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Automate tedious tasks and take control of your character animation workflows. With tools like Maya’s Machine Learning Deformer, powered by Autodesk AI, you can effortlessly:
This streamlined approach lets you focus on your creative vision while ensuring your characters move with precision and fluidity.
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Whether you're making the next edge-of-your-seat fight sequence or a sprawling interstellar world, create anything you set your mind to with robust modelling and animation tools.
Explore how Framestore creates believable character animation using Maya.
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Make Maya fit your project. With its highly customisable toolkit, Maya gives you the flexibility to tailor it to fit your unique needs.
See how Dexter Studios optimised their visual effects pipeline with Maya and OpenUSD.
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How Autodesk Maya helps Mikros Animation break the mould of storytelling in animation (video: 2:04 min)
Your creations are limited only by your imagination. Whether you’re looking for an all-in-one 3D solution or a tool that adapts seamlessly to your unique studio needs, Maya provides the flexibility and customisation you need to transform ordinary ideas into extraordinary stories.
Explore how the studio behind “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem“ defies animation conventions to craft compelling stories that resonate with audiences worldwide.
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Open standards are crucial for animation, visual effects and games pipelines. They optimise workflows, ensure data consistency and promote seamless collaboration among artists. Autodesk is committed to advancing critical standards like OpenUSD to enhance interoperability across various tools and platforms, making complex projects more manageable and effective.
Explore how Maya’s built-in support for OpenUSD enables Qvisten Animation to conquer workflow complexities and foster seamless collaboration across their team.
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– Angus Kneale, Chief Creative Officer at Preymaker
– Andrew Williams, Senior Animator at SuperGenius
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Whether you’re a recent graduate, freelancer or hobbyists, or on the cusp of your career, you can plug into the power of Maya or 3ds Max at a price you can afford with Autodesk Indie.
Stuck on a scene? Get the support you need with dedicated resources.
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In the realm of animation, we know one size doesn’t fit all.
Use Maya for a day. Or a month. Then stop. No pressure, no subscription.
Even the best need a spark of inspiration. Access a wealth of animation content on YouTube and on our blog.
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The Autodesk Media and Entertainment Collection is the simplest way to access digital creation tools for your whole workflow. One subscription gives you everything you need to model, rig, animate (US Site), create FX, light and render your projects, from first draft to final frames.
The collection includes Maya, the Golaem plug-in for Maya (US Site), 3ds Max, Flow Studio (US Site), Arnold (with the option of getting a 5-pack), MotionBuilder, Mudbox, Character Generator access, ReCap Pro and Autodesk Rendering. You can also run Bifrost for Maya on up to 15 machines, enabling you to process Bifrost-created simulations on a compute farm. Bifrost is a visual programming environment in Maya for creating complex effects.
Wonder Dynamics' powerful AI-toolset Autodesk Flow Studio (formerly Wonder Studio) empowers creators and artists to focus more on the iterative and creative aspects of storytelling. Autodesk Flow Studio is an innovative browser-based platform that leverages cutting-edge AI technology to transform the creation of visual effects and provides body and facial animation, lighting, and camera tracking data that works with your content creation tool of choice.
Golaem is a versatile crowd system that enables 3D animators and VFX artists to generate multiple humans, animals or creatures and precisely control their movements in scenes.
Flow Production Tracking (formerly ShotGrid) is an advanced production management and review tool for VFX, animation and games teams. It is equipped to handle creative production tracking needs, allowing teams – from large to smaller studios – to improve collaboration and deliver projects on time and budget.
Autodesk has a few technical support options available for all customers including:
