Substance Bonus Tools for Maya 2 now available

Allegorithmic updates its free set of texturing utilities, adding new scripts and links to RenderMan and Arnold.

Wednesday, January 9th, 2013

Chris Zurbrigg ships Charcoal Editor for Maya

New plugin replaces Maya's 'aging script editor'; offers coding tools to bring joy to TDs everywhere.

Tuesday, November 13th, 2012

Autodesk introduces 90-day licences for Max and Maya

Pay $199 and use 3ds Max 2013 or Maya 2013 for three months - but only if you live in the US or Canada.

Friday, November 2nd, 2012

Get Mash: 12 free motion graphics nodes for Maya

Try Mainframe North's excellent readymade tools for creating common motion design behaviours.

Monday, October 22nd, 2012

Brillstudio releases ShaderMonger 2.0 for Maya

Free shader-management tool now offers automated download and installation from its online library.

Wednesday, October 10th, 2012

See Fabric Engine running inside Maya and Softimage

Check out a tree generator created with the next-gen tool development platform's new C++ API.

Monday, October 1st, 2012

Discover the secrets of real-time rendering in Maya

Animator Joe Daniels sets out the Viewport 2.0-based workflow he used on his Starfish Ninja short.

Sunday, September 2nd, 2012

Di-O-Matic ships Voice-O-Matic (Maya Edition) 2.0

Automated lip-sync plugin gets expanded language support, new quality presets, and new Pro edition.

Thursday, August 30th, 2012

Bjorn Klaasen releases TrackMaker for Maya

Create tracks for racing games (or anything else) with this specialised but weirdly compelling toolset.

Tuesday, August 28th, 2012

moma: render Maya scenes with modo's render engine

Jacobo Barreiro's two-way bridge between Maya and modo 601 now in open beta and free for anyone to try.

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012

Imagination unveils Caustic Visualizer for Maya

New plugin based on the PowerVR Brazil SDK provides interactive raytraced previews inside Maya.

Thursday, August 16th, 2012

Anzovin Studio demos new Maya breakdown tool

Upcoming tool creates breakdowns based on quaternions, not Euler angles, avoiding gimbal lock.

Wednesday, August 15th, 2012

Basefount Technology ships Miarmy 1.5 for Maya

Updated with neat new demo video: sub-$1,000 crowd simulator now batch renders jobs much faster.

Wednesday, August 15th, 2012