Alias Systems: Maya Personal Learning Edition 5 Now Available for Free Download

Business Wire, Oct 15, 2003

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 15, 2003

Alias Systems, a Silicon Graphics Inc. (NYSE: SGI) company, announced today that the highly anticipated Maya Personal Learning Edition(TM) 5 software is now available for free download from www.alias.com/mayaple. Maya Personal Learning Edition 5 offers almost every feature found in the full commercial version of Maya Complete(TM) 5 including an industry-leading set of modeling, animation, rendering and effects tools.

Alias is a leader in providing free non-commercial use software to the 3D community. The Maya Personal Learning Edition software program, first announced in January 2002, brought the 3D tool widely used in feature films and the game development industry to the masses. To date, more than half a million 3D enthusiasts and professionals around the world have downloaded Maya Personal Learning Edition.

The Maya Community

The Maya Personal Learning Edition is more than software. Central to the experience is a web-based community center that provides access to enhanced video tutorials, discussion forums, a 3D 101 section which covers the basic concepts of 3D computer graphics and Maya(R), plus an area where users can download free sample files, shaders, scripts, models and more. The Maya community center can be accessed at www.alias.com/community.

Availability

Free download of Maya Personal Learning Edition 5 is available immediately at www.alias.com/mayaple.

The Maya Personal Learning Edition is for Mac OS(R) X and Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 2000 Professional and Windows XP operating systems and is available with online documentation. Japanese online documentation can be obtained at the Alias Japan web site, www.alias.co.jp/mayaple.

For those new to 3D, the Learning Maya(TM) | Beginner's Guide package can be purchased for $19.99(1) at the Alias online store at http://store.alias.com. The Beginner's Guide contains a one-hour DVD learning guide with English, French, German, Japanese and Korean language tracks, an Introduction to Maya booklet and a bonus Maya Personal Learning Edition 5 CD.

(1) All prices are in U.S. dollars. International pricing may vary.

Copyright (C) 2003 Alias Systems, a division of Silicon Graphics Limited. All Rights Reserved.

Alias is a registered trademark and the Alias logo and the swirl logo are trademarks of Alias Systems, a division of Silicon Graphics Limited in the United States and/or other countries worldwide. Maya is a registered trademark of Silicon Graphics, Inc., exclusively used by Alias Systems, a division of Silicon Graphics Limited and Maya Personal Learning Edition, Learning Maya and Maya Complete are trademarks of Alias Systems, a division of Silicon Graphics Limited in the United States and/or other countries worldwide. SGI is a registered trademark of Silicon Graphics, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries worldwide. Microsoft and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation, in the United States and/or other countries. Mac OS is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. registered in the United States and other countries. All other products or companies mentioned are trademarks or service marks of their respective owners.

NOTE TO EDITORS: In the name Learning Maya(TM) | Beginner's Guide noted in this news release, there is a pipe symbol between Learning Maya(TM) and Beginner's Guide. This symbol may not appear properly in some systems.