Maya 2011 - links, feedback, and new stuff.

So Maya 2011 has been officially released ! 

If you would like to try the software, here is a link to the downloadable 30 day trial version available from the main Maya product page, on the Autodesk website.

You may also like to know what's new, and what has been fixed....

1) Docs, fixes, and qualified hardware:

If you are a subscription customer, you can download the application from the Autodesk Subscription Centre.

While you're waiting for the file to download, why not browse the documentation for Maya 2011, available here. 

Read about What's new here.

A list of fixed customer-reported defects and the Release notes that outline known limitations are available from here.

If you want to know how to build the PyQt modules to work with Maya download this pdf

The qualified hardware page is here (please note that at this time Mac OS 10.6.3 is not qualified)

2) Mental ray for Maya:

Maya 2011 requires mental ray 3.8.1. you can download mental ray Satellite 3.8.1 from the Subscription Centre.

Mental ray Standalone for Maya is not currently available. We don't have a release date yet.

MIP shaders are included, but not supported.

1) Feedback:

..and finally.....Cory is watching some new threads on the Area, so if you have any suggestions, please post them here:

What do you think of Maya 2011 ?

What do you think of MotionBuilder 2011 ?

What do you think of composite 2011 ?

And you can report a problem or suggest a feature from directly inside the software; look in the Help menu.

Enjoy.....

O

Comments

[Kiernan]

very beefy release, can't wait to test it out!

Can you guys release it yesterday please?

[Phil Hoppes]

Any info on which version of MR will ship with it? Will there be support for mip shaders or do we still need to go in the back door? What about Mental Mill support for Maya?

[Wip]

The 2011 release is great, thats for sure!! But to be fair the 2010 release was a joke. So 2011 is "two" years of development on a product that needed a heavy update to keep users (new and small studios) on the maya platform.
While the update is great it still bugs me that it is an update that mostly are for animators and mac users - while thats great, what happened with mental ray? Should 3.8 with iRay support be a part of the next release, Mental Images promised us (in the iRay demo video on mental images site). And while the Mental Ray integration works it's not great.
But the thing that bugs me the most is "Maya Composite"... what the hell :) Who uses it (Nuke are gonna overtake the marked, shake and fusion are gonna die slowly)?! face it, toxic is dead and a rebrand will not keep it alive so for god sake please stop wasting time and money on a dead product while Maya needs bugfix and features to keep up with stuff like ICE, Quicksilver etc.... but anyway, 2011 makes me so happy, I can't wait to find it on our subscription page.... and please keep us updated with all the little features that's included, I love finding new videos on area or youtube that shows the power of 2011. Congrats!! - To all of us :) Have a nice weekend!

[skootn]

As a mac animator, this release will likely bring maya back into our studio.

[Kiernan]

The qualified hardware page is 404'ed.

[owen]

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=14959955&linkID=9242259

I updated the links already...I think the url changed last night when I wasn't looking.

O

[thinsoldier]

Been trying to download the mac demo for 2 days now.

This akamai crap hasn't downloaded a damned thing. Tried in 4 browsers multiple times.

Why don't they put up a legal torrent somewhere or offer the file split into zips or rars.

[Dario]

PLEASE:

1) trial of autodesk maya for linux

2) autodesk maya for debian/ubuntu .deb

i'm a student and want to try it!

[mindy]

why is the colour picker not working on my machine? Windows7 x64, Nvidia GTX260. I can use the wheel, but not the sliders? I can not change the HSV values either. They jummp either to the left or right side?

[software test consulting]

I started working on Maya in 2004, during first year of animation studies. Sure, it runs heavy on Mac but I find it hard to work with other programs, knowing what I can do on Maya, in the 3D aspect.

[truck rental]

Hope the 2011 release is more stable then the privies one. Interesting if it based on the same engine or there is new one more suitable for mac.

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