows underneath the spheres! Beat that huh! I got pricy software big studios used on my hand!
Ehm enough of the sarcasm… btw, I’ll share some of my experience here. You sounded like a fellow worker of me here. “They use XSI for this, they use Maya for that, Max is a crap, why are you still using max”. I kept silent seeing he still using Max all the way to this second and mumbling blaming it’s max’ bugs on every problem he encounter.
One thing is about rotation and gimbal lock stuff. Sometimes I just smile and solved his problem easily, then show him how to avoid it later times. On this rotation stuff I reccomend him to freeze and reset transformation on object each time before starting to animate. And so he barely encounter the rotation problem anymore. But strange yet, he still insist it’s a bug. ROFL.
He bought every non max video tutorials he can get but then they’re left in dust and eventually he returns to Max again.
Last time he bought a complete 5 DVD series of Vue d esprit worth of US$500. Before this he ask the boss to buy about, 50, XSI video tutorials while they are gone to vacation to US. Average VT price is about $20-50. 50*30 = $1500. That’s not enough. He ask some shares from us to buy more VTs on XSI, yet we haven’t finish some the free VTs we have from softimage website.
Luckily he then drop the idea of converting us to XSI because he encounter a problem he can’t solve with his character rig, and guess what? He said it’s a bug, it’s impossible to solve it. ROFLMAO. And then later he praises Character Studio all the way and grumbling about the bugs that XSI character features have.
Now what makes you really think if ghibli have Toonz and XSI but none of their crew able to draw they can make such movie like spirited away?
I’m lucky enough getting my hands dirty on heavy priced softwares such as max on my office here. But on the other side, I’m struggling to get my way to get blender my main 3D habit. Why? No other big studios use it, just Ton and the elephants dream do. Some gossips like it’s used on Shrek and Spiderman, but not as the main software. Mainly because I can really afford Blender, and it’s very powerful comparable to big players. But this is my personal quest.
So, my $0.2 tip. Stop with your quest. Grab anything you have, piece of paper, pencils, blender or wings and start to create something.
Unfortunatly just because they claim they use XYZ application doesnt mean its the only application they use, especially when its a video hosted on maya about… duh duh duh how maya was used in the production of XYZ…
I know for a fact that blizzard doesnt just use 3DSMAX, and squaresoft doesnt just use maya. And this company in question has already been proven that they dont just use one application to do everything. Each application has their pros and cons.
As to studio ghibli having toonz /xsi but no one to draw comment, thats like me saying you cant butter toast without toast, afterall, you cant. You have to remember not every program is built around the basis of “can produce works of art magically, effortlessly with great results everytime”.
Rather its about speed, productivity, cost benifits, time, quality and more. The whole reason why we have left traditional methods of hand drawing, hand painting and hand photographing each frame to a much faster more productive digitalised /part digitalised version is for this very reason.
Many people can use gimp, photoshop, painter and an arrary of other digital rater based programs to produce the same products but depending on your workflow, your style one can produce a much faster, stress free result in only 1 or 2 and not necessarily for every project either.
The same reason as to why there are differernt programming styles, such as OO. differernt languages because people are unique and benifit differerntly with diffferernt apps.
yes, I’m very aware of that. But those are the very popular myths scattering around n00bs. Blizzard told being using max all the way since the help got a Warcraft 3 orc there, and also there’re video interviews with the blizzard crews about how max really helps them scattering on the web back then.
Everyone thinks that square uses maya all the way. Specialy newbies. Go ahead and ask. Final fantasy? Maya! lol.
Those videos are all about marketings. Interviews and stuffs. I do think the link provided here about toonz and XSI are part of softimage marketing aswell.
As to studio ghibli having toonz /xsi but no one to draw comment, thats like me saying you cant butter toast without toast, afterall, you cant. You have to remember not every program is built around the basis of “can produce works of art magically, effortlessly with great results everytime”.
Rather its about speed, productivity, cost benifits, time, quality and more. The whole reason why we have left traditional methods of hand drawing, hand painting and hand photographing each frame to a much faster more productive digitalised /part digitalised version is for this very reason.
Many people can use gimp, photoshop, painter and an arrary of other digital rater based programs to produce the same products but depending on your workflow, your style one can produce a much faster, stress free result in only 1 or 2 and not necessarily for every project either.
The same reason as to why there are differernt programming styles, such as OO. differernt languages because people are unique and benifit differerntly with diffferernt apps.
yes, true. The best thing to look for the most suited workflow for individuals is actually try.
When analoging with programming, this is about a programmer who ask for IDE, not the language. while comparing the language itself fits better with comparing the software specialisation, like Rhino to Modo or XSI to Vue d Esprit or Zbrush to Sketchup. The language is either prebuilt objects, NURBS, polygons or pixols.
They all do 3D graphics, but each serves really different purpose and wouldn’t fit very nicely when use for what purpose they’re meant being built. Say, for example using C++ for web base application, it’s like using Zbrush for architectural presentation. Or poser for industrial product knowledge presentation?
Comparing the softwares, well I think it’s more appropriate when comparing the IDE’s on programming field. There’s Borland, there’s codeblocs, there’s devc++, there’s intel’s, all of them uses C++. Just like Maya, Max, Lightwave, they’re the IDEs and their language is Polygons, Nurbs, Keyframes, etc. Sure some “syntaxes” are different, but the “language basics” is still there.
So talk about IDE now, what’s the best way to find out the most ideal IDE for a programmer? Surely not by asking what IDE does carmack use for doom 3 right?
One day the revelation begins as the word spreading “Hey carmack don’t use Visual C++ but he uses Borland.” And so the word spreads and everyone converted to Borland. ROFLMAO.
I mean that’s not something to blame about or even worth the arguments, but sometimes it’s just kind of annoying from time to time. Let alone if you do work with those type of software oriented minded guys. Sometimes I just need to let it all out.
They all do 3D graphics, but each serves really different purpose and wouldn’t fit very nicely when use for what purpose they’re meant being built. Say, for example using C++ for web base application, it’s like using Zbrush for architectural presentation. Or poser for industrial product knowledge presentation?
Ill have you know many web based apps are made in C++. And i dont mean like MySQL i mean as “back end scripting”.
They might own every single piece of software on earth, or everything but this one. Nothing is wrong with enquiring about what applications a certain company produces, like you say - you ahve to try them out yourself right? why not start with ones which have made spectacular pieces that look like what you want to produce?
Well, yeah some. But how much compared with java or perl? How much popular usage does C++ compared to the interpreted language such as them? Some people do use autocad to build a character model. Go ahead find yourself a dxf or dwg people model. Alot of them. But that’s not the point of this discussion entirely.
They might own every single piece of software on earth, or everything but this one. Nothing is wrong with enquiring about what applications a certain company produces, like you say - you ahve to try them out yourself right? why not start with ones which have made spectacular pieces that look like what you want to produce?
That is totally wrong path where most newbies go. I admit I was like that back then. But some people stay like that even when they’re already a profesional.
Anyway like i said this isn’t really worth the arguments. I shouldn’t be that sinister, I just need to let some out from my system. So I’m a confirmed troll. Sorry.
Use a razor blade to the skin next time. 
stingslang - why is it you wanted to know the software they use anyway? Toonz if i recall is very expensive, however there are alot of various animation software if you are into that,
BTW this kid suddenly pops up on the “other software” thread asking for toonz price. Before this he asked about lightwave and maya and XSI. He must’ve got really loaded family sort of on bill gates level. Or he’s confused allright. Who cares. I don’t know him anyway