Autodesk adds MEL scripting, OBJ export to Maya LT

Latest extension suddenly makes the 'lite' version of Maya for games artists a much more powerful proposition.

Thursday, December 5th, 2013

Free tool of the day: Michał Gamrat's mgNodes for Maya

Control deformations and particles with this CUDA-based tool to scatter and manipulate points on a mesh.

Monday, December 2nd, 2013

Brillstudio releases StockCG 1.5 for Maya

Updated: Browse stock content directly inside Maya via former MPC TD's new cloud-based marketplace.

Friday, November 29th, 2013

Watch Jeremy Birn's Lighting & Rendering in Maya for free

Watch the Pixar TD's entire 2008 training DVD on his website, along with downloadable project files.

Friday, November 22nd, 2013

Side Effects launches Houdini Engine plugins for Maya, Unity

Free experimental versions of the plugins let other apps import Houdini Digital Assets in editable form.

Wednesday, November 20th, 2013

nEyeMaker for Maya creates ultra-customisable eyeballs

Lighting artist Luca Fiorentini's free, fully procedural eye features appearance controls galore. Neat.

Monday, October 28th, 2013

Autodesk lifts geometry export cap from Maya LT

If you're exporting to Unity, at least. For FBX files, the new Extension release ups the limit to 65,000 polys.

Thursday, October 24th, 2013

Animation Mentor releases free Maya character rig

Teach yourself the fundamentals of character work with the animation school's toon-style Stewart rig.

Wednesday, October 16th, 2013

Tutorial: Octane Render for Maya with Christophe Desse

Updated with new video: Watch the Naughty Dog artist's guide to using Otoy's GPU-accelerated engine.

Tuesday, September 17th, 2013

Autodesk launches pay-as-you-go pricing for Max, Maya

Cost of rental may appeal more to studios than freelancers, but user feedback has been broadly positive.

Tuesday, September 10th, 2013

Gnomon Workshop releases Introduction to Maya 2014

Eric Keller's latest tutorial provides a complete eight-hour video guide to Maya's key toolsets.

Monday, September 9th, 2013

Autodesk releases Maya LT for just $795

But new release is firmly aimed at indie game devs, not general users. Check out what's included in it here.

Wednesday, August 28th, 2013

The Leap Motion: control Maya by waving at your screen

Early users say both the Kinect-like controller and its Maya app are potentially powerful, if still frustrating.

Wednesday, August 14th, 2013