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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What I meant is the $400 educational version is unlimited.
When I started with maya using the PLE Version 6 it could load up ma and mb files so you could do tutorials and get models to use, but as you say you cant output to anything to use it elsewhere.
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At least I am not a mac user :p
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how do they find out if you're using the student versions for commercial use?Originally posted by R@nSiD
The education version has the same as the same Version of Maya Complete, not Unlimited. As stated above Maya Education version is for personal use only and you break the EULA if any data created in Maya Education Version is found to be used in Commercial Presentions. This is due to the cost difference of the licence and the licence agreement (EULA) between it and the full versions. Also be aware you will need to be in full time education with a Valid Student ID to qualify for the Education version.
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and whats so bad about ebay (i've never used it before...only heard of it on movies)
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I would suspect the file formats used for student and commercial versions are slightly different. Different header, syntax, something like that. It won't be obvious though.Originally posted by Chirone
how do they find out if you're using the student versions for commercial use?
and whats so bad about ebay (i've never used it before...only heard of it on movies)
And as for ebay, if you are reffering to why Autodesk doesn't like people selling copies of their software on it is becuase it violates EULA (I think). Autodesk recently (few months ago I think) tried to sue some guy for selling AutoCAD on ebay.
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When Uni buys the software they buy it for the Uni and not who is going to use it and when its installed the loop whole is it get installed for "Any Authorised User" and "Bigtime 3D Teaching School" as the Organisation. This means the Uni buys 30 cpoies of Student Edition (to save cash) and they can install it on to 30 random machines. The minute they breach the 30 limit they will owe Autodesk money or will be in breach of th T's&C's they agreed to at purchase.
When a person buys the software, part of the agreement on purchase is that the software is not sold on. As the licence only covers the pruchaser and no one else.
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and ebay is an auction site right?
it all makes sense
wonder if you get it any cheaper if you become a reseller and only buy one unlimited :p
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Create an ma file and open it in notepad and you will see what i mean
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Originally posted by R@nSiD
A man with a plan who knows someone who knows where there is one and the other to compare
As for the only differences between the version being the header, wouldn't that sort of be easy to bypass?
I was thinking of some ultra obscure difference in the actual structure of the file, something subtle, like a difference in syntax or something that outputs the same result in Maya, but if Autodesk were to drop by and check your lisence, would be able to say, "You bought a copy you say? Why do the files show that its not a commercial version then?"
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that involves sending agents out to do their checking, but that would take effort and lots of money... probably more than the criminals are worth...
i would have thought maybe there is a slight difference in the output picture files
you can encode secret messages into them you know...? and the best part is, is that people can't tell the difference between a non encoded picture and an encoded picture...
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As for being able to tell the difference, I would set up a scene in PLE and Complete, making sure that the geometry and properties and all that is exactly the same, and then run a MD5 or a SHA512 on the file. Any differences would then become know, however slight. I would then compare the two files in one of those text file comparers to find out what is exactly different.
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