I know the question comes up allot about switching from one to the other this article is a little dated but not by much but it gives a sort of conversion of functions in Maya and their counter part in Blender http://annex2nothing.com/modelling-in-blender-and-maya/ Blender has come along way especially in the last year in half many things have been introduced and add that is making it a real go to software package. There are a few issues when working with other application like Daz mainly the YZX and axis are not the same in Daz and have to a few work around for that that are pretty simple. Animation is really come a long way. CG Cookie has made archived many tutorials that are completely free with a regular account CG Masters is another great resource Blender Guru (aka Andrew Price) all have wealth's of information and I will toot the Blender forum has some of the best people in our own community to get help from so do not hesitate to ask for info if we do not have it already in our forum someone will know where to find it.

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