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Arnold for Maya

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Monday, June 26th, 2023

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

Wednesday, December 8th, 2021

Update adds new clip-based Time Editor, more XGen and Bifrost simulation options. Arnold now installed by default, not mental ray.

Monday, July 25th, 2016

New online tool lets you paint textures directly onto 3D models, or create new PBR materials by remixing a library of CC0 assets.

Friday, July 3rd, 2026

Major update to the soft tissue simulation add-on for Maya and Houdini adds new machine learning toolset. See all the new features.

Thursday, July 2nd, 2026

Check out the new features in the 3D texture painting software, including new nodes for hex tiling, color grading and A/B comparisons.

Thursday, July 2nd, 2026

Check out the changes to the compositing software, including relighting Gaussian splats and Hydra 2.0 support in the 3D viewer.

Thursday, July 2nd, 2026

Check out the new features in the Unreal Engine 5 world building tool - like the option to stack objects vertically when laying out scenes.

Tuesday, June 30th, 2026

Check out the new features in the material authoring and 3D capture software, including OpenPBR support and new material templates.

Monday, June 29th, 2026