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Features
Tools for game creators
Maya LT™ 3D game development software speeds up the creative process for experienced indie game creators and is easier for new users to learn.
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Enhanced
3D modeling tools
Sophisticated 3D modeling tools help you create realistic-looking characters, props, and environments. (video: 1 min.)
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Built-in sculpting tools
Brush-based sculpting tools let artists perform high-level sculpting on their models without having to export to a different tool.
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Enhanced
Revamped UV editor
The UV toolkit offers artist-friendly tools and functionality for quicker UV creation and editing. (video: 1:02 min.)
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Shaders and materials
Create high-quality materials with intuitive tools, or work with Allegorithmic Substance materials directly in the software. (video: 1:08 min.)
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LOD tools for game model efficiency
Optimize content for mobile devices with polygon reduction, data cleanup, blind data tagging, and level-of-detail tools.
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Physically based shader materials
Use ShaderFX to create high-quality physically based shader materials within Maya LT.
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Lighting and texture baking
Simulate realistic game lighting. Use global illumination tools to bake lighting data into texture maps or vertex maps.
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Enhanced | Modeling improvements
Quad draw, multicut, bevel, and symmetry enhancements make modeling more efficient.
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3D animation tools
Animate and rig characters and objects for your game. (video: 1:02 min.)
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Rigging tools
Build a control structure for your characters with automated rigging tools. (video: 1:12 min.)
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New
Time editor
This nondestructive, clip-based nonlinear editor features an intuitive and familiar user interface for working with scene objects. (video: 1:56 min.)
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Shape editor
The shape authoring tools give you more control to create, tweak, and correct animations in a detailed way. (video: 3:16 min.)
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Geodesic voxel binding
Bind modeled geometry to skeletons faster, often with just a few clicks.
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Bake Deformer tool
Bake complex rigs, containing multiple layers of skinning and deformers, down to a single skin cluster.
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Game engine workflows
Export directly to Unity and Unreal with custom export tools. Or, use the game exporter to get your 3D content into your engine of choice. (video: 1:15 min.)
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Get Stingray
Access the Stingray engine with a Maya LT subscription. Available for Windows only. (video: 1:06 min.)
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New
MEL scripting
Simplify and customize your workflow with MEL scripting. (video: 1 min.)
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Game Exporter tool
Customize and save export settings for model and animation data to keep 3D assets consistent for use in-engine.
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Workspaces
Quickly switch between customized UI layouts or task-specific UI presets through a simple drop-down menu.
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Send to Mudbox
Export geometry to Mudbox digital painting and sculpting software to add model detail. Send texture and detail maps back to the model in Maya LT.
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Creative Market integration
Search, browse, and buy 3D content on the Creative Market directly from Maya LT.
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Enhanced | Viewport improvements
The viewport now supports displacement mapping and offers improved transparency, better shadow and shading support, and more.
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