This is what I own that is relevant to you. I can't really comment on other things but I can tell you about how this works for me:

Adobe Production Studio
Maya 7 unlimited
Macromedia Studio MX...

Yes, I started a UV mapping tutorial last night and it is working. Thank-you. I wasn't aware of this option until now. It looked difficult but is proving not so bad, and very useful.

I will try...

Gotcha. Thats right. I guess I have a few of those tools from Maya unlimited.

If I think of another way, I'll try it.

I would like to make something like a wine glass that can move and have...

i was making a little electrophysiology set up animation where i record from brain slices.

This is one exported frame from my animation. The liquid in the wells has little waves that I can turn...

I bought the program for a student price about 2 weeks ago and I have made some really cool stuff since. The Maya help files are great manuals. I just do a few chapters a day and then apply what i...

I came across your thread because I am trying to set it up too.

I installed Maya 7.0.1 and the mental ray satellite on 2 other machines. I don't really understand the ports, maya.rayhosts file...

I made a little dish shape. I then created an ocean and made it really small to fit the inside of the dish. I turned the waves and cresting of the ocean way down, made the color very light and...

what is the best way to place a picture onto a surface? Let me explain my problem.

I want to put a picture of a hippocampus (slice of brain) onto a model of a hippocampus that I build. I first...

I bought Maya 7 Unlimited for 500 bucks at Academic Superstore

http://www.academicsuperstore.com/?sourcecode=lcg&promocode=0D02002F

Great price. Everything I need for a long time. I just...