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

Tutorial: Animating Body Mechanics in Maya

Learn character animation from DreamWorks' Kelly Vawter with The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.

Sunday, February 5th, 2023

Insydium's NeXus coming to Blender, Maya and 3ds Max

GPU-based Cinema 4D particle, liquid and granular fluid simulation tool due in new host apps in 2023.

Tuesday, December 13th, 2022

Autodesk releases Maya 2023.3

3D animation tool to get workflow improvements to Proximity Wrap, the Graph Editor and Time Editor.

Wednesday, December 7th, 2022