Maya 3DBy Andrew Cohen

What Is Maya?

• Maya is a program designed for creating animation projects in 3D. Designed by Autodesk, Maya is one of the leading programs for 3D animation.

New Features of Maya Unlimited

• Maya Fluid Effects • Maya nCloth • Maya nParticles • Maya Hair • Maya Fur • Maya Live

Rendering

• Multiple Rendering Options• Maya Software Renderer• Mental ray (3.7 core) for Maya - Provides new technologies on lighting effects. • Hardware Renderer • Vector Renderer - Turns 3d images into 2d

General Specifications.

• Intuitive User Interface, Date and scene, management tools, Polygon Modeling, Nurbs Modeling, Subdivision Surface Modeling , General Animation, Character Animation, Muscle and skin deformers, Rigid and Soft Body Dynamics, Particles and Fields, Maya Paint Effects, Toon Shader, 3d Paint, Multiple Rendering Options, Rendering Controls and Effects, Integrated Scripting, Open Maya API/SDK, Japanese localization, Connectivity and Integration, Cad Data Transfer , Plug Ins

Animation Companies. Pixar

Dreamworks

Lucas Film Animation

Compatibility with other 3D Programs.

Maya comes complete with Cad Data Transfer. Direct Connect Products for Autodesk Maya

Software Step SolidWorks®1

Pro/ENGINEER®2

IGES DWG/DXF3

It’s A Maya World After All• Resources:• http://software.intel.com/sites/billboard/img/maya-article-04.png• http://www.spraygraphic.com/storage/member_files/2221/picture/600_0f3

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• www.autodesk.com• http://www.lucasfilm.com/films/