mental ray for Maya Now Free
TORONTO, Canada (Oct. 17, 2002) -- 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 (U.S. dollars), 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.
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. [an error occurred while processing this directive] “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.”
"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."
For more information, go to www.aliaswavefront.com.
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