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Alias|Wavefront to Support Linux

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the perty-graphics dept.

Steve Rojem writes "This press release at Yahoo details the porting of Maya et al to Linux." Very cool, and probably one of the first of many similar announcements we'll be seeing this week with LinuxWorld going on (though as an astute reader pointed out, this one was due to SIGGRAPH, which is also going on presently). Maya should show up in December, and it won't come cheap (US$3k).

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  1. Good stuff. by rde · · Score: 2

    Alias|Wavefront provides artists with open workflow solutions for creative advantage
    Snigger. What the hell does that mean?

    Sneers aside, this looks like a Good Thing, particularly with SMP. I've read a few pieces that say Linux is ideal for multimedia, but I've seen little evidence in the software.
    And $3,000 for a renderererer? Truly Linux has come of age.

  2. Re:What is Maya? by dattaway · · Score: 2

    Here's a little animation (The Maya example shipped with A/W is in the middle of the page) of what it can do.