Media & Entertainment Collection Product details
Media & Entertainment Collection Product details
Explore the collection of tools for telling unforgettable stories
Retopology tools
Reduce complex and high-res assets by automatically reconstructing polygonal mesh data as clean, quad-based topology with uncompromising accuracy.
Smart Extrude
Take polygon modeling to the next level through industry-leading Smart Extrude, which enables you to interactively extrude to Add To or Take Away from the mesh to quickly create expressive content.
Mesh and surface modeling
Create parametric and organic objects with polygon, subdivision surface, and spline-based modeling features.
Art by Steffen Hampel Learn moreModifier stack workflow
Conceptualize, iterate, and explore design ideas using a range of industry-defining modifiers that are nondestructive and easy to use.
Video courtesy of Paul NealeLearn moreMotionMaker
Quickly generate human, canine, and now horse character motion with AI, then refine and personalize it.
Machine learning deformer
Approximate complex character deformation to speed up animating, blocking, or crowd scenes.
Sequencer
Easily prepare camera shots with modern shot editing, organization tools, grouping behavior, and more.
Modular rigging
Rig production-ready characters and props using a procedural and modular workflow.
Character setup
Create sophisticated motion systems for rigged characters, including deformations that deliver lifelike performances.
Art by Massimo Righi Learn moreAI Camera Tracking
Automatically generate camera tracking data from input video in Autodesk Flow Studio, seamlessly exported for use in Maya or 3ds Max.
Learn moreSimulations and effects
Create physically accurate simulations and effects like explosions and ocean surfaces with Bifrost.
Crowd simulation
Easily create multiple characters for your scene, whether it’s an epic battle, city, or stadium crowd, with Golaem, the plug-in for Maya.
Video courtesy of L’Atelier AnimationScattering and instancing
Use expressive scattering and instancing tools to create intricate, large-scale environments for world-building or set dressing.
Art by Henry YaminLearn moreReady-to-use templates
Kickstart your effects creation with a library of pre-built compounds and graphs.
Learn moreOpenPBR Surface Shader
An artist-friendly open-source shading model, OpenPBR allows you to create stunning materials that can easily be shared between different applications.
Imagers
Use Bloom, Light Mixer, Noice, and OptiX denoiser imagers to control lighting effects and automatically denoise after each render.
Learn moreUniversal Scene Description (USD) support
Maximize the power of USD with Arnold in production scenarios.
Art by Pengzhen ZhangLearn moreLightning speed
Load and edit massive data sets in a matter of seconds using USD.
Seamless import/export
Seamless import/export USD data as native Maya or 3ds Max data and export native Maya or 3ds Max data as USD data.
Lightweight previews
See quick previews of USD scene structure using the Hierarchy View window.
Open source and fully customizable
The USD plug-ins are available as open-source projects for studios to customize as needed.
Autodesk Assistant (Tech Preview)
Use natural language through an AI interface to find information and move work forward faster.
Python 3
Create scripts and write plug-ins using Python 3.
Customization
Customize how software looks and works to suit your pipeline.
Scene Assembly tools
Create large, complex worlds more easily and manage production assets as discrete elements.
Software security
Use scene security tools to protect your work against malicious scripts that could be part of scene files.
System requirements for the Autodesk Media & Entertainment Collection
Desktop products
Maya | |
Arnold | |
Golaem | |
3ds Max | |
MotionBuilder | |
Mudbox | |
ReCap Pro |
Cloud products
Autodesk Flow Studio |
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