With this workshop session we got to explore advanced 3D modelling which we got to learn about subdivision using preview subdivision and its hot keys. Which I found rather useful as it allows you to preview the sub division which gives you an idea if it looks right or not which you can adjust it. This is rather useful for me as I spend a lot of time trying to perfect an item and not having to hit the undo button so many time. This feature even has 3 different types of preview such as pressing the 1 key gives you the primitive view, pressing 2 gives you the smooth view with the wire frame of the object and the last one pressing 3 gives you the smooth preview. This tool and method are definitely useful in the future as it allows you to preview smoothing the edges of an asset making it useful as its more time efficient than manually doing it. However, it is going to take me some time to get use to this method from what I am used to with other software.
Getting back to the task given we have to recreate the Atari joystick in Maya. Overall looking back at this task I think it went rather well as I got to new tools and methods
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