Autodesk Maya 2019 is Here
17/01/2019
Today, Autodesk has launched Maya 2019, the latest version of its popular 3D animation, modeling, simulation and rendering software, featuring significant updates to help artists achieve their creative vision within a faster, more interactive and visually engaging working environment.
Maya 2019 addresses the key challenges artists face throughout production, providing faster animation playback to reduce the need for playblasts, higher quality 3D previews with Autodesk Arnold updates in viewport 2.0, improved pipeline integration with more flexible development environment support, and performance improvements that most Maya artists will notice in their daily work.
The more you can make the technology behave and get out of the artists' way, the more they can keep their thought process fluid. With Cached Playback, animators can iterate more, and they totally love that.
- Christopher Moore, Technical Program Manager, Blue Sky Studios
We're not looking to make it so our artists get more shots per week off their plate. Were doing this so we can set the bar even higher for the quality of art we can produce.
- Hank Driskill, CTO, Blue Sky Studios
The new features in Maya 2019 give artists a more responsive working environment so they feel more creatively engaged and can iterate faster to produce better quality. Cached Playback is going to reduce the need for playblasts by animators, and Arnold updates take the guesswork out of the equation, by making viewport previews closer to the final Arnold render.
- Chris Vienneau, sr. director, Media & Entertainment Products, Autodesk
Key new Maya 2019 features include:
-- Faster Animation: New cached playback increases animation playback speeds in viewport 2.0, giving animators a more interactive and responsive animating environment to produce better quality animations. It helps reduce the need to produce time-consuming playblasts to evaluate animation work, so animators can work faster.
-- Higher Quality Previews Closer to Final Renders: Arnold upgrades improve real-time previews in viewport 2.0, allowing artists to preview higher quality results that are closer to the final Arnold render for better creativity and less wasted time.
-- Faster Maya: New performance and stability upgrades help improve daily productivity in a range of areas that most artists will notice in their daily work.
-- Refining Animation Data: New filters within the graph editor make it easier to work with motion capture data, including the Butterworth filter and the key reducer to help refine animation curves.
-- Rigging Improvements: New updates help make the work of riggers and character TDs easier, including the ability to hide sets from the outliner to streamline scenes, improvements to the bake deformer tool and new methods for saving deformer weights to more easily script rig creation.
-- Pipeline Integration Improvements: Development environment updates make it easier for pipeline and tool developers to create, customize and integrate into production pipelines.
-- Help for Animators in Training: Sample rigged and animated characters, as well as motion capture samples, make it easier for students to learn and quickly get started animating.
Maya 2019 is available today as a standalone subscription or with a collection of end-to-end creative tools within the Autodesk Media & Entertainment Collection. For more information, visit: https://www.autodesk.com/products/maya/overview
###
More from Creative COW
18/04/2024
Vislink's DragonFly V - The Company's Smallest-Ever Transmitter Debuted at NAB 2024
Vislink's DragonFly V - The Company's Smallest-Ever Transmitter Debuted ...
18/04/2024
MediaSilo to Offer Camera to Cloud with Atomos
MediaSilo to Offer Camera to Cloud with Atomos Brie Clayton April 17, 2024 0 Comments Integration between MediaSilo and Atomos Cloud Studio unlocking ...
18/04/2024
MultiDyne Updates its SilverBULLET Series to Serve More Fiber-Optic Links
MultiDyne Updates its SilverBULLET Series to Serve More Fiber-Optic Links Brie Clayton April 17, 2024 0 Comments MultiDyne Fiber Optic Solutions intro...
18/04/2024
Cinedeck Partners with Paramount to Revolutionize Content Delivery Process
Cinedeck Partners with Paramount to Revolutionize Content Delivery Process Brie Clayton April 17, 2024 0 Comments Cinedeck, a pioneer in integrated de...
18/04/2024
Unreal for video adding rocks and foliage
Unreal for video adding rocks and foliage Graham Quince April 17, 2024 0 Comments Welcome to my series on learning Unreal Engine for After Effects u...
18/04/2024
Best Budget Beginner-Friendly 4k Drone
Best Budget Beginner-Friendly 4k Drone Sean Alami April 17, 2024 0 Comments Potensic Atom 4k 3 axis Gimbal Drone, ideal drone for beginners. Some con...
17/04/2024
New NVIDIA RTX A400 and A1000 GPUs Enhance AI-Powered Design and Productivity Workflows
New NVIDIA RTX A400 and A1000 GPUs Enhance AI-Powered Design and Productivity Wo...
17/04/2024
Frezzi Unveils SunLight 2: The Ultimate High-Output Lighting Companion for ENG and Broadcast Production
Frezzi Unveils SunLight 2: The Ultimate High-Output Lighting Companion for ENG a...
17/04/2024
Peakto Search for Lightroom - Find at a glance among thousands of photos AND videos
Peakto Search for Lightroom - Find at a glance among thousands of photos AND vid...
