Digit magazine free 3D software 2003-12-04 - By Joshua Foster
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Both Softimage and Houdini offer learning software. Also, 3dsmax has a
full featured game creation software called gmax.
Joshua
On Dec 4, 2003, at 10:40 AM, John Hattan wrote:
>> From: darylcrandall2002 [mailto:Daryl@(protected)]
>> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 9:12 AM
>> To: Carrara@(protected)
>> Subject: [Carrara] Digit magazine free 3D software
>>
>> Just a side note. After seeing that Digit magazine has lots
>> of free software included with CD's I've gotten the Carrara
>> 1.1 as well as many other things that are either "lite"
>> versions of major software, or older versions, or demo versions.
>>
>> This month in issue 067 (November)of DIGIT they have a copy of Maya
>> 5 PLE (Personal Learning Edition). I got it and the first
>> thing I noticed is that is seems to have a big learning curve
>> (expected) the second thing I noticed is that it requires a
>> 3-button mouse (not a problem), the third thing I noticed is
>> that it is SO much more intuitive.
>>
>> I can't say much yet about it's reliability and advanced
>> features but just working with it for a few minutes has
>> firmly convinced me that this is a professional tool. Of
>> course it has a professional price too. $2000 US for the
>> complete version and $7000 US for the everything version.
>>
>> OK, so I'll continue to use Carrara 2.0 for now. But if you
>> want to see for yourself what Maya has to offer, find a copy
>> of November's Digit 067
>
> You can also download Maya PLE at:
>
> http://www.alias.com/eng/products-services/maya/maya_ple/index.shtml
>
> Be aware, though, that the software's crippled and it puts a watermark
> across anything you render, and the full Maya doesn't read PLE files,
> so
> don't plan to use it for anything but learning.
>
> Here's the FAQ about it.
>
> http://www.alias.com/eng/products-services/maya/maya_ple/faq.shtml
>
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> John Hattan The Code Zone - Sweet Software for a Saturnine World
> john@(protected) http://www.thecodezone.com
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