Maya’s animation toolset has been enhanced, with the addition of editable motion trails providing a rapid way to create and preview animation directly in the viewport. “The high-fidelity viewport, enhancements to Nucleus and the overall performance improvements have made Maya 2012 more flexible, powerful and modern,” said Peter Shipkov, technical director at Digital Domain. The Nucleus simulation framework benefits from improved threading for cloth and particles and faster self-collisions. However, unlike Max, Maya 2012 also integrates Pixelux Entertainment’s Digital Molecular Matter technology, used on games like Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and movies like Avatar.Įxisting simulation systems will also receive an update, with Maya Fluids being extended with tools to create splashing and pouring liquids, in addition to ocean surfaces.

As with 3ds Max 2012, the new release will integrate Nvidia’s PhysX engine for setting up dynamic rigid body simulations directly in the viewport (although initially only in the Windows edition of the software). Preview: Node-based render pass management

Note: this is a general technology preview, not specifically Maya 2012. Preview: Viewport DoF and multisample antialiasing in action The software will also feature a new node-based system for setting up and editing multi-pass renders via the mental ray engine. Maya 2012, which is scheduled to ship next month, will extend Maya 2011’s Viewport 2.0 display to support interactive depth of field, multisample antialiasing and ambient occlusion. Maya 2012's updated Viewport 2.0 display supports depth of field and multisample antialiasing.Īutodesk has revealed that the next release of Maya will feature major updates to the viewport display, simulation framework and animation tools.

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