Create animations, environments, motion graphics, characters and more. Useful for making games, movies, graphic designs and virtual reality applications.
Autodesk Maya is a powerful application developed to help professionals create unique and complex 3D modeling and animations by using innovative tools and effects. Either you're designing aliens, war scenes, or mesmerizing landscapes, you'll find all the tools you need in Autodesk Maya.
Its installation process is easy to complete but it does last several minutes. Once it's done, you are welcomed by a modern UI, with a black background theme, along with numerous buttons and toolbars. For novice users, the interface may seem overcrowded and will require a deep learning curve. This is why the program includes manuals and tutorials.
The amount of embedded features is huge and only some of them will be mentioned. Autodesk Maya can be used to create vector graphics and photo-realistic images. Individuals can use Arnold RenderView to visualize scene changes in real time, including lighting, camera, and materials. Also, you'll find a powerful color management tool that has an efficient library capable of executing fast and consistent Boolean operations on polygon geometry. Furthermore, it has extensive 3D modeling options, provides support for OpenSubdiv, and can sculpt and shape models more artistically and intuitively.
All in all, Autodesk Maya is a comprehensive program that embeds multiple tools for creating 3D animations and environments. However, its price is quite expensive, and it requires serious CAD knowledge in order to use its features. Also, its organic modeling is not good enough and can be quite difficult to use.
v2022.3 [Jan 1, 2022]
- Bifrost 2.3.1.0 plug-in: Maya 2022.3 includes Bifrost Extension for Maya version 2.3.1.0, which adds support for MtoA 5.0.0 and includes new features such as: a new set of node icons that help illustrate what the nodes do, value display for many nodes so that their parameters can be read directly on the nodes, enhancements to geometry nodes, plus performance improvements and bug fixes.
- USD 0.13.0 plug-in: Maya 2022.3 provides USD Extension for Maya version 0.13.0, which includes channel box support, point instance selection, point snapping performance, support for import and export of lights, and many evaluation updates and bug fixes. This also includes the features of version 0.12.0 such as support for cards drawing mode in VP2 render delegate, patch curves drawn as wireframe in default material mode and colour management support improvements.
- GPU Override: Animated topology has been added to the Unsupported list for GPU override. For a list of supported deformers, see the GPU Override section in the Parallel Maya Whitepaper.
- Sculpt Brushes Constrain to Live Surfaces: The Relax, Smear, Pinch, Grab and Smooth brushes now automatically constrain to live surfaces. When the surface is not live, in the Sculpting Tool settings, you can choose between no constraint or surface constraint.
- Multi-Cut Tool: The Multi-Cut tool now displays the percentage for full edge loop cuts. This allows users to make more accurate custom cuts on a mesh.
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