Maya 2027.1 adds OTIO to Sequencer
Maya 2027.1 lands with OTIO in Sequencer, LookdevX projection tools, and more Bifrost and USD housekeeping. Patch it, test it, then trust it.
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Autodesk ships Maya 2027
Maya Creative gets most of Maya 2027, while Maya 2027 adds Smart Bevel, USD tools, MotionMaker horses, and deeper Bifrost perks.
Autodesk launches Maya 2026.3 & Creative 2026.3
Maya 2026.3 packs Bifrost rigid bodies, Graph Editor channel sets, Flow connectivity, and an upgraded USD asset resolver.
Maya 2026.2: Lighter Wolves, Smarter Motion, and One Less Excuse to Skip MaterialX
Maya 2026.2 boosts MotionMaker AI, enables MaterialX in LookdevX, brings Arnold GPU Toon shading, and makes Bifrost mandatory. Check docs for full details.
Maya 2026.1’s MotionMaker: AI Walks the Walk
Maya 2026.1 introduces MotionMaker, an AI-powered tool for rapid character animation, alongside Bifrost rigging and simulation enhancements.
Autodesk Launches Bifrost for Maya 2.11
Autodesk unveils Bifrost for Maya 2.11, offering Artists enhanced tools for procedural effects, USD support, and a better integration for fluid simulations.
Autodesk releases Maya 2024
Autodesk has released Maya 2024. The updates include enhancements to the Retopology toolset, a new USD-based material autthoring and new brush-based workflows for sculpting animation curves. Also new: native Apple Silicon support, the Bifrost multiphysics plugin and the MtoA plugin for the Arnold renderer, which run on M1 and M2 processors.
New version of the physics simulation software Bitfrost released!
Autodesk updates Bitfrost - and advances the open-source integration of Bitfrost-USD.
The “Vision Series” rocks the FMX 2022!
Autodesk comes up trumps with online learning - on topics such as: "Current trends from the creative industry", "How to create a mech character in Maya", or "Modelling with 3ds Max"
Maya, 3ds Max, Bifrost and Arnold Updates
Autodesk updates Maya, 3ds Max, Bifrost and Arnold with USD, Unreal Live Link, glTF, retopology, solver and rendering improvements.
Maya BOSS Tutorial: Creating Large-Scale Ocean Simulations
Sam Biddle demonstrates how to build large bodies of water with Maya’s Bifrost Ocean Simulation System, followed by Autodesk’s four-part BOSS series.
Bifrost 2.3 Adds Real-Time Feedback and Simulation Improvements
Autodesk Bifrost 2.3 introduced real-time feedback, virtual sliders, adaptive volumes and upgrades for simulation graphs, Aero, MPM, Alembic and OpenVDB.
Autodesk Outlines VFX and Production Sessions for FMX 2021
Autodesk’s FMX 2021 programme covered next-generation VFX, Bifrost, USD, 3ds Max retopology, remote collaboration and industry education.
Maya 2020.4 Delivers Major Bifrost and Arnold 6.1 Updates
Maya 2020.4 expands Bifrost with curve support, fields and scattering, while Arnold 6.1 adds imagers and nested dielectrics.
Bifrost 2.1 Adds Point-Cloud Queries and Raycasting
Bifrost 2.1 introduced rapid point-cloud lookups, nearest-neighbour searches, raycasting and improved mesh file I/O.
Maya 2020.1 Released: Rokoko
Maya 2020.1 brings a new motion-capture asset plug-in plus Bifrost, 3D Painting and Time Slider updates.
Rigging and Animation Tools in Maya 2020
New video providing an overview of the Autodesk 2020 release: Blues Sky Studios and the Maya team discuss the new animation & rigging features.
Autodesk | Arnold 5.4 Update
After the new Maya 2019.2, Autodesk follows up with Arnold 5.4: GPU rendering, Bifrost support and more!
Autodesk with Bifrost for Maya 2019.2
Autodesk presented Maya 2019.2 and Bifrost, a new plug-in for node-based simulations!
Autodesk released Maya 2018.2
The small Maya 2018.2 update brings new rendering properties for Bifröst and improvements to the export of .fbx files to the 3D modeling and animation software.
Bonus Tools for Maya
The Maya Bonus Tools are a free collection of scripts and plug-ins that offer expanded functionality for modelling, texturing, Bifrost and more.
New Maya 2016 Features
Autodesk has released numerous videos in which the company shows the new features of Maya 2016. As expected, Bifrost in particular receives an all-round update.
Bifrost Water
Bifrost is the fluid-simulation option in Autodesk Maya 2015. Here are a few tutorials for the FLIP solver's liquid effects.
Bifrost Maya Test Videos
Artist Igor Zanic has published several Bifrost test videos. The basis of the Bifrost Procedural Effects platform is the Naiad water simulation technology.