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I've recently gotten back into playing with 3D Graphics and Animation and I never had more fun sitting at a computer working on graphics! It's not for the faint of heart though, takes ALOT more time than any other computer graphics out there but the results are SO cool.
Here's a shot I rendered last night.. it's a chrome plated skull.
I actually found the 3D Model of the skull online last night but it was missing the jaw and lower teeth.. so, I made them myself. I assigned the chrome effects to the model, rendered it and... well... the image speaks for itsself.
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Nice effect! My son thought it was awesome. But I think I might like something other than a 'skull head' Posts: 3729 | From: Seattle | Registered: Sep 1999
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I seen a segment on TechTv on how they did "Lord of the Rings". They use a program called Maya. It does excellent 3D and animation, but the best part is they are going to offer it free to the general public in February. It won't generate the files necessary for real production work, but will be able to save 3d work etc. for the rest of us.
By the way, the program runs $7,500 though I imagine warez sites distribute it freely.
Yep, Maya kicks major butt too, I've used that in the past as well when I was in school.
I think they might be discontinuing Maya and start marketing another modeling program.. or they're going to water down the program's capabilities and offer it freely, then sell expansion packages to make it more useful.
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Oops, I was wrong.. it's the unrestricted version but they are disabling the use of 3rd party plug-ins, the file formats are not compatible with the regular version, and it creates a watermark on the output. Here's the press release:
COMING FEBRUARY 2002
Alias|Wavefront is proud to announce a new way to make learning 3D graphics more accessible through the Maya Personal Learning Edition
A new way to learn Maya that's fun, fast and free!* Maya Personal Learning Edition grants anyone with the desire to learn more about Maya, or 3D computer graphics in general, a seat of Maya for non-commercial use - registration renewable yearly.** Those using the Personal Learning Edition will have unrestricted access to the full feature set of Maya Complete including NURBS modeling, animation, inverse kinematics, Maya Artisan, Maya Paint Effects, particles, dynamics and Maya’s advanced rendering capabilities. The Maya Personal Learning Edition restricts users to non-commercial applications through the display of a watermark on images as well as through the use of a special non-commercial file format. Maya Personal Learning Edition cannot be used with industry-standard plug-ins.
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