When was the first version of Maya (1.0?) was released?

[solun]

it should be 1998

[HONG KONGer]

Which 3D software was mostly used before Maya was out?

[uncle_frankie]

for film and video work

it was probably Softimage, Alias Power Animator and Wavefront

for games

maybe 3D Studio and Multigen

[HONG KONGer]

Originally posted by uncle_frankie
Alias Power Animator and Wavefront
Wavefront was a company or software? If a company, what was their main 3D software?

[gmask]

Originally posted by HONG KONGer
Wavefront was a company or software? If a company, what was their main 3D software?

Wavefront was a company and their main software packages were Wavefront Advanced / Personal Visualizer and Dynamation.


Follow this link to get the full history of Alias|Wavefront
http://www.aliaswavefront.com/en/companyinfo/history/20012002.shtml


Two other programs that were used for film and highend graphics back in the day were Side Effects Prisms (now known as Houdini) and Vertigo (which is now a scaled down plugin for Photoshop).

[dantea]

Maya completed in 1998. Houdini was completed in 1996. The pre-cursor to Houdini was PRISMS which I think was a bit after Alias.

[HONG KONGer]

Originally posted by gmask
Two other programs that were used for film and highend graphics back in the day were Side Effects Prisms (now known as Houdini)
Is Houdini a "dead" project and not available now?

[vaniljus]

Nope, It is very much alive and Houdini6 will soon be relesed.

Have a look at www.sidefx.com

[dantea]

Recent movies that used Houdini include Daredevil and X-Men (I & II):
http://cgw.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=Archives&Subsection=Display&ARTICLE_ID=168952
http://www.sidefx.com/cgi-bin/sfx/companynews_more_view.pl?filename=cinesite.txt

[HONG KONGer]

Thanks

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