At SIGGRAPH 2009, Autodesk Inc. announced Autodesk Maya 2010. The software unifies the Autodesk Maya Complete 2009 and Autodesk Maya Unlimited 2009 feature sets with matchmoving, compositing, and rendering capabilities into a single offering, says a company representative. Maya 2010 is available on Windows, Linux, and Mac operating systems.
Maya 2010 has all the features of Maya Unlimited 2009 and Maya Complete 2009, including advanced simulation tools: the Maya Nucleus Unified Simulation Framework, Maya nCloth, Maya nParticles, Maya Fluid Effects, Maya Hair, and Maya Fur; as well as its comprehensive modeling, texturing, and animation tools, brush-based 3D technology, an integrated stereoscopic workflow, Toon Shading, rendering, an extensive Maya application programming interface/software development kit, and Python and MEL scripting capabilities.
New features in Maya 2010 include Maya Composite, a high-dynamic compositing system based on Autodesk Toxik software, which is no longer available as a standalone solution; Autodesk MatchMover advanced 3D
tracking and matchmoving system; five mental ray Batch render nodes; and the Autodesk Backburner network render queue manager.
Autodesk also announced the Maya 2010 Real-Time Animation Suite with Autodesk MotionBuilder 2010, as well as the Maya 2010 Entertainment Creation Suite with MotionBuilder 2010 and Autodesk Mudbox 2010. Used together, these products are designed to help artists maximize creativity and optimize productivity.
Autodesk anticipates that Maya 2010 will be available in August 2009. Maya 2010 will also ship as part of the Autodesk's new Digital Entertainment Creation suites. The Autodesk suggested retail price (SRP) of a license of Maya 2010 will be $3495 in the U.S. Upgrades to Maya 2010 from Maya Complete and Maya Unlimited 2009 will be $895 in the U.S. All Maya Complete and Maya Unlimited customers with current Autodesk Subscription will be entitled to the Maya 2010 release. The Autodesk suggested retail price (SRP) for the Entertainment Creation Suite will be $4995. The Autodesk SRP for the Real-time Animation Suite will be $4795.
Autodesk Subscription is available for purchase with the product license purchase or upgrade. The Autodesk suggested retail price for Autodesk Subscription is $595 per year for Maya. Subscription customers have access to up-to-date software, learning resources and an extensive online technical knowledge base.
International pricing and savings may vary.