Animate on the STEAM DECK using Maya and Blender! (Windows 10)

[@DomAnt2]

Seeing Maya crash is actually reassuring. Means you are getting the real deal experience. Very interesting video!

[@jeandenishaas]

HAHAHA!

[@HaydenLee]

Maya is reliable in this way no matter the platform!

[@jeandenishaas]

Ha!

[@inspaceoo9165]

Thats actually really interesting to see. Opens up a lot of possibilities and ideas. Taking the deck with u instead of a Laptop during longer/lightweight travel and so on. Def would love to see more tests!

[@jeandenishaas]

That’s indeed very appealing! Another test should be uploaded next week! Crossing fingers that it will work! Stay tuned!

[@prathman2002]

I was not expecting this at all! XD But I'm glad you did it!

[@jeandenishaas]

😁

[@loony708]

YES! I had this exact idea for when I got one. Thank you!

[@jeandenishaas]

HAHAHA nice!!

[@markkocsicska2590]

Thank you. This is the very specific use case I wanted to buy the deck for ever since it got revealed. I have loose 2 hours every day at school when I don't have access to my PC, but I don't have anything to do either. It would be great to spend it productively with the deck so I can rest more at home.

[@jeandenishaas]

Sounds like a great fit for you!

Blender and maya both work on linux (SteamOS). That would be a more interesting video.

[@Moskeeto]

And Blender is available to download directly from Steam.

[@jeandenishaas]

Hahaha okay then! I’ll look into it!

[@jeandenishaas]

@@Moskeeto Yes but I wanted to test out Windows… soooo… but Blender via Steam can be an upcoming video!

@@jeandenishaas That would be awesome!

[@NilsNews]

@@jeandenishaas i could imagine that blender via discover via the kde plasma desktop of the steam deck is a better idea, but that can be tested

[@Moskeeto]

To reconfigure the controls in Windows go to Steam > settings > controller > desktop configuration. You'll see a window pop up in the Big Picture Mode UI with a DualShock 4 as a placeholder but all the buttons can be remapped there. The two touchpads are two squares above the controller image. The 4 grip buttons are in empty spaces to the left and right side so if you click around there you'll be able to find how to map each button.

[@jeandenishaas]

Ohhh sweet, I’ll try that out! Thank you!

[@Louis_Miles]

Hey. I wanted to ask if it runs even better by now after 8 months? And at 6:43 where you move the window, it looks like there is touch input lag. Is there input lag or does it just look like it? Thanks in advance :)

[@jeandenishaas]

It’s been a while since I tried it out due to my work schedule but I have a few things planned and we should be able to see update differences. Stay tuned!

[@ShotGun1861]

Awesome! now for someone to test ZBrush on the steam deck :D

[@jeandenishaas]

I’m sure it runs, just depends how well!

[@Vexod14]

I would've tried akeytsu on it, screen remains small so a big UI guy like maya or blender is perhaps too tiny, I don't know, but it's still very interesting !

[@jeandenishaas]

I don’t know that, will check, thanks for the comment!

[@matthiass.2787]

Great video as always! (Love your MASK shirt by the way ;) )

[@jeandenishaas]

Thanks! And a classic! 😁

[@jacksonc2956]

Maya being maya like usual :D

[@jeandenishaas]

Yeah…

[@self-proclaimedanimator]

Valve pls realease the deck in my country the more vids i watch about the deck the more i want to buy it man with the Docking station it basically turns into a desktop and us can just unplug it and take it with you anywhere you want imagine using blender on the go its almost terrifying

[@jeandenishaas]

💯

[@PostaMartin]

Now This is content! :D

[@jeandenishaas]

😂

[@blanchsb]

I wonder if the program REWASD would work for programming the buttons. Check them out and let me know if that works.

[@jeandenishaas]

Will do! Thanks!

[@AndrewBlodgett]

Would love to see something with integrating the - Elgato Stream Deck Plus - with Maya (I actually clicked on this video thinking it was "Stream" not "Steam") 🤪 (Still cool to see, but not what I was looking for.... Cheers)

[@jeandenishaas]

I have the Stream Deck as well and planned on doing a Maya video about it years ago 😂

[@unkown34x33]

god dman... that's not bad. for a machine like that?! omg! crazy. steam deck is my next mini pc :)

[@jeandenishaas]

😁

[@jeandenishaas]

You know I had to try it!! Here’s the faster native Blender performance: twitter.com/jeandenishaas/status/1507212550009602053?s=21&t=JqCpAn7YG76Kmyb5U3izjw

[@pacocarrion7869]

really really impressive

[@jeandenishaas]

👍🏻

[@hakimehamdouchi7468]

Why didn't run blender and maya on desktop mode without windows. You can use wine/lutris for maya. And blender is open source and is available as an AUR of a flatpack.

