Export Collada with textures using Maya 2009

So - I was really excited to get Maya2009 running on my machine, but then to my horror I discovered that the ColladaMaya plugin didn't support this version of maya. Well, I guess they did something about it, though it wasn't easy to find.... after some digging, I found this link:

https://sourceforge.net/project/downloading.php?group_id=136478&use_mirror=mesh&filename=COLLADAMaya_0.8.2_bin.dmg&a=35507088

it's strange because other versions of this same file wouldn't even install on my machine...

anyhow - after I did that, I just installed it, then in Maya I clicked on Window>Settings/Preferences>Plug-In Manager, and turned on MayaCollada plugin.

in order to know exactly which settings to use, this blog was helpful:

http://blog.papervision3d.org/2008/03/19/exporting-collada-from-maya-settings/

Tutorial to come...