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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 modelling tools
Sophisticated 3D modelling tools help you to 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
Optimise content for mobile devices with polygon reduction, data clean-up, 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 | Modelling improvements
Quad draw, multicut, bevel and symmetry enhancements make modelling 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 non-destructive, clip-based non-linear 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 modelled 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 customise your workflow with MEL scripting. (video: 1 min.)
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Game Exporter tool
Customise 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 customised 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 detail to the model. Texture and detail maps can be sent 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.
Get it now
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It is easy to get started. Download a free 30-day trial and try it out. Purchase options include flexible subscription terms to fit your needs.
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