Animation didn't get a flashy new tool, but it received a that professionals have begged for since Maya 2016.
New, intuitive tools were added to help artists identify and fix gimbal lock issues, including automated rotation order adjustments.
: The Time Slider and its associated tools have been modernized. It offers a much clearer visualization of waveforms, keyframes, and bookmarks, while introducing highly intuitive scale and move interaction modes directly on the timeline.
Note: Lookdev X is still a technology preview in Maya 2024, meaning it’s stable for testing and light production but may lack some legacy features. Autodesk encourages users to provide feedback to shape its final release. maya 2024
: LookdevX empowers artists to create complex MaterialX and USD shading graphs directly within Maya, ensuring seamless data transfer across different platforms and pipelines.
Enhanced tools for creating and managing complex shaders, allowing artists to create highly realistic materials faster.
Maya's industry-standard animation interface gets its most user-centric update in years. Animation didn't get a flashy new tool, but
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The procedural simulation environment inside Maya sees critical updates tailored to environmental artists.
Under the hood, the solver (responsible for nCloth, nParticles, and Bifrost) received a significant multithreading update. It offers a much clearer visualization of waveforms,
See how these new animation and curve tools streamline your character workflow: Maya 2024 Released! Cool New Tools! YouTube• Mar 30, 2023 Deep Rigging Overhauls and Rigging Math Nodes
: New matrix nodes allow riggers to bypass traditional joint hierarchies, drastically reducing the dependency on hidden transform nodes and increasing scene evaluation speeds.
We ran Maya 2024 against Maya 2023 on an Intel i9-13900K / RTX 4090 / 64GB RAM setup.