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Maya now Free for Personal Use

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the get-your-movies-on dept.

TeknoBilim writes "Alias announced today that their leading software, Maya has become a free download for non-commercial applications. Thanks a lot, Alias. Now I can record the video for my next game. :)" This makes me wish I had talent. At least now I (and many like me) won't have to pay any money just to dabble with Maya.

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  1. Oh please, biggest BS line ever by Alcimedes · · Score: 3, Funny

    "At least now I (and many like me) won't have to pay any money just to dabble with Maya. "

    Like you ever paid for Maya just to dabble with it. That's the biggest crock of shit I've heard in.....

    Well, since that 24 hours for Windows patches article.

  2. Yes! by PovRayMan · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now if only we could have the same for POV-Ray! Oh wait...

    Well how about Blender! Oh yeah..

    Oh well, woo hoo for Maya!

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  3. Re:Nothing new here by Zakabog · · Score: 1, Funny

    From the first link in the article -

    Maya Personal Learning Edition 5 Offers:
    A new hardware rendering option using the power of next-generation graphics cards. Get near software-quality images at often dramatically faster speeds.
    A unified rendering workflow for easy and consistent access through a common interface.
    Animation enhancements to constraints, forward/inverse kinematics and ghosting for added flexibility.
    Maya Paint Effects(TM) to polygon conversion for a whole new range of looks plus more editing and output options.
    An improved polygon reduction method for making lightweight game models and MODs.

    Hmmmmm. Hardware Rendering. Graphics Cards. Animation. Polygons. Game Models.

    Ooo ooo I know! It's an office suite! What? That's wrong? Damn I wish the site said what it was! These clues are too hard to figure out!

    Beside's most slahsdot reader's know what Maya is as they have a linux version which is used by some large companies to make 3D animation's in some movies. Which get's talked about a lot on slashdot.

  4. Re:Great Idea by lahi · · Score: 1, Funny

    Sadly, I still jiggle the goddam camera,

    There is a remedy for that. You need an expensive piece of hardware, a passive device called a tripod. All it does is stand still, so it's not very versatile, but what it does, it usually does well.

    I don't know any hi-tech solution for the lens cap problem, though.

    -Lasse

  5. Re:There is only one problem with that by danila · · Score: 4, Funny

    Do you think all those great marble statues of the Ancient World and the Renaissance were made with undo enabled? :) Undo is for wimps!

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  6. Re:Hasn't there always been a learning edition? by dioscaido · · Score: 2, Funny

    haven't they been offering the commercial edition for free on Kazaa since it was released?? :)