Key Concept: Selection Methods

• Outliners

  • For low frequency access or bypassing GUI
  • Poorly suited for fingers

• Selection GUIs (Button windows, html windows)

  • For hard to select objects or non-physical attributes
  • Not bad for fingers if you have tabs / multiple pages

• Hotkeys

  • For fast high frequency access
  • Learning curve; finite number of keys

• Pickwalks

  • For fast access to sibling groups
  • Great for fingers, esp. when combined with hotkeys
  • Extra work to customize pick order
  • JSPickwalk script in the Maya Creature Bundle DVD