Maya 5 Learning Edition now available for download

[senocular]

"Maya Personal Learning Edition 5 offers almost every feature found in the full commercial version of Maya Complete(TM) 5 including an industry-leading set of modeling, animation, rendering and effects tools."

news link:
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20031015005537&newsLang=en

download link:
http://www.alias.com/eng/products-services/maya/maya_ple/get_maya_ple.shtml

[thoriphes]

I wonder what this "almost every feature" entails...

[DDD]

their server must be getting pounded right now. I cannot even get on. I'm just curious. I avoid maya like the plague

[.soulty]

its was released ages ago??

[senocular]

It was tought at my college and we use it here at work, so it has seemingly made a good impression around here.... why are you avoiding it 3D?

[.soulty]

In the PLE of maya 5 , all features of Maya 5 complete are included, yet there is (not sure about this version of the PLE, going on last version PLE) a watermark on renders and/or viewports.

[DDD]

link
http://www.alias.com/eng/products-services/maya/maya_ple/faq.shtml


Maya Personal Learning Edition includes most of the functionality of Maya Complete with the following principle differences:

Performance
Maya Personal Learning Edition is limited to using a single CPU. The commercial version of Maya takes advantage of multiple CPUs, resulting in faster performance in areas such as software rendering, IPR and Paint Effects.
Watermark
A watermark text image appears across all rendered images and in some Maya Personal Learning Edition panels. The watermark does not appear when working in wireframe mode.
Rendering and Image Output
You cannot render using mental ray.
You cannot render using the vector renderer.
You cannot output 16-bit rendered image formats.
Camera's film fit offset and film offset are limited to 0.
Rendering is limited to a single CPU.
Images from the following tools have been limited to 1024x768:

Software rendering output in Render View and batch mode
Hardware rendering output in Render View and batch mode
Hardware render buffer
Paint Effects canvas mode and scene mode
UV snapshot in UV texture Editor
3D Paint Tool
Mac OS X: The command line rendering utility has been renamed from "Render" to "Render5PLE" to avoid conflict with the commercial version of Maya if it is also installed on the same machine.
File Format and Data Input/Output
You cannot write standard Maya software files (.ma, .mb); only the Maya Personal Learning Edition file format (.mp) can be saved; however, you can import standard Maya software files.
Particle disk caching is not supported.
Text dump from the Blind Data Editor window is not supported
Exporting skin weight maps and character maps is not supported.
API and Plug-ins
The API developer's kit is not included with Maya Personal Learning Edition.
It is not possible to load plug-ins from the commercial version of Maya or third party plug-ins.
MEL
The scriptEditor - writeHistory option is not available
The following MEL commands are not available: system, fopen, popen, fwrite, fprint and cmdpipe.
The script editor output section is limited to 75 lines of output.
The script editor > Save Selected menu item has been removed.
User Interface
The background color's value (in HSV space) of interactive window is limited to [0.3,0.9].

[DDD]

SEN..

I just really cannot get into it. I tried to see what the hooplah was about. I just really like LW I guess. I have a love - hate relationship with Max. Just personal preference I guess

[.soulty]

cant render with mental ray or vector render, whats the bloody use!!!!! at least they got rid of the watermark in wireframe mode.

*clap * *clap* :sure:

[senocular]

the use is to LEARN

:)

[DDD]

Soultydesign is still in beta mode a , STILL!!! for 2 years now

HAHAHAHA Soulty now I do not feel so bad. Mine has been under construction for like a year and a half.......Sorry to thread jack.....back to topic......

Yeah the PLE version seems to be pretty locked down. Randomly placing the watermark is a good security feature.

[.soulty]

yeah, but how many people that will end up using the app will be using the native render?? I mean mental ray 3.2 ! Global illumination , caustics..... too much fun. Oh well i guess I dont have to worry about the PLE anyway

;)

[.soulty]

Yeah its kinda ugly isent it DDD, lol, i want to finish all this clients work so i can get mine updated !! :crazy: