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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. Nothing new here by mmp · · Score: 5, Informative

    Alias has offered this personal learning edition version of Maya for years now; they're just announcing that the latest release of Maya, 5.0, is also available in the PLE form.

    Don't get me wrong--it's great that they do this. There's just no real news here.

    The PLE version has a few limitations compared to the version you pay for, but they're really amazingly small in the grand scheme of things.

  2. Except for the fact that... by G-funk · · Score: 3, Informative

    It watermarks all your images, and even some of the UI panels, making it next to useless.

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  3. Maya PLE was already free... by agent+oranje · · Score: 4, Informative

    At least several months ago, I downloaded Maya PLE... the free version, for those who want to learn how to use this powerful tool. Basically, the only thing that has changed in the past several months - aside from the upgrade from 4.5 to 5.0 - is that there's a neato newspaper article about it!

    Strangely enough, I downloaded v5.0 last night from the kind folks at Alias... no slashdot effect for me :D

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