Download the free Maya 2022 Bonus Tools

Get Autodesk's handy free set of Maya add-ons, now with real-time Boolean modelling tool Speed Cut.

Thursday, May 20th, 2021

Autodesk ships Maya 2022

Sizeable update to the 3D software adds 'full USD integration', new VR modelling app, and new character rigging and animation features.

Wednesday, March 24th, 2021

The Gnomon Workshop ships Introduction to Maya 2020

Master modelling, animation, effects and rendering in Maya with this comprehensive tutorial series.

Saturday, November 14th, 2020

Download Toolchefs' open-source Maya animation tools

Updated: get a new camera lattice deformer free as well as the harmonic deformer, soft IK solver and key reducer.

Monday, September 9th, 2019

Autodesk ships Maya 2019 and Maya LT 2019

Both get improved Viewport 2.0 performance; Maya gets cached playback for animation previews.

Tuesday, January 15th, 2019

Miquel Campos releases mGear 2.5 for Maya

Free Maya rigging framework gets new RBF Manager and updated Simple Rig auto-rigging system.

Thursday, May 31st, 2018

Autodesk ships Maya LT 2018

Cut-down version of Maya for game artists gets Mudbox-style vector displacement map stamping, updates to Graph and Time Editors.

Friday, September 1st, 2017

Discover 15 of the best animation tools for Maya

Check out Brent Forrest's handy list of add-ons at LesterBanks.com - all but one of them available for free.

Wednesday, October 19th, 2016

Autodesk releases Maya 2016 Extension 2

Videos: Update adds complete motion graphics toolset, new rigging tools and updates to Bifrost. See them in action here.

Tuesday, April 19th, 2016

Autodesk unveils Maya LT 2016 Extension 3

Videos: See the new Quick Rig tool, new blendshape handling system, improved symmetrical modelling and UV editing.

Tuesday, March 15th, 2016

Video: the future of modelling in Maya

See some neat work-in-progress tech for sculpting with adaptive topology, recorded at Siggraph 2015.

Tuesday, August 18th, 2015

Discover the new features in Maya 2016

Videos: see the new sculpting tools, Delta Mush deformer, updates to Bifrost and revamped Hypershade.

Monday, April 13th, 2015

Mark Jackson ships Red9 Studio Pack 1.33 for Maya

Crytek TD's free rigging toolset gets new UIs for simplifying mocap data, adding smart noise to animation.

Monday, July 1st, 2013