We don’t like the way other people have done these things. “We’ve seen other people do things like this. “We will partner with customers through this transition,” Autodesk exec Andrew Anagnost told Studio Daily.

While the strategy takes a page from Adobe’s playbook, which switched its Creative Cloud suite to a subscription model in 2013, Autodesk is distancing itself from Adobe’s heavy-handed approach. Customers who have purchased a perpetual license prior to that date will be able to continue receiving upgrades and support as long as they keep their maintenance subscriptions up to date.Īutodesk tells customers that the shift to a subscription plan allows them to deliver “an improved user experience and access to a broader portfolio of technology.” Among the benefits: a simplified installation/management/upgrade experience, flexible payment terms, and broader access rights across multiple devices. The new standalone desktop software subscriptions will begin next year, on February 1, 2016.

If you're looking to do serious high-end character animation or want a program that has real modelling tools on top of animation tools, Maya is the best choice.Autodesk, the developer of Maya computer graphics software, offered new details yesterday about its transition from perpetual licenses to a subscription-only software model. So I use V-Ray and Maxwell for my work and I don't have any complaints.

This is Autodesk's fault - not mental images'. My complaints are restricted to mental ray, which is a beleaguered mess in Maya and isn't well supported like it is in Softimage or Max. But Maya is so large (it's literally 10X the size of Photoshop) that covering every great feature would be impossible. The rigging tools are unmatched and the interactive bind tools in 2012 finally relieve you from painting skin weights manually. I've been a Maya user since version 3 and version 2012 is a great release: the Qt port means it's 64-bit for OS X but it's faster than 2011, which was sluggish to use. layered) but there is no way you can do the same thing in both applications, Maya is just way more advanced and the learning curve is steeper. Is it Knowledge Network Support & Learning Maya Maya Community Maya Forum Maya student version Community Forums Maya Forum Welcome to Autodesk’s Maya Forums. I have a tutorials blog which contains simple Maya tutorials for free. After Effects: completely different workflows (nodal vs. Maya student version - Autodesk Community I have Maya 2014 student version. Maya is not easy to learn - that's why Cinema 4D appeals to other people.

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