There are three versions of maya: maya Unlimited, maya Complete and maya Personal Learning Edition.

Maya, who won the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Prize? Software is the most powerful solution to integrate 3D modeling, animation, effects and rendering in the world. Maya also enhances the quality and expressiveness of two-dimensional images. Because of this, film and video artists, game developers, visualization professionals, web page and print designers adopt Maya in their work to meet their next generation production needs.

10 On June 4th, Autodesk Company, which produces 3D Studio Max, announced the formal acquisition of Alias, which produces Maya, for $82 million.

The introduction of Maya reduced the cost of 3D animation in one fell swoop. Before Maya was introduced, commercial 3D animation was basically monopolized by Softimage software based on SGI workstation. Maya uses Windows NT as the PC workstation of the operating system, which reduces the equipment requirements and promotes the popularization of 3D animation. Then Softimage began to move to the PC platform.

Maya is widely used in the production of film special effects. The famous prequel trilogy uses Maya to make special effects. In addition, there are a large number of film works including Spider-Man, Lord of the Rings, Jurassic Park, Finding Nemo, Harry Potter and even the initial D.