On the occasion of the
SIGGRAPH 2008 Autodesk announced that to celebrate the 10 years of their software
Autodesk Maya, a new version will make its arrival from October.
Well, after AutoCAD LT 2009, Autodesk Mudbox 2009 and Autodesk 3ds Max 2009, it was the turn of
Autodesk Maya to have the number 2009 !
Recall that
Autodesk Maya is a program of
3D creation, 3D animation, special effects and rendering , running under Linux, MAC OS X and Windows. It is often used in the world of the film industry and it is the source of character such as Stuart Little, Shrek, Gollum... but also
this animation .
For more information, click
here.
On the menu of the new features of this version 2009 :
- improvements to the modeling, animation, rendering and effects which will allow a better management of complex scenes and optimize workflow
- improvements of the rendering in terms of speed, but also the rendering of movements of muscles and of the skin of the characters
- many updates of tools
- the addition of a new module
Maya NParticules for the creation of complex effects
-the possibility of using the software with a 64-bit architecture under Linux and Windows operating system (but not under Mac OSX, more information on
this page)
- Etc.
To discover all the new features of Autodesk Maya 2009, follow
this way or
this one.
And if you want to know the evolution of Autodesk Maya, I invite you to go
here.