06/28/2004, 4:10pm, EDT
Monday, June 28th
Alias announces Maya Unlimited 6 for Mac OS X
Maya Unlimited includes special effects features not found in Maya Complete, including: Maya Hair, Maya Cloth, Maya Fluid Effects, Maya Fur and Maya Live. Maya Hair features a dynamic curve simulation engine designed to enable long hair to be added to characters. Maya Cloth allows animators to equip digital clothing to characters, while Maya Fur provides creatures with realistic fur. Visual feedback of Cloth stress, stitching options, easy manipulation of Cloth Objects based on geometry as well as extensive caching functionality speed the creation and manipulation of realistic clothing and cloth effects.
Maya Fluid Effects includes a true 3D solver and a highly interactive 2D solver that allows 2D fluid motion to be simulated in near realtime; Maya Live provides sophisticated matchmoving combining 2D live-action with 3D elements and also allows users to reconstruct live-action elements as 3D geometry plus output to external applications.
Maya Unlimited 6 for all platforms is priced at $7,000 and includes modeling, rendering, animation, dynamics, Maya Artisan, Maya Paint Effects, mental ray for Maya, MEL, along with Maya Unlimited specific features; Maya Hair, Maya Fluid Effects, Maya Fur, Maya Cloth and Maya Live. Maya Unlimited for Mac OS X will begin shipping in late summer 2004. Maya Complete 6, already available for Mac OS X, is priced at $1200.
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