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
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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
Chaos Group ships V-Ray 3.1 for Maya
Sizeable update adds two new VR camera types, extends V-Ray RT GPU, boosts performance all round.
Friday, July 31st, 2015