Maya 6 is in beta

Complex UV Layout in Maya

Over the last couple of years UV layout in Maya has changed for the better. In this course we're going to be taking a look at some of those changes as we UV map an entire character

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# 1 18-12-2003 , 10:50 PM

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I just got an email from Jerry at (cant give link here) that he is an official beta tester and will be receiveg his copy very soon. wich means Maya 6 soon. user added image

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# 2 18-12-2003 , 10:52 PM

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or 5.5

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# 3 18-12-2003 , 10:54 PM

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no Maya 6

This was in the body
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But now the good news:

I became an official ALIAS-Beta-Tester! user added image

This means I'll receive a copy of MAYA 6.0 Beta very soon and those nice people at ALIAS told me:
'There will be a lot of hot/cool/useful and new stuff within ALIAS MAYA 6!"
So for your advantage I will check/explore and explain those new features in MAYA 6 concerning Mental-Ray-Rendering and
using default mr-shaderes within Maya!

This means the DVD you'll get is not outdated when MAYA 6 hits the market!

I am currently in close contact to the ALIAS-Beta-Team and the Mental Ray product manager and maybe I could tell you exclusive
about some new 'maya/mental-ray-translator' features even if MAYA 6.0 won't be out at that time!

So this MAYA-Beta-Tester-Case makes the DVD more and more complex and up to date!

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# 4 18-12-2003 , 10:58 PM

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Maybe it will be more stable during rendering

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# 5 18-12-2003 , 11:12 PM

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Maybe, not talking about 4.5 but with 5.0 I'v found MentalRay more stable.. Mayas software render seems to have a memory leak for me.. get off 2 renders and I get ram flags all over the place.. But not with the MentalRay part. But thin I haven't rendered a lot with MR.

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6 already!!! they're churning out these new versions faster than I can download the PLE's!

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# 7 19-12-2003 , 03:10 AM

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I'm still more than happy with 4.5.

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# 8 19-12-2003 , 05:41 AM

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omg!!,.. not again,... I just got Maya 5.0!!!... user added image

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# 9 19-12-2003 , 07:16 AM

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4.0 is by far the best IMHO...
but i cannot wiat to see if they improve maya's connection to MR.
and maybe FASTER SubDs for crying out loud geez.
i also hope there is a linux version of 6.0 user added image

keep up posted 3djoe

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# 10 19-12-2003 , 08:56 AM

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YesI have inside info as well that Maya 6 will be out in 1Q of 2004.
Mental Ray is VERY nicely integrated now :-)

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# 11 19-12-2003 , 10:26 AM

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i finally got 4 and dont even know what mental ray is.

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# 12 19-12-2003 , 02:51 PM

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Originally posted by slickrenderer
YesI have inside info as well that Maya 6 will be out in 1Q of 2004.
Mental Ray is VERY nicely integrated now :-)

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i heard there was a port of brazil in the works for maya, i hope they don't sratch that since 6.0 is coming out.
i wonder what the upgrade price will be.....??? ppl have just begining to upgrade to 5.0, will they go and pay for another release...

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# 13 19-12-2003 , 05:28 PM

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I heard about Brazil as well....don't know if it will be ready for 6?

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# 14 19-12-2003 , 07:15 PM

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Yeah, with the speed at which they're turning out upgrades, are they going to be free or do we have to drop an extra $400 every time they fix something?

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