Maya® 3D animation, modeling, simulation, rendering, and compositing software offers a comprehensive creative feature set on a highly extensible production platform. Maya provides high-end character and effects toolsets along with increased productivity for modeling, texturing, and shader creation tasks.
Dynamics & Effects
Bifrost procedural effects platform
XGen Arbitrary Primitive Generator
Bullet Physics
Maya nHair
Maya nParticles
Maya nCloth
Maya Fluid Effects
Rigid and soft-body dynamics
Maya Fur
3D Modeling
Streamlined retopology toolset
Polygon modeling
OpenSubdiv support
UV toolset
Polygon and subdivision mesh modeling
Surface modeling
UVs, normals, and color-per-vertex
Pipeline Integration
Scripting and API
2D and 3D integration
Data and scene management tools
Scene Assembly tools for smarter data
Advanced file path handling
3D Rendering & Imaging
ShaderFX
Ptex support in mental ray
Integrated renderers
Painting in Maya
Toon Shader
Next-gen viewport display and shading (enhanced)
Rendering, shading, and camera features
Maya Composite
Professional camera tracking
