Tools for game creators

Maya LT^TM 3D game development software includes intuitive animation, rigging, modeling, and lighting features for indie game creators to work faster and without creative limits.

3D modeling, UVs, and textures

3D modeling tools

Sophisticated 3D modeling tools help you create realistic-looking characters, props, and environments. (video: 1 min.)

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Revamped UV editor

The UV toolkit offers artist-friendly tools and functionality for quicker UV creation and editing. (video: 1:02 min.)

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Shaders and materials

Create high-quality materials with intuitive tools, or work with Allegorithmic Substance materials in Maya LT. (video: 1:09 min.)

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Built-in sculpting tools

Brush-based sculpting tools let artists perform high-level sculpting on their models without having to export to a different tool.

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LOD tools for game model efficiency

Optimize content for mobile devices with polygon reduction, data cleanup, blind data tagging, and level-of-detail tools.

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Physically based shader materials

Use ShaderFX to create high-quality physically based shader materials within Maya LT.

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Lighting and texture baking

Simulate realistic game lighting. Use global illumination tools to bake lighting data into texture or vertex maps.

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Modeling improvements

Quad draw, multi-cut, bevel, and symmetry enhancements make modeling more efficient.

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3D animation and rigging

3D animation tools

Animate and rig characters and objects for your game. (video: 1:02 min.)

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Rigging tools

Build a control structure for your characters with automated rigging tools. (video: 1:12 min.)

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Shape editor

The shape authoring tools give you more control to create, tweak, and correct animations in a detailed way. (video: 3:16 min.)

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Time editor

This nondestructive, clip-based nonlinear editor features an intuitive and familiar user interface for working with scene objects.

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Graph editor

Edit animation keys using a powerful, intuitive editor.

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HumanIK-based Quick Rig tool

Automatically generate and place HumanIK rigs.

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Geodesic voxel binding

Bind modeled geometry to skeletons faster, often with just a few clicks.

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Bake Deformer tool

Bake complex rigs containing multiple layers of skinning and deformers, down to a single skin cluster.

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Indie game workflows

Game Exporter tool

Customize and save export settings for model and animation data to keep 3D assets consistent for use in-engine. (video: 1:15 min.)

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Send to Mudbox

Export geometry to Mudbox digital painting and sculpting software to add model detail. Send texture and detail maps back to the model in Maya LT. (video: 1:12 min.)

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MEL scripting

Simplify and customize your workflow with MEL scripting. (video: 1 min.)

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Send to Unity or Unreal

Maya LT includes direct export options for Unity and Unreal Engine.

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Workspaces

Quickly switch between customized UI layouts or task-specific UI presets through a simple drop-down menu.

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Creative Market integration

Search, browse, and buy 3D content on the Creative Market directly from Maya LT.

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Viewport improvements

The viewport supports displacement mapping and offers improved transparency, better shadow and shading support, and more.

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Features

Tools for game creators

3D modeling, UVs, and textures

3D modeling tools

Revamped UV editor

Shaders and materials

Built-in sculpting tools

LOD tools for game model efficiency

Physically based shader materials

Lighting and texture baking

Modeling improvements

3D animation and rigging

3D animation tools

Rigging tools

Shape editor

Time editor

Graph editor

HumanIK-based Quick Rig tool

Geodesic voxel binding

Bake Deformer tool

Indie game workflows

Game Exporter tool

Send to Mudbox

MEL scripting

Send to Unity or Unreal

Workspaces

Creative Market integration

Viewport improvements

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Features

Tools for game creators

3D modeling, UVs, and textures

3D modeling tools

Revamped UV editor

Shaders and materials

Built-in sculpting tools

LOD tools for game model efficiency

Physically based shader materials

Lighting and texture baking

Modeling improvements

3D animation and rigging

3D animation tools

Rigging tools

Shape editor

Time editor

Graph editor

HumanIK-based Quick Rig tool

Geodesic voxel binding

Bake Deformer tool

Indie game workflows

Game Exporter tool

Send to Mudbox

MEL scripting

Send to Unity or Unreal

Workspaces

Creative Market integration

Viewport improvements