My answer to the original question is that I'm not using a high end application because I'm too busy learning one.

I've been trying to master rigging in Maya, working through a series of video tutorials on the subject. I'm typing out notes along the way because the process is so convoluted that there would be virtually no chance of remembering it exactly. If one little thing is out of place, it can screw up everything, and good luck in finding that particular needle in the haystack of the Outliner. My notes are up to 23 pages in MS Word, and I'm only halfway through.

Some hobby. This is like a second job; Not that I'm complaining. I payed good money for this second job. Still, I look forward to returning to the art some day when this journey through the tangled willderness of procedure is over. 

 

 

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