Autodesk Maya: Create expansive worlds, complex characters, and dazzling effects
3D animation and visual effects software

What is Autodesk Maya?
Autodesk Maya is professional 3D software for creating realistic characters and blockbuster-worthy effects.

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

Why use Maya?

Tell unforgettable stories
Model and animate compelling characters and worlds that keep audiences engaged and clients coming back.

Automate tedious tasks
Harness AI-powered tools to speed up production and free up time to focus on the work you love.

Improve collaboration
Easily share assets across tools, teams, and studios with integrated open standards.

What you can do with Autodesk Maya

Breathe life into 3D models with powerful animation tools
Whether you’re animating lifelike digi doubles or lovable cartoon characters, Maya has the animation toolset to bring your 3D assets to life.

How does Maya simplify animation with AI?
Avoid tedious tasks and take control of your animations. With tools like Maya’s Machine Learning Deformer, powered by Autodesk AI, you can effortlessly:

- Approximate complex character deformations
- Speed up animation
- Block scenes efficiently
- Manage crowd scenes

Stay on track and stress-free with these powerful tools designed to make your animation projects smoother and more enjoyable.

Animation tools: Fly through animation work
Adopt a toolset that frees you to do the work that matters most with keyframe, nonlinear, and motion capture animation. Easily track and adjust complex character timing with Maya’s redesigned Dope Sheet and visualize how a character moves 100 times faster with Motion Trails.

VFX tools: Create detailed effects that pop
From vibrant explosions to lush forests and frigid snowstorms, Bifrost lets you create natural-looking effects with ease. In Maya’s Bifrost Graph, you can handle simulations, scattering, and instancing, plus work with OpenUSD scenes for better collaboration. Plus, access pre-built graphs to jump start your effects.

Rigging tools: Make posable characters
Create great characters from the start with fast, intuitive rigging tools for building and posing skeletons, plus easy skinning. Take advantage of Bifrost for Maya’s modular and procedural framework to create standardized rig modules, using built-in options or custom designs.