Mahmood Hasanzadeh ships Ivy Generator 2 for Maya

Generate 3D ivy over surfaces in your scenes with this handy procedural add-on. Version 1 is available for free.

Monday, August 21st, 2023

Autodesk announces new generative AI tools in Maya

New AI services will let artists generate materials, textures or HDRIs inside Maya's LookdevX.

Wednesday, August 9th, 2023

Thinkinetic ships Pulldownit 5.5 for 3ds Max and Maya

3ds Max edition now available: check out the new features in the shattering and dynamics plugin.

Wednesday, July 26th, 2023

J Cube releases Multiverse | USD 8.2 for Maya

New features in the USD-native layout and look dev app include shader network transfer to Katana.

Monday, July 24th, 2023

Autodesk ships Maya 2024.1 and Maya Creative 2024.1

3D animation apps get new Hydra for Maya render delegate, plus updates to the LookdevX toolset.

Wednesday, May 17th, 2023

Autodesk ships Bifrost for Maya 2.7.1

Maya multiphysics plugin gets better voxel smoothing, volume rendering, Component Tag support.

Monday, May 15th, 2023

Zoo Tools Pro's latest tool puts ChatGPT inside Maya

Handy add-on Zoo Chat GPT lets you use the AI chatbot to control Maya with simple text commands.

Wednesday, April 12th, 2023

Tutorial: Introduction to Maya for Animators

Get started in characxter animation with The Gnomon Workshop's beginner-friendly introduction.

Monday, April 10th, 2023

Sneak peek: Chaos Scatter in V-Ray for Maya

Chaos's versatile object scattering tool is coming to the Maya edition of the renderer. See a demo here.

Thursday, April 6th, 2023

Autodesk unveils Maya Assist

New AI-powered system for controlling Maya by entering natural-language text prompts launches in beta later this month.

Saturday, April 1st, 2023

Ephere releases Ornatrix Maya v4

Maya hair plugin's Graft Grooms system makes it possible to create entire hair grooms in a few clicks.

Friday, March 31st, 2023

Autodesk releases Maya 2024

Wide-ranging update to the 3D animation tool adds new LookdevX toolset, gel simulation in Bifrost, and native Apple Silicon support.

Wednesday, March 29th, 2023

Baguette: a powerful free nodal rigging system for Maya

Get Nims Bun's ultra-flexible rigging framework, used in production at Pixomondo, and now available free.

Tuesday, March 7th, 2023