Maya® 3D animation, modeling, simulation, rendering, and compositing software offers a comprehensive creative feature set on a highly extensible production platform. Maya provides high-end character and effects toolsets along with increased productivity for modeling, texturing, and shader creation tasks.
 
    Dynamics & Effects
   
							Bifrost procedural effects platform
  
  
							XGen Arbitrary Primitive Generator
  
  
							Bullet Physics
  
  
							Maya nHair
  
  
							Maya nParticles
  
  
							Maya nCloth
  
  
							Maya Fluid Effects
  
  
							Rigid and soft-body dynamics
  
  
							Maya Fur
  
      3D Modeling
   
							Streamlined retopology toolset
  
  
							Polygon modeling
  
  
							OpenSubdiv support
  
  
							UV toolset
  
  
							Polygon and subdivision mesh modeling
  
  
							Surface modeling
  
  
							UVs, normals, and color-per-vertex
  
      Pipeline Integration
   
							Scripting and API
  
  
							2D and 3D integration
  
  
							Data and scene management tools
  
  
							Scene Assembly tools for smarter data
  
  
							Advanced file path handling
  
      3D Rendering & Imaging
   
							ShaderFX
  
  
							Ptex support in mental ray
  
  
							Integrated renderers
  
  
							Painting in Maya
  
  
							Toon Shader
  
  
							Next-gen viewport display and shading (enhanced)
  
  
							Rendering, shading, and camera features
  
  
							Maya Composite
  
  
							Professional camera tracking