Key features of Maya Creative

Cached Playback stores your animations in memory so you can quickly see change without needing to playblast.

Easily navigate between clip-level views and key-level details with an intuitive, clip-based, non-linear editor. The Time Editor defines the timing operations of animation, allowing you to experiment with combinations and variations of elements in your scene.

Create, view, and edit animation curves with a graphical representation of scene animation.

Visualize movement and position of animated objects over time with images that echo your animations.

Create believable character performances with complex skeletons, IK handles, and deformers.

Create 2D drawings and annotations in the viewport with Blue Pencil drawing tools.

Bind modeled surfaces to a skeleton in just a few clicks.

Seamlessly transfer animation between skeletons with the same or different skeletal structures.

Quickly create and edit UV topology with intuitive tools and functionality.

Make high-level edits to your models with artist-friendly tools.

Use geometric primitives and drawn curves to create detailed 3D models.

Build unique 3D models using geometry based on vertices, edges, and faces.

Work with accuracy and speed with a high-fidelity representation of your model.

See changes to your lighting, materials, and cameras in real time with the Arnold Render View.

Model materials like frosted glass, plastic, or car paint with an easy-to-use surface shader.

Deliver beautiful renders by creating, editing, and connecting rendering nodes, such as textures, materials, lights, rendering utilities, and special effects.

Import USD data as native Maya data and export native Maya data as USD data.

See quick previews of USD scene structure using the Hierarchy View window.

Work directly with USD data in common editors, such as the Outliner, Attribute Editor, and Channel Box.

See USD natively alongside data in the viewport.

Create beautiful motion graphics with MASH’s procedural node network.

Design eye-catching branding, logos, title sequences, and more with polygon text.