Really looking forward to checking these out! There’s also a CD with scene files, assets and a collection of videos featuring video interviews and work produced by studios with beta versions of the software. There’s a small booklet with a written introduction by Penny Wilson, CEO of Alias. I just couldn’t help slipping the plastic open to have a look inside! The actual Software CDs were still shrink wrapped and completely unopened! I initially wanted to keep it unopened incase it would be worth something in the future…but honestly…it seems very few people see value in holding onto a piece of 14 year old software that will no longer run without the correct hardware. Maya 1 came with printed documentation – an entire bound book for every aspect of the software! Maya’s online help has always been great, but I still do love reading books and it’s great to be able to sit down and really read everything the developers wanted you to know about one particular module of the software. The software companies say that reduced packaging helps save the environment and it obviously helps them save heaps of money in printing, binding, packaging and postage, but I think it would be great if you could still order all these great printed manuals, awesome box and goodies as an optional extra, or received all this once only with your initial licence purchase and then all further upgrades could come in just their crappy dvds! There was a knock at the studio door – I opened it to find a tiny little box on the ground and the postman already driving off and around the corner! What did i get for parting with my hard earned cash? A crappy little DVD case worth about $1! I still remember when I bought my licence for Maya 2011. Just look at what you received when you bought a Maya 1.0 licence! I really wish Software was still available in such a complete physical package these days.
Unfortunately this set is missing at least 1 of the books…I know there is meant to be a book dedicated to MEL (Maya’s scripting language). When Maya 1.5 came out, it had new and updated versions of certain books. The manual was broken up into a series of books known collectively as the ‘Maya Library.’ Each book in the Maya Library focused on a certain aspect of the software, Dynamics, Modelling, Rendering, etc. The entire packaging was very impressive! It was extremely exciting trying to get this safely out of the box and see what early adopters of Maya would have received in return for their $40,000~ software investment. I was very happy a few months ago when this heavy box arrived at the studio from Woodland Hills in the USA. I wanted to make a quick blog post to share a few photos of a recent addition to my LODE bookshelf – an unused copy of Maya Version 1 for SGI!
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