Thursday, May 1, 2008

Official Maya Learning Tools


Along with the history of Maya the company has produced Maya learning tools which date back to the earlier Alias days. Beginning with an internally produced newsletter on Maya software techniques and workflows, the company continued with the internally produced Art of Maya book and training videos and tutorials. In response to strong user demand the company's education department further developed instructional books and video-based learning content referred to as learning tools. Autodesk continues to develop learning tools with content developed both by internal product specialists as well as industry professionals. The company's video-based learning tools have recently moved away from physical production and are now available as digital downloads.

The system requirements for Maya 2008 are as follows:

  • Windows and Linux: Intel Pentium 4 or higher, AMD Athlon 64, or AMD Opteron processor
  • Macintosh: Power Mac G5 or Intel-based Macintosh computers
  • 2 GB RAM
  • 2 GB hard disk space
  • Qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics card
  • Three-button mouse with mouse driver software
  • DVD-ROM drive

Version release dates history


  • 2008 Extension 2, Only to subscribers(9.2): February 2008 [3] [4]
  • 2008 Extension 1, Only to subscribers(9.1): December 2007 [5]
  • 2008 (Support for Windows Vista, 9.0): September 2007 [6]
  • 8.5 SP1: June 2007 [7]
  • 8.5: January 2007 [8]
  • 8.0: August 2006 [9]
  • 7.0.1: December 2005
  • 7.0: August 2005 [10]
  • 6.5.1: December 2005
  • 6.5: January 2005 [11] (last shipping IRIX Version)
  • 6.0: May 2004 [12]
  • 5.0: May 2003 [13]
  • 4.5: July 2002 [14]
  • 4.0: June 2001 [15] (no Mac OS X Version)
  • 3.5.1: September 2002 (Mac OS X only)
  • 3.5: October 2001 (first shipping Mac OS X Version only)
  • 3.0: February 2000 [16] (first shipping Linux Version)
  • 2.5.2: March 2000
  • 2.5: November 1999 [17]
  • 2.0: June 1999 [18]
  • 1.5: October 1998 (IRIX only)
  • 1.0.1: October 1998 (Windows Version)
  • 1.0.1: June 1998 (IRIX Version)
  • 1.0: June 1998 (first shipping Windows Version)
  • 1.0: February 1998

References


  • "Inspired 3D modeling and texture mapping" by Tom Capizzi, Premier Press, 2002.
  • "Maya 7 for Windows and Macintosh" by Danny Riddel, Morgan Robinson and Nathaniel Stein. Peachpit Press, 2006.
  • "Mel Scripting for Maya Animators" by Mark R. Wilkins and Chris Kazmier, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2005.

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