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Alias Releases Maya PLE 6

Posted by michael on from the render-unto-caesar dept.

Renderhead writes "Alias has released the free Personal Learning Edition of their Academy Award winning Maya software. This limited version of Maya Complete allows students, hobbyists, and professionals to learn and evaluate the $2,000(US) tool absolutely free. The catch: all rendered output will be imprinted with a 'Maya Personal Learning Edition' watermark. Although Maya version 6 has been out for some time now, the Personal Learning Edition was only available for version 5 until now."

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  1. Re:yes yes, but to the important question allready by black+mariah · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Parent is a moron. Things like Maya PLE and Houdini Apprentice are designed SPECIFICALLY so you can learn 3d without shelling out assloads of cash. Sorry dude, learning Blender isn't going to help when it comes time to play with the big boys. You know how programmers say that BASIC does more harm than good for teaching programming? Blender is the exact same. Open Source or not, it sucks balls compared to REAL high-end 3d programs. I like Blender, I want it to succeed, but if you have aspirations of being a CG artist, it is the worst possible place to start... okay, it's better than trueSpace at least.

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