Free: Maya 4.5 Personal Learning Edition
Table of ContentsAliasWavefront is a company responsible for making Maya and other 3D program that help revelations the 3D industry and make it affordable for indivual to be able to afford the cost and still be able to make high quality produce.
Maya is 3D software that is like Max3D, Rhino3D, and etc.. Maya is differ from all this program because is it provide a higher demand and more professional level.
Maya can range from 100$-9000$, but there also Maya Personal Learning Edition being offer by AliasWavefront for free, but there demand is that you don't use it for commercializing and for your own purpose of making profit from the program.
By signing up for Maya free version you can also get a tutorial for starter are you can always download sample project from the website and experiment with them. AliasWavefront also offer other tool to help enhance Maya like shader, blend, and more at http://www.aliaswavefront.com/en/Tmpl/Studio/html/index.jhtml?page=/en/Community/Download/download_main_s.html&style=normal
AliasWavefront give you two choices, you can download Maya personal learning edition from the website are you can order a CD from AliasWavefront for $19.99 USD . To be able to download Maya personal learning edition from the website you need to register with AliasWavefront. All you need is a e-mail address , if you don't have one here are a few website you for free at : www.yahoo.com, www.hotmail.com, are www.mail.com. For Microsoft user and Linux user the download are 133M.B. big and for Mac user the download is 110M.B. The system required to run Maya personal learning edition for Window are Win2000/Professional, WinXProfessional. Have a Netscape are a internet explore browser and a system requirement for Window is Intel Pentium 2 are higher,AMD Athlon processor that are Macintosh:G4 +700mhz 512Mbytes RAM, CD Rom drives, +16M.B. Graphic card, 3 button mouse, and 450Mbyste of hard disk spaces.
Not really because AliasWavefront has self tutorial for basic shape and easy 3D block shape image. They also show step to step tutorial for harder to do image. It is prefer that you use Maya with other software like Adobe Photoshop 7.0, Adobe Streamline, are Adobe AfterEffect.
