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      Create expansive worlds, complex characters, and dazzling effects with Maya

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      • Characters from the game Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths

        From the Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths game by Axis Studios

      • Space traveler modeled in Maya looking at a colorful plant with a spaceship in the background on a dark planet

        Space traveler modeled by Amaru Zeas

      • Closeup of a flamingo head modeled in Maya

        Flamingo by Veda Prashanth

      • Small child sitting by pond staring dreamily up at a night sky

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      • Bring believable characters to life with engaging animation tools.
      • Shape 3D objects and scenes with intuitive modeling tools in Maya® software.
      • Create realistic effects—from explosions to cloth simulation.

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      Create incredibly detailed simulations with Bifrost for Maya

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      Bifrost makes it possible to create physically accurate simulations in a single visual programming environment.

       

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      Rendering with Arnold in Maya

      • Switch seamlessly between CPU and GPU rendering.
      • Arnold is built to manage complex characters, scenery, and lighting challenges.
      • Arnold is integrated with Maya, so you can see high-quality previews and iterate changes quickly.
      • Save time with Arnold’s artist-friendly UI and simple, intuitive controls.

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      • Rendering of sea creature in the film The Beauty

        Maya + Arnold

        The team behind award-winning short film The Beauty share how they used Maya and Arnold to create an underwater dystopia.

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      • Diagram of the remote virtual animation studio for Mkali’s Mission

        Maya + 3ds Max + Arnold + MotionBuilder + Mudbox

        See how the tools in the Media & Entertainment Collection are being used for the animated short Mkali’s Mission.

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      • Photorealistic Somali ostrich, modeled in Maya

        Making a photorealistic 3D ostrich

        Artist Yuriy Dulich details his Maya workflow for creating a photorealistic Somali ostrich.

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      • Scene from The Last of Us Part II with two characters kissing

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        Rigging & deformation: Last of Us

        Wassim Khan, technical director at Naughty Dog, walks through the rigging and deformation process for characters in The Last of Us Part II.

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      • Rendering of a creature in the trailer for Magic: The Gathering

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        Pulling off the latest Magic: The Gathering trailer

        Axis Studios talks about the challenges they faced in bringing the game’s behemoths to life, and how they overcame them with the help of Maya.

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      • Pearl Harbor battle scene with Japanese airplanes dive-bombing hangars and explosions littering the sky

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        Bringing the Pacific Theater to life

        VFX experts go over how a major transition in their rendering software, from V-Ray to Arnold, affected their work on the World War II movie Midway.

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