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

Chaos Group releases V-Ray 3.3 for Maya

Maya edition of the renderer gets feature parity with 3ds Max; speed boosts of 20-50% on 'most scenes'.

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016

Download Maya object fracturing script IShatter

MOAB's neat tool for Maya and Fracture FX lets users paint shatter patterns directly onto 3D models.

Thursday, February 11th, 2016

Gnomon releases Octane Render for Maya training

Six-hour tutorial provides a full guide to shading, lighting and rendering with Otoy's GPU-based renderer.

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2016

Nvidia ships Iray for 3ds Max and Maya 2016

Share physically based materials between host apps or mental ray with the plugins' new MDL format.

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2015

Autodesk unveils Maya LT 2016 Extension 2

Subscriber-only update adds option to import or export weight maps, new baking and LOD functionality.

Friday, December 11th, 2015

Get free Maya shader library building tool BlissLib

Download TD Einar Gabbassov's free framework for building custom libraries of Maya, mental ray and RenderMan shaders.

Friday, November 20th, 2015

Hans Godard ships Skinning Converter for Maya

Naughty Dog TD's nifty plugin turns any animated mesh into a bone based rig - even Alembic caches and cloth sims.

Wednesday, October 21st, 2015

Download DGDM's free Maya SLiB | Browser plugin

Updated: Handy add-on offers a simple way to browse shaders. New Pro edition lets you export them, too.

Wednesday, October 21st, 2015

Gnomon ships Introduction to Maya 2016

Maya expert Eric Keller's 11-hour tutorial provides a complete guide to the industry-standard 3D app.

Tuesday, August 25th, 2015

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

Luxion launches KeyShot plugins for Maya, Cinema 4D

Free add-ons let users access the renderer directly from their software or export BIP files without KeyShot.

Saturday, August 15th, 2015

Autodesk unveils 3ds Max and Maya 2016 Extension 1

Videos: see all the new features in both apps, including new games functionality and new 3D text tools.

Tuesday, August 11th, 2015