Autodesk ships Maya 2022.3

Latest version of Maya adds new options for retargeting facial animation. Bifrost, USD, Substance and Arnold plugins all updated.

Wednesday, December 8th, 2021

AMD ships Radeon ProRender 3.3 for Blender and Maya

Free GPU renderer gets better support for fog, smoke and clouds, plus Deep EXR export from Maya.

Saturday, November 20th, 2021

Chaos ships V-Ray 5 for Maya Update 2

Renderer gets new decal system, support for USD lights, access to the Chaos Cosmos asset library.

Friday, November 12th, 2021

Thinkinetic ships Pulldownit 5 for 3ds Max and Maya

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

Wednesday, October 20th, 2021

Autodesk ships Maya 2022.2

Check out the new features in the 3D modelling and animation software, including new scaling controls for the Solidify deformer.

Thursday, September 23rd, 2021

Download free Maya object scattering tool Ecotope

Check out Polygonflow's scattering tool, available with the trial of its GraphN visual programming app.

Sunday, September 19th, 2021

Master grooming CG hair with Ornatrix for Maya

Create facial hair for an animatable 3D character with The Gnomon Workshop's introductory tutorial.

Saturday, September 11th, 2021

3d-io ships Unwrella 4 for 3ds Max and Maya

Free update to the UV unwrapping tool adds neat UV packing system and Projection unwrapping mode.

Thursday, August 12th, 2021

Autodesk ships Bifrost for Maya 2.3

Maya's multiphysics plugin now lets you adjust properties interactively, and see the results in real time.

Tuesday, August 10th, 2021

Discover how to animate a creature walk cycle in Maya

New Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals the key principles of realistic quadruped walk cycles.

Saturday, August 7th, 2021

Ragdoll Dynamics adds real-time physics to your Maya rigs

Neat new plugin adds realistic dynamics to machines, muscles, cloth and hair in the Maya viewport.

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021

Autodesk ships Maya 2022.1

3D animation software gets new global search feature, tools for authoring interactive tutorials, and updates to the deformer system.

Thursday, July 29th, 2021

Master character look dev in Maya and Arnold

Discover how to light and shade a photorealistic human character with The Gnomon Workshop's tutorial.

Sunday, July 25th, 2021