Autodesk unveils Maya 2019.2 and Bifrost for Maya

Big update introduces new visual programming system for physics simulations, with new fire, smoke and snow solvers.

Tuesday, July 30th, 2019

Do these videos show new simulation features in Maya?

Watch an enigmatic set of teasers of smoke, fire, cloth and granular fluids, posted to Autodesk's Twitter.

Monday, July 29th, 2019

Adobe releases Substance in Maya 2.0

'Complete rewrite' of the free Maya Substance plugin adds support for 8K textures, numerical output, Python scripting.

Friday, July 19th, 2019

Autodesk ships Maya 2019.1 and Maya LT 2019.1

Maya 2019.1 adds new options to use light expressions and overrides with render layers. Mainly bugfixes in Maya LT 2019.1.

Thursday, May 30th, 2019

Chaos Group ships Phoenix FD 3.14 for 3ds Max and Maya

Fluid simulation tools get improved simulation previews, reduced flicker when rendering FLIP sims.

Friday, May 17th, 2019

Download Erik Lehmann's free EL Tool Pack for Maya

Get the DNEG TD's free pack of four Maya utility tools for modelling, UV work and renaming objects.

Wednesday, May 15th, 2019

Chaos Group ships V-Ray Next for Maya Update 1

Renderer gets V-Ray GPU updates, Cryptomatte support for VRayProxy, and new memory tracking system.

Monday, May 13th, 2019

Ziva Dynamics releases Ziva VFX 1.6 for Maya

Soft tissue simulation plugin's neat anatomy transfer function ports rigs from one character to another.

Thursday, April 11th, 2019

Chaos Group ships Phoenix FD 3.13 for 3ds Max and Maya

Fluid simulation tools get support for VDB particle caches. FLIP liquid simulations now 'up to 2x' faster.

Thursday, March 28th, 2019

Erik Lehmann releases Mesh Toolkit for Maya

VFX TD's Python script extends Maya's mesh manipulation tools and adds new layout features.

Monday, March 25th, 2019

Rokoko's Motion Library is coming to Maya

New plugin to let users buy moves recorded by top Hollywood mocap studios within Maya for $3-6 each.

Friday, March 22nd, 2019

Cebas releases finalRender for Maya 2018 as free open beta

Old production edition of the renderer now updated for Maya 2018 and free for commercial use.

Thursday, March 7th, 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