Autodesk Maya 2011 2011

Autodesk® Maya® software offers artists an end-to-end creative workflow with comprehensive tools for 3D animation, modeling, simulation, visual effects, rendering, matchmoving, and compositing on a highly extensible production platform. All these capabilities are combined into a single application offering CG artists an exceptional value. Newly available for the Mac OS® X 64-bit operating system, Maya 2011 delivers a revitalized user interface, enhanced viewport interaction, new 3D editorial capabilities, integrated color management, and improved character animation.
Modernize your pipeline and compete more effectively  with Autodesk®  Maya® 2011 modeling, animation,  visual effects, rendering, and compositing software.  Whether you work in film, games, television, or web  and multimedia production, Maya 2011 offers state-  of-the-art toolsets, in an end-to-end solution designed  to meet today’s demanding production requirements. Create Better Animation in Less Time Maya 2011 enables you to create more content, faster,  especially when it comes to believable character  animation. An extensive array of new skinning tools  and workflows help you rig characters more easily  and apply deformations that behave more naturally  when animating joints; new retargeting tools make  repurposing existing animation data easier and more  practical; and enhancements to the Graph Editor helps  make it easier to view, select, and edit animation curves  and keyframes, accelerating everyday animation tasks.  Moreover, new support for timeline scrubbing with  simultaneous playback of multiple audio tracks helps  make it easier to synchronize your animation against  a soundtrack.   Add Production Capability and Increase Efficiency With shrinking budgets and tighter deadlines, you  need to squeeze every drop of efficiency from your  production pipeline. Maya 2011 has been designed  to help you do just that. Powerful, new 3D editorial  capabilities help synchronize pre-visualization and  animation blocking and layout with the editorial process.  You can import timelines from popular nonlinear  editing applications—complete with movie files, audio,  and time code information—and use them to guide  animation timing and flow. Other production efficiencies    in Maya 2011 include scene segmentation for faster,  parallel workflows; improved file referencing and asset  management; integrated color management for more  accurate viewing and greater color fidelity; enhanced  compositing with new rotoscoping capabilities; and 3D  model and animation export to popular game engines  (Epic Unreal®  Engine, Unity and Microsoft®  XNA®  tools)  with Autodesk®  FBX® 2011 data exchange technology.   Work with Ease and Speed The new Maya 2011 user interface (UI) not only looks  great, but also helps reduce eye strain, improve  workflow, and increase productivity. Completely  updated using the Nokia™ Qt UI framework, Maya  2011 delivers an enhanced, consistent user experience  across all supported platforms that benefits both  artists and technical users—with more flexible editors,  a new color chooser and file browser, and an updated  script editor and easier creation of custom UI elements.  With a much-requested 64-bit executable for the Mac  OS®  X (Snow Leopard) operating system joining the  lineup, the choice of whether to run Maya on the  Windows® , Linux® , or Mac OS X operating system is  down to your personal preference