The difference between Yeti and XGen

[@michael_mc_donald]

Thank you for taking the time to make this video! Great points. I think I will stick with XGen for now. However the main problem I am having with XGen is with the collection and description files being stored elsewhere. I tend to move my projects around from time to time and end up breaking links with collections, descriptions, bound geometry etc! :D I will learn someday I guess! Thanks again :)

[@cgchameleon7567]

Yeah, that's one of the problems with XGen, it stores external dependencies which makes it hard to maintain for a large production. XGen is not bad as I have mentioned already, personally the lagging side is my main problem with it especially for animation. Best of luck mate.

[@evilraccoon6538]

Thank you, super clear explanation

[@pixelwash9707]

After struggling with the nightmare that is Xgen for years, looked at this video before checking out Yeti, hoping for something easier to learn. Your first comment about learning curve was sure bad news!

[@hamidthephysicist6376]

Sorry if I made it sound that way, Yeti grooming isn't that bad but the documentation is poor as I have said. I suggest you to go with Houdini grooming, it is getting very popular in the VFX industry. Wish you the best of luck

[@prony5145]

Thanks a lot man!

[@gianmariasorbino5892]

You can copy grooming from geo to a different geo also with XGen, simply exporting it as preset and projecting the ptex maps if you need it. Yeti should improve a meshcut system that is very powerful in XGen. Also the guide shaping with the possibility to copy and paste the shape of a single guide to the others makes XGen faster in this procedure. At the end, both software are good in something and bad in something else imho.

[@franco6445]

Great comparison, still useful today have you worked with ornatrix grooming software? would be great to hear what your experiences are comparing xgen and yeti and ornatrix

[@cgchameleon7567]

Thank you for your feedback ! Sorry I havent used ornatrix before, so I can't make a video about it

[@migovas1483]

The damn external files is what is holding X-gen back, also the poor integration with the Node Editor, would be so much simple if used a system based on Nodes too, with some "bake' options to ignore some stuff and stop evaluation things, etc.

[@cgchameleon7567]

Totally agree !

[@radinbatis1302]

Thanks for the info, what about recent version? Maya 2023 xgen vs Yeti 4.14 ?

[@cgchameleon7567]

There are no major updates regarding the 2 plugins, 99% of the improvements are bug fixes.

[@roberthintz4017]

Yeti's better.