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 mental ray for Maya Now Free Posted by: amigo
Source: Press Release
Date: Thu Oct 17 2002
This bit of news should make all Maya users happy. Alias|Wavefront have decided to offer mental ray cost free to all registered Maya Complete and Maya Unlimited customers, starting with Maya 4.5 version. In other words, you've just saved $3,995 on your new rendering engine for Maya...
Toronto, Canada � October 17, 2002 - Alias|Wavefront�, an SGI (NYSE: SGI) company, announced today the strengthening of its alliance with mental images�. Alias|Wavefront is now offering the mental ray� for Maya� plug-in at no extra charge to all Maya Complete� and Maya Unlimited� customers. The mental ray for Maya plug-in, previously priced at $3,995*, is available free to all Maya customers beginning with Maya 4.5 and mental ray for Maya 1.5. Maya 4.5 customers can now download mental ray for Maya 1.5 public beta at http://www.aliaswavefront.com/maya/getmental.
Strong Alliance Brings Outstanding Offering to CG Industry
With the announcement of this strengthened alliance, Alias|Wavefront and mental images are committing to develop and integrate mental ray for Maya as a standard rendering feature in future versions of Maya.
"The decision to provide mental ray for Maya to each licensed Maya 4.5 customer demonstrates the joint commitment of Alias|Wavefront and mental images to put the power of mental ray for Maya in the hands of all Maya customers," says Rolf Herken, President and Director R&D, mental images. "This is a spectacular offering. We encourage everyone with an interest in 3D content creation to evaluate the combination of mental ray with Maya and to explore the resulting limitless possibilities for the effortless creation of amazing imagery of unprecedented quality and visual richness."
Empowering the Maya Community
"It is the natural evolution of our products, combining the best with the best," says Shai Hinitz, Maya Product Manager at Alias|Wavefront. "Our customers have been asking us to merge Maya's intuitive workflow and productive feature-set with the power and programmability of mental image's renderer. In doing so, we're injecting $3,995 worth of value into Maya 4.5 for free. Due to the advanced integrated workflow, Maya 4.5 users will instantly benefit from the photo-realistic rendering effects mental ray for Maya has to offer, in addition to the stunning imagery already possible with the native Maya renderer. From now on Maya customers will get to choose between two of the industry's most powerful renderers."
About Alias|Wavefront
As the world's leading innovator of 3D graphics technology, Alias|Wavefront develops software for the film and video, games, web, interactive media, industrial design, and visualization markets. Entertainment and games customers include: Acclaim Entertainment, Inc., CNN, Core Design Limited, Digital Domain, Disney, Electronic Arts, Industrial Light & Magic, Factor 5 LLC, Midway Games, Nintendo, Pacific Data Images (PDI), Pixar, Sega, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Square Co., Ltd., Warner Feature Animation and Weta Ltd.
* All prices quoted are in U.S. dollars. International pricing may vary.
Related Links: Alias|Wavefront website
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