Alias|Wavefront's Academy Award® winning Maya® 3D animation and effects software is at the forefront of technological innovation. Its development has been inspired by the film and video artists, computer game developers and design professionals who use it daily to create engaging digital imagery, animation and visual effects.

Here's what Maya 5 software delivers to you:

Increased productivity
Make your production workflow more efficient with many fine-tuned features in areas such as character animation, dynamics and polygonal modeling. Improved online tutorials and user documentation will help new users get up and running faster than ever.

Unique image creation possibilities
Create the right finished look for any type of professional graphics project with new, or enhanced, rendering options available in a unified, consistent workflow: Maya software, Maya hardware, vector rendering, and the latest version of mental ray®

More creative resources
Expand your creative potential with new features and functionality throughout Maya 5. Enhancements to Maya software's unique, brush-based toolsets bring an intuitive, artist-friendly approach to organic modeling and animation. New data export formats include Flash™ and Adobe® Illustrator®. Maya Unlimited™ artists can now create never-before-seen atmospheric effects through extensions to Maya Fluid Effects™.

New and enhanced import/export options
Enhanced and new file formats let you transfer data between Maya and other applications. Newly supported file formats include: Flash™, DWG, Adobe® Illustrator®, Encapsulated PostScript and Scalable Vector Graphics. Enhanced support has been added for DXF,IGES, OpenFlight™, StudioTools™ and OBJ.

Even greater extensibility
Access more of Maya software's features and toolsets in the Maya API such as high level polygon operations and complete access to the rendering framework -- including the ability to integrate a new renderer.

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