17/04/2024
Blackmagic Design Announces New Blackmagic URSA Cine 12K
Blackmagic Design Announces New Blackmagic URSA Cine 12K Brie Clayton April 16, 2024 0 Comments Revolutionary large format digital film camera with RG...
17/04/2024
Sony Electronics Announces a Compact Wide-Angle FE 16-25mm F2.8 G Zoom Lens
Sony Electronics Announces a Compact Wide-Angle FE 16-25mm F2.8 G Zoom Lens Brie Clayton April 16, 2024 0 Comments A constant F2.8 full-frame E-mount ...
17/04/2024
Ikegami Announces New HDK-X500 3-CMOS HD Camera, OCP-500 Operation Control Panel and Video Monitors
Ikegami Announces New HDK-X500 3-CMOS HD Camera, OCP-500 Operation Control Panel...
17/04/2024
Welcome to the Sennheiser Group's Experience Booth at NAB 2024
Welcome to the Sennheiser Group's Experience Booth at NAB 2024 Brie Clayton April 16, 2024 0 Comments Sennheiser, Neumann, Dear Reality and Mergin...
16/04/2024
Brompton Technology unveils world's most powerful 8K LED video processor, Tessera SQ200, at NAB2024
Brompton Technology unveils world's most powerful 8K LED video processor, Te...
16/04/2024
Motion Picture Connectivity Company Bit Part Debuts bitbox Remote Camera Control Radio at Annual NAB Show
Motion Picture Connectivity Company Bit Part Debuts bitbox Remote Camera Control...
16/04/2024
The Prismatic Company Debuts Strategy for New LightWeave Platform for the Creator Community at NAB 2024
The Prismatic Company Debuts Strategy for New LightWeave Platform for the Creato...
16/04/2024
Avid to Demonstrate Latest Stream of Innovation at NAB Show 2024 to Drive the Open and Collaborative Future of Media Production
Avid to Demonstrate Latest Stream of Innovation at NAB Show 2024 to Drive the Op...
15/04/2024
Adobe Previews Breakthrough AI Innovations to Advance Professional Video Workflows within Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe Previews Breakthrough AI Innovations to Advance Professional Video Workflo...
15/04/2024
Zaxcom NAB Preview - Zaxcom's ZaxConvert Software is Now More Versatile & 10x Faster
Zaxcom NAB Preview - Zaxcom's ZaxConvert Software is Now More Versatile & 10...
15/04/2024
Blackmagic Design Announces New Blackmagic PYXIS 6K
Blackmagic Design Announces New Blackmagic PYXIS 6K Brie Clayton April 15, 2024 0 Comments Advanced digital film camera in an incredibly versatile des...
15/04/2024
SmallHD's Free PageOS 6 Update Adds Powerful New Capabilities to All Current Monitors
SmallHD's Free PageOS 6 Update Adds Powerful New Capabilities to All Current...
15/04/2024
Digital Anarchy Debuts Major Update to its AI-Driven Digital Makeup and Skin Retouching Tools at NAB 2024
Digital Anarchy Debuts Major Update to its AI-Driven Digital Makeup and Skin Ret...
15/04/2024
Grass Valley Showcases Industry-Leading Innovations and Continued Growth Milestones at NAB Show 2024
Grass Valley Showcases Industry-Leading Innovations and Continued Growth Milesto...
15/04/2024
Hitachi Kokusai Demonstrates ST 2110 Studio Production Workflow
Hitachi Kokusai Demonstrates ST 2110 Studio Production Workflow Brie Clayton April 14, 2024 0 Comments To be shown at NAB Show 2024, new Interface Kit...
15/04/2024
Pebble Collaborates with NVIDIA to Bring PRIMA - Pebble's State-of-the-Art Software Platform - to NVIDIA Holoscan for Media
Pebble Collaborates with NVIDIA to Bring PRIMA - Pebble's State-of-the-Art S...
14/04/2024
Shooting the sky for AppleTV epic Masters of the Air
Shooting the sky for AppleTV epic Masters of the Air Adrian Pennington April 14, 2024 0 Comments Producers Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks required his...
14/04/2024
Legacy Effects Brings Beloved Characters To Life With EVO
Legacy Effects Brings Beloved Characters To Life With EVO Melanie Ciotti April 14, 2024 0 Comments Hero image: The Legacy Effects team brought several...
13/04/2024
Puget Systems Demos the All New Puget Mobile 17 at NAB 2024
Puget Systems Demos the All New Puget Mobile 17 at NAB 2024 Brie Clayton April 12, 2024 0 Comments Teams Up with Corridor Digital to Demonstrate Comf...
13/04/2024
Atomos Announces Ninja Phone Now your phone can be a Ninja too!
Atomos Announces Ninja Phone Now your phone can be a Ninja too! Brie Clayton April 12, 2024 0 Comments Atomos announces Ninja Phone, a whisper quiet...
