Autodesk Maya
Autodesk Maya 2012: 3D animation, visual effects and compositing software

Autodesk® Maya® 3D animation software delivers an end-to-end creative workflow with comprehensive tools for animation, modelling, simulation, visual effects, rendering, matchmoving and compositing on a highly extensible production platform. Whether you work in film, games, television, advertising, publishing or graphic design, Maya offers state-of-the-art toolsets, combined into a single affordable offering designed to help meet today’s demanding production requirements. Autodesk® Maya® 2012 delivers new toolsets for previsualisation and game prototyping, extended simulation capabilities and improved pipeline integration.

  • Viewport 2.0 enhancements– Evaluate your work in a higher fidelity environment with full-screen effects in the high-performance viewport.
  • Node-based render passes– Create and edit node-based representations of render passes directly within Maya, to verify and refine your work.
  • New editable motion trails– Edit animation directly in the viewport without the need to switch context to the graph editor.
  • Sequencer enhancements– Re-order clips, edit In and Out points and change camera assignments in the new Sequencer Playlist.
  • Substance procedural textures– Achieve a vast range of look variations with a new library of 80 Substance procedural textures.
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