Alias in recent January declare Maya 6.5 , the latest major release of their pop 3D aliveness , modeling and render software . At the meter the company noted the software ’s availability to those customers on sustainment programs in early February ; on Wednesday , Alias announcedMaya 6.5’sworldwide release .
The new interpretation of the 3D software tool for Macs , PC , Linux and IRIX is a “ performance - driven release , ” according to the ship’s company — legion changes were made to aid improve performance : The software handles enormously larger datasets and does so with much greater efficiency thanks to scene segmentation , and carrying into action betterment have also been made to specific functions — ultraviolet light handling , for example , have been benchmarked at up to 100 times the speed of Maya 6 .
What ’s more , Maya 6.5 let in a raw STEP translator to more easily import data files from Computer Aided Design ( CAD ) software . And the new genial ray for Maya Satellite rendering engine allows internet rendering across multiple CPUs .
Maya Complete 6.5 is useable for US$ 1,999 . Maya Unlimited — which add fluid effects , hair , and 2D matchmoving capableness — costs $ 6,999 . upgrade be $ 899 for Maya Complete and $ 1,249 for Maya Unlimited .
Alias note that Maya 6.5 is the swan - song for IRIX user — this will be last interpretation the company produces for that operating system , due to what Alias describes as “ a important decrease ” in the telephone number of substance abuser . “ Going forward , Alias will decoct its developing of Maya on Windows , Mac OS X and Linux political program but will continue to offer support for IRIX as a license - serving program . ”
