How to get maya at a lower price than usual

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This course contains a little bit of everything with modeling, UVing, texturing and dynamics in Maya, as well as compositing multilayered EXR's in Photoshop.

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# 1 25-01-2006 , 05:17 AM

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I really want to get maya, but the price is like 4,000 dollars... :headbang: does anybody know a way to get it any cheaper? thanks user added image

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# 2 25-01-2006 , 08:24 AM

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- Maya Personal Learning edition - free

- Maya complete packages are available with learning material at:
https://www.alias.com/eng/purchase/pr...ty_packs.shtml - about $2200

or go to college/university to study 3D and you can buy Maya Unlimited (full version but not for commercial use, more for learning and building a portfolio) for around £370 (whatever that is in dollars, I'm guessing at ~$550)

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# 3 25-01-2006 , 09:20 AM

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Originally posted by t1ck135
- Maya Personal Learning edition - free

- Maya complete packages are available with learning material at:
https://www.alias.com/eng/purchase/pr...ty_packs.shtml - about $2200

or go to college/university to study 3D and you can buy Maya Unlimited (full version but not for commercial use, more for learning and building a portfolio) for around £370 (whatever that is in dollars, I'm guessing at ~$550)

Originally Posted by

Just to correct you, there is no need to study 3D, unless they have changed it.

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Malcolm

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# 4 25-01-2006 , 03:14 PM

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I was under the impression that you needed verification from the course you are on/college you are studying at so that you can buy it - I stand corrected user added image

What places sell unlimited as a student version that dont need verification then?

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# 5 25-01-2006 , 04:14 PM

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most such institutions that I am aware of do require some kind of verification

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# 6 25-01-2006 , 04:25 PM

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Originally posted by t1ck135
I was under the impression that you needed verification from the course you are on/college you are studying at so that you can buy it - I stand corrected

What places sell unlimited as a student version that dont need verification then?

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You do need verification of student status, but you do NOT have to be studying 3D. I got a student license of Maya 5.0, and I'm studying Software Engineering.

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Malcolm

'England Expects That Every Man Will Do His Duty' - Vice-Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson - Battle of Trafalgar - 21st October 1805

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# 7 25-01-2006 , 04:43 PM

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Thanks guys. I tried to download Maya Personal Learning Edition, but when I clicked it on the desktop it got an error and quit :angery:
I cant get the college version because i'm not in college, either.

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# 8 06-02-2006 , 09:58 PM

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Originally posted by Noak
Thanks guys. I tried to download Maya Personal Learning Edition, but when I clicked it on the desktop it got an error and quit :angery:
I cant get the college version because i'm not in college, either.

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What kind of error are you getting? I had trouble installing the PLE edition at first. It turned out my Norton Antivirus kept locking it up.