Autodesk® Maya® 2011 software features powerful new tools for helping create and repurpose character
animation: enhanced skinning capabilities and nondestructive live motion
retargeting. Its new 3D Editorial timeline helps accelerate pre-visualization and virtual
movie-making workflows, while an invigorated user interface helps improve artists’ efficiency
and creativity. Maya 2011 addresses today’s demanding production requirements
with its high-performance viewport display of large scenes, integrated color
management, scene segmentation, improved rotoscoping, and new UI toolkit. With
support for 64-bit Mac OS® X as well as Linux® and Windows® operating
systems, Maya is now more accessible than ever, offering artists an end-to-end
creative workflow at exceptional value.
Leading architects, automotive and consumer products designers, and creative
advertising professionals use the Maya toolset to help explore, validate, and
communicate their designs.
Architecture – Maya offers a robust platform
with powerful 3D modeling software toolsets that complement the building
information modeling (BIM) workflow during conceptualization.
Manufacturing – Complementing the Autodesk® Inventor®,
Autodesk® Alias®, and Autodesk® Showcase® family of products,
the Maya toolset is used by manufacturers, marketers, and their ad agencies
for work ranging from conceptual modeling to advanced animated visualizations.
Automotive – Maya is used by designers at automotive
OEMs to complement the Alias and Showcase family of products for a variety
of tasks such as 3D modeling, data preparation and cleanup, and advanced
visualization.
Consumer products manufacturing – Maya enables consumer
products manufacturers to turn digital prototypes into highly realistic advertisements – without
the need for costly physical prototypes and photography shoots.