[@jeandenishaas]

Simple, because I didn’t want to? 😂 I wanted to test out Windows and see how it performs, simple as that!

[@hakimehamdouchi7468]

@@jeandenishaas I get it you wanted to do it the way a normal joe would. But you're leaving preference on the table. A lotta of preformance

[@jeandenishaas]

@@hakimehamdouchi7468 Hahaha you guys crack me up. People seem to get really ticked off by my trying something out. I’m not going to work in Blender in Windows mode, I just wanted to see how it goes.

[@adosadios]

hallo! what the amazing controller (like 3d manipulator with screen) is on 6:27 rightside????? his design is perfect!! please, say his model name!)))

[@adosadios]

I found it!!!! LOUPEDECK CT ))))

[@jeandenishaas]

@@adosadios Yep! I’ll do a review of it one day! 😁

[@trungnguyenarts7995]

I was really surprised. It has everything I need for remote and wacom support, where the ipad can't with 3D remote.

[@jeandenishaas]

Nice!

[@hermannkayode]

Holy ! I didnt knew it was possible (but yeah since that console is actually a portable pc -_-' ) Thanks for sharing and also cant wait for your next videos ! (i think you know why haha )

[@jeandenishaas]

Sure thing! (Hhmm … not sure)

[@hermannkayode]

@@jeandenishaas Oh sorry i was reference to the oscars and maybe the winner of the best short animation section Alberto mielgo.

[@jeandenishaas]

@@hermannkayode Ah. I don’t watch the Oscars. 😂

[@hermannkayode]

@@jeandenishaas Ohhh my bad then

[@jeandenishaas]

@@hermannkayode All good!

[@self-proclaimedanimator]

Can you try and review it with the Docking Station?

[@jeandenishaas]

It hasn’t arrived yet

[@evagunpla7944]

People would laugh at me if they saw me animating on that. But I’m interested in doing it >;)

[@jeandenishaas]

EXACTLY! 😁

[@danielwilliams3161]

Yes finally

[@jeandenishaas]

😁

[@sherlockhomes9919]

Won't the batteries degrade faster if it's plugged in 24/7? Can't remove the batteries and use the steamdeck with ac power right?

[@jeandenishaas]

Sorry that I don’t know

[@sherlockhomes9919]

Hows your steamdeck now after a year plugged in ac?

[@jeandenishaas]

I sold it and got the OLED version and it’s still awesome

[@EROSNERdesign]

Ha!! I LOVE IT!!

[@jeandenishaas]

😁

[@EROSNERdesign]

@@jeandenishaas amazing that in 2023 you can run MAYA on a handheld device. Back in the day I had to use a $70,000 SGI computer on top of paying for Maya Power Animator to sorta work..... next we will run Maya on our iphone...which it properly could....AMAZING

[@jeandenishaas]

@@EROSNERdesign Hahah tell me about it!

[@inkringu7667]

Can you try running game dev softwares like unreal engine or unity on deck?

[@jeandenishaas]

I’ve never used either, I’ll see if I can find a good demo scene for them. You can install it, but a scene will show you the performance.

[@pabloallende1914]

Can run unreal engine for rendering images?

[@jeandenishaas]

Someone said no but I haven’t checked recently and need to update to the latest software releases. So not sure!

[@davidartatack2339]

I use Huion brand graphics tablets, will it work on steam deck?

[@jeandenishaas]

Haven’t tried it but don’t see why not?

[@applehazeva2739]

Can you use the Deck as Graphics Tablet?

[@jeandenishaas]

I was wondering too if and which styli would work on it.

[@ryancaspersen5284]

I don't know anything about animation software (or PC requirements.) Would the steam deck be suitable for 2d animation/art? If not, then what would you recommend for PC requirements for 2d animation/art content creation? Please be super simple if you respond, as I truly have no idea and don't want a sales person to up sell me into something I wouldn't need. Thank you sir.

[@jeandenishaas]

I would use an iPad and the Apple Pencil instead. Lots of great drawing and animation apps on it.

[@ryancaspersen5284]

@@jeandenishaas What about non apple products?