13/04/2024
Immersive Design Studios Unifies Live Event Broadcast Looks with AJA ColorBox
Immersive Design Studios Unifies Live Event Broadcast Looks with AJA ColorBox Brie Clayton April 12, 2024 0 Comments Virtual production may be the toa...
13/04/2024
Mediaproxy highlights ATSC 3.0 monitoring solution at NAB Show 2024
Mediaproxy highlights ATSC 3.0 monitoring solution at NAB Show 2024 Brie Clayton April 12, 2024 0 Comments The compliance and analysis specialist will...
12/04/2024
Sony Electronics' Launches Camera Remote SDK Firmware Updates
Sony Electronics' Launches Camera Remote SDK Firmware Updates Brie Clayton April 12, 2024 0 Comments Version 1.12 Provides Remotely Managed Menu S...
12/04/2024
AJA Reveals Product Updates Ahead of NAB 2024
AJA Reveals Product Updates Ahead of NAB 2024 Brie Clayton April 11, 2024 0 Comments 4K/UltraHD down-conversion and AMF support for ColorBox, BBC HLG ...
12/04/2024
Sony Electronics highlights Networked Live, Imaging, Creators' Cloud and Virtual Production Innovations at NAB Show 2024
Sony Electronics highlights Networked Live, Imaging, Creators' Cloud and Vir...
12/04/2024
Rohde & Schwarz launches new era of efficient, sustainable, and smart broadcast transmission
Rohde & Schwarz launches new era of efficient, sustainable, and smart broadcast ...
12/04/2024
FilmLight launches Nara
FilmLight launches Nara Brie Clayton April 11, 2024 0 Comments Revolutionary new media tool provides integrated media access, streaming and indexing t...
12/04/2024
Cablecast Launches Government Video Podcast Ahead of NAB 2024
Cablecast Launches Government Video Podcast Ahead of NAB 2024 Brie Clayton April 11, 2024 0 Comments New Series for Local and Municipal Video Communit...
11/04/2024
Melrose Podcasts Uplevels Podcast Production with ATEM Mini Pro ISO
Melrose Podcasts Uplevels Podcast Production with ATEM Mini Pro ISO Brie Clayton April 11, 2024 0 Comments Blackmagic Design today announced that podc...
11/04/2024
AJA Debuts ColorBox Updates Ahead of NAB 2024
AJA Debuts ColorBox Updates Ahead of NAB 2024 Brie Clayton April 10, 2024 0 Comments v2.1 software advances color management workflows with expanded c...
11/04/2024
Sony Electronics Announces a 4K 60p Pan-Tilt-Zoom Camera with AI-based Auto Framing
Sony Electronics Announces a 4K 60p Pan-Tilt-Zoom Camera with AI-based Auto Fram...
11/04/2024
Maxon One Spring 2024 Release Packs Particle Power, Toon Shading, and More
Maxon One Spring 2024 Release Packs Particle Power, Toon Shading, and More Brie Clayton April 10, 2024 0 Comments Create intricate particle effects in...
10/04/2024
Canon U.S.A. Redefines Imaging Excellence at NAB 2024
Canon U.S.A. Redefines Imaging Excellence at NAB 2024 Brie Clayton April 9, 2024 0 Comments Inspiring NAB 2024's attendees to explore the possibi...
10/04/2024
Adobe Introduces Next Generation of Frame.io To Accelerate Content Workflow and Collaboration for Every Creative Project
Adobe Introduces Next Generation of Frame.io To Accelerate Content Workflow and ...
10/04/2024
Create Cinematic Movie Titles in Under 5 Minutes in After Effects
Create Cinematic Movie Titles in Under 5 Minutes in After Effects Levi Borland April 9, 2024 0 Comments Welcome to our latest tutorial where we dive i...
10/04/2024
Sohonet to Show Latest Innovations in Media Collaboration at NAB 2024
Sohonet to Show Latest Innovations in Media Collaboration at NAB 2024 Brie Clayton April 9, 2024 0 Comments Sohonet, the global experts in media colla...
10/04/2024
Chyron's 2024 NAB Show Booth to Spotlight Innovative News Graphics Solutions and Workflows
Chyron's 2024 NAB Show Booth to Spotlight Innovative News Graphics Solutions...
09/04/2024
Broadcasting Breakthroughs: NVIDIA Holoscan for Media, Available Now, Transforms Live Media With Easy AI Integration
Broadcasting Breakthroughs: NVIDIA Holoscan for Media, Available Now, Transforms...
09/04/2024
Cine Gear Announces June Expo to be held at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California
Cine Gear Announces June Expo to be held at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, Cal...
09/04/2024
New augmented reality solution from Vizrt set to revolutionize hybrid video communications
New augmented reality solution from Vizrt set to revolutionize hybrid video comm...
09/04/2024
Fujifilm to Debut New Products for Broadcast, Cinema, and Digital Content Creators at NAB 2024
Fujifilm to Debut New Products for Broadcast, Cinema, and Digital Content Creato...