In nuce: Autodesk has announced the release of Maya Creative – the budget version of Autodesk Maya. Maya Creative will be made available via Autodesk Flex (Autodesk’s pay-as-you-go payment option, which is aimed at users who only occasionally access a product. Digital Production explained how Autodesk Flex works on 15.09.2021).
The functional scope of Maya Creative includes the areas of animation, rigging, modelling, rendering – and interactive tutorials. Below are the listed functions from the animation area. All other functions can be accessed by interested users with the product video below. A comparison table helps to get an idea of the scope of Maya Creative versus the regular Maya version (e.g. Maya Creative does not support: Linxus operating system, support for Unreal Live Link, third-party plugins, etc.).
- Cached Playback: This allows artists to recognise changes made to their animations – without having to resort to Playblast
- Time Editor: Enables high-quality animation edits, according to Autodesk – with the help of an easy-to-use clip-based editor
- Graphic Editor: Create, view and adjust animation curves using a graphical representation of motion sequences
- Ghosting Editor: Allows you to visualise the movement and positioning of objects along a timeline
- Blue Pencil Toolset: Draw 2D sketches directly into the viewport to plan motion sequences and animation paths
Click on to find out more about Maya Creative at autodesk.com. The cute dragon in the lead image, reminiscent of Spyro The Dragon, was created by 3D artist Gabriel Richaud.
Introducing Maya Creative