[@jeandenishaas]

@@ryancaspersen5284 I mean you can install Windows on the Deck and then use a tablet with a pen instead of a mouse and then animate in 2D. I would think a Cintiq could also work but then you then you need an adapter for the 3-1 cable.

[@isaihernandez4136]

Could you try DaVinci resolve (if it can be run)?

[@jeandenishaas]

I think I saw on the Twitter thread that it won’t work)

[@isaihernandez4136]

@@jeandenishaas that sucks but anyhow. Great video man, and thanks for replying

[@jeandenishaas]

@@isaihernandez4136 Thanks! And sure thing!

[@michaelthewise451]

Are you sure installing Windows on an SD Card will work? Because I saw another KZbinr try to but they weren’t able to.

[@jeandenishaas]

What do you mean WILL work? The video clearly shows that it’s working for me!

[@kendarr]

I'm seeing if it's a viable option to a laptop, not much more expensive and I work with 3d,may be useful

[@jeandenishaas]

Hmm maybe?

[@kendarr]

@@jeandenishaas I'm a 3d generalist, I work a lot with game asset modeling and archiviz, archiviz might require more power due to the polycount In those scenes, a laptop has a bigger screen and actual keyboard, but the idea of having such a powerful pc in a such a small machine is amazing... Well it runs blender, gimp, web browsers, and probably runs substance painter since it's in steam and native to Linux, damn I need one lol

[@jeandenishaas]

@@kendarr Yeah I’d see if anybody has used the programs that you need on it and check how it all performed.

[@kendarr]

@@jeandenishaas You've shown blender and it seems to be good, may I ask you to check the demo scenes for blender?, like those from the startup screens, these tend to be heavier, if it run that it can run anything I do.

[@jeandenishaas]

@@kendarr The native Blender performs way better than the Windows version, just as an FYI.

[@Carl.Espzar]

Can it run ZBrush?

[@jeandenishaas]

Haven’t tried it, don’t know, sorry!

[@razlad2523]

can someone use this as their main desktop pc?

[@jeandenishaas]

Technically but depends on what you’re going to do with it.

[@chuchoaguayo1930]

With the new OLED version, how is the performance when working on Maya?

[@naostarliger7757]

imagine when you animating in 2 hours forgot save suddenly out battery

[@jeandenishaas]

Ohhhh

[@lukdra]

Wauuuu

[@jeandenishaas]

:)

[@igorgiuseppe1862]

you dont even need windows for that, you can install blender or maya on linux, im not sure about instaling maya on steam deck, due to it being a imutable filesystem, but there are blender flatpacks for that. i really recomend trying blender/maya on linux, its faster, the former is faster, the later probably is too.

[@jeandenishaas]

I know! I just wanted to try it on Windows as well. 😁

[@jeandenishaas]

Here’s the faster native version: twitter.com/jeandenishaas/status/1507212550009602053?s=21&t=JqCpAn7YG76Kmyb5U3izjw

[@idcrafter-cgi]

blender is availible on the steam store and runs faster on Linux and 3DS Maya Runs on Linux too so why use windows???

[@jeandenishaas]

I showed the native Blender version as well, definitely huge speed increase. And I just wanted to see how well it runs!

[@rs.matr1x]

Maya and Blender run on Linux there's no reason to install Windows to use them

[@jeandenishaas]

There is if you want to see how they perform on Windows and when you have a bunch of other programs that don’t run on Linux.

[@appsmody]

Emulator windows no Android

[@ceanhuckabay1559]

Bob's your Uncle. I want to see how this device works under a Linux install.

[@jeandenishaas]

Lots of other channels showing just that! You’ll like it!

[@kamathln]

just connect it to a nexdock!

[@jeandenishaas]

I’ll look that up!

[@franco_sama]

"- Why? - Because I can"

[@jeandenishaas]

Yep

[@JSAbbott]

Maya crashes ---- So, it works as well as ever? 🤣

[@jeandenishaas]

Yeah…

[@marufhabibie8458]

omg my eyes!! sooo small

[@jeandenishaas]

😂

[@voidmind]

Blender runs on Steam OS just fine, you don't need Windows.

[@jeandenishaas]

I know 😁

[@rustybroomhandle]

You honestly do not need to install Windows to do this. Both Maya and Blender run on Linux, and in the case of Blender it actually runs better on Linux than Windows.

[@jeandenishaas]

I know but I still wanted to see how it performs. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@jeandenishaas]

Here’s the faster native version: twitter.com/jeandenishaas/status/1507212550009602053?s=21&t=JqCpAn7YG76Kmyb5U3izjw