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Features
What’s new in Maya 2018
Maya® 2018 3D animation, modeling, simulation, and rendering software helps artists work faster with enhancements to existing workflows and new tools.
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UV editor workflow, look, and feel
The UV Editor interface has been overhauled, and includes a new UV Toolkit with better tools and functionality.
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Clump modifier for interactive grooming
Generate realistic clumping effects in hair and fur for more natural-looking hair.
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After Effects live link
Create a live link between Maya and Adobe® After Effects® to make real-time changes and view scenes simultaneously.
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Additional MASH nodes
The MASH toolset gives you new nodes (curve, signal, world, placer, and more), as well as updates to existing nodes.
More features
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3D Type
Create branding, flying logos, title sequences, and other projects that require text.
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Motion Graphics toolset
Quickly create complex procedural effects and animations with instanced objects.
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Geodesic voxel binding
Produce high-quality, production-ready bound characters in less time.
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Time Editor
Make high-level animation edits with a nondestructive, clip-based, nonlinear editor.
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Shape authoring workflow
Fine-tune your characters and animation more quickly and easily.
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Enhanced | Symmetry modeling
Mirror enhancements and tool symmetry improvements make symmetrical modeling easier.
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Polygon modeling
Efficient library enables faster, more consistent Boolean operations on polygon geometry.
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Deep adaptive fluid simulation
Simulate high-level details just where you need them with the new adaptive solver for Bifrost liquids.
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Interactive hair grooming (XGen)
Intuitive brush-based grooming tools give you greater control and accuracy for styling and posing hair and fur.
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Bifrost Ocean Simulation System
Create realistic ocean surfaces with waves, ripples, and wakes.
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Enhanced look development workflow
Sculpt and shape models more artistically and intuitively.
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Color management
Efficient library enables faster, more consistent Boolean operations on polygon geometry.
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Enhanced | Next-gen Viewport display and shading
Work in a higher-fidelity, high-performance interactive environment to edit assets and images in less time.
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Arnold integrated with Maya
Use Arnold RenderView to view scene changes in real time, including lighting, materials, and camera.
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Render setup
Quickly render and manage complex scenes. Generate templates for the setup of a shot for easy reuse.
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Scripting and API
Create Maya scripts and write plug-ins in Maya Embedded Language (MEL) or Python scripting language.
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Data and scene management tools
Manage large data sets and heavy scenes with specialized tools and workflows.
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Scene Assembly tools for smarter data
Create large, complex worlds more easily, and manage production assets as discrete elements.
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