Thinkinetic releases Pulldownit 4.8 for Maya

Shattering and dynamics plugin gets speed boosts to shatter tools, including 3x boost to previews.

Thursday, February 6th, 2020

Download the Maya 2019/2020 Bonus Tools

Get Autodesk's handy free set of Maya modelling, layout and rigging add-ons, including 11 new tools.

Wednesday, February 5th, 2020

Master production workflows for Maya's nCloth toolset

Discover how to simulation clothing in Maya with The Gnomon Workshop's new video training.

Monday, January 27th, 2020

Check out Muhammad Etman's Maya/Clarisse Bridge Tool 2.0

FX TD's handy app exports Maya models, shaders, lights, cameras - and now animation - to Clarisse.

Tuesday, December 24th, 2019

Check out real-time hair creator HairStrips for Maya

Intuitive new Maya add-on creates procedural polystrip-based hair for use in games and AR applications.

Tuesday, December 17th, 2019

Autodesk ships Maya 2020 and Maya LT 2020

Varied update adds support for simulations in cached playback; new retopology and rigging tools.

Thursday, December 12th, 2019

StemCell converts 3ds Max, Maya files to UE4 and Unity

Updated: TurboSquid tech converts files in the native format of one 3D app to that of another. Now also exports USDZ files.

Thursday, December 5th, 2019

Chaos Group ships V-Ray Next for Maya Update 2

Update adds RTX-accelerated GPU ray tracing, new animation-friendly light cache and deep EXR output.

Wednesday, November 27th, 2019

Chaos Group ships Phoenix FD 4.0 for 3ds Max and Maya

Fluid simulator gets new rigid body solver and texture UVW system. 3ds Max edition now integrated with thinkingParticles.

Sunday, November 24th, 2019

AMD ships Radeon ProRender 2.8 for Maya

Free GPU renderer gets new 'full spectrum rendering' mode for hybrid rasterised/ray traced viewport previews.

Thursday, November 21st, 2019

Download Maya hair plugin Shave and a Haircut 9.6 free

Get the hair and fur plugin and its Arnold, RenderMan and V-Ray shaders from Epic Games for free.

Thursday, October 24th, 2019

Ziva Dynamics releases Ziva VFX 1.7 for Maya

Soft tissue simulation plugin's neat Art Directable Rest Shapes system lets you sculpt corrective shapes for existing sims.

Thursday, September 26th, 2019

Download two lightweight free Maya cartoon character rigs

Get Squiggly Rigs' expressive free Maya character rigs, designed for educational and demo reel use.

Sunday, September 22nd, 2019