Autodesk has released updates for Maya and Maya LT. This update to Maya, the 3d modelling and animation software, extends the MASH motion graphics toolset and GPU-accelerates the Wire deformer. Maya LT, the lighter version of Maya designed for indie game artists, gets new auto frame options in the Graph Editor and minor changes to UV workflow.
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WHAT'S NEW IN MAYA LT 2018.3?
Graph Editor Auto Frame
Two new options, Auto frame both axes in the Graph Editor section of the Animation (Settings) Preferences and Auto Frame Time in the Graph Editor View menu let you set the Graph Editor to automatically center the Graph View in both the x (value) and y (time) axes. Otherwise, the Graph Editor Graph View is framed only in the x-axis.
Papers 3 4 5 download free. These options are only available if the Auto frame option is active.
UV Editor changes
A few small changes have been made to the UV Editor to streamline workflows. These include:
- The Unpack option in the Unfold UVs Options has been renamed Layout UVs to more accurately reflect what it does.
- The Shell Pre-Scaling method in the Layout UVs Options now defaults to Preserve 3D Ratios. This will result in UV shells that better maintain the relative sizes of the geometry they belong to.
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WHAT'S NEW IN MAYA 2018.3?
Graph Editor Auto Frame
Two new options, Auto frame both axes in the Graph Editor section of the Animation (Settings) Preferences and Auto Frame Time in the Graph Editor View menu let you set the Graph Editor to automatically center the Graph View in both the x (value) and y (time) axes. Otherwise, the Graph Editor Graph View is framed only in the x-axis.
These options are only available if the Auto frame option is active.
Motion Graphics
MASH node enhancements
- Instancer: A new Display Percentage attribute has been added, which can reduce the number of points drawn in the Viewport (though all of them will always be rendered).
- Offset: You can now reorder points based on the XYZ axes, by proximity to a point or mesh, or randomly. You can also turn objects off when using Closest Point on Mesh if their ray misses the mesh (useful for hiding points that fall off the mesh when using World mode).
- Placer: A new Stick to Mesh mode allows you to anchor points to a mesh when manipulating them. You can also now preview IDs and drag existing points around with the new Nudge brush.
- Repro: Performance has been enhanced when adding objects.
Smart Presets
Smart presets are one-click presets designed to display commonly used Motion Graphics effects or perform other useful actions. To use one, drag and drop a preset from the Smart Presets folder in the Content Browser onto your scene, then drag an appropriate node into the option window.
Smart presets include:
- FX:
- Explode this Mesh: Allows you to use a falloff area to break a mesh apart.
- Instant Forest: Creates a forest of trees on the selected model (either using default trees or your own customized ones)
- Motion Graphics:
- Fix Intersections: Fixes intersecting objects in a MASH network by making them collide with dynamics.
- Pile of Stuff: Creates a dynamic pile of objects.
- Type:
- Copy Type Style: Copies the settings of one Type node to another.
- Decode: Animates scrambled characters becoming your Type node.
- Drop: Animates the characters of your Type node dropping into place.
- Float Up: Animates the characters of your Type node floating up into place.
- Jump Forward: Animates the characters of your Type node hopping forward.
- Rotate in X: Animates the characters of your Type node spinning on their X axis.
- Rotate in Y: Animates the characters of your Type node spinning on their Y axis.
- Scale in: Animates the characters of your Type node growing into place.
- Slide in: Animates the characters of your Type node sliding into place horizontally.
Render Setup
- A new preference has been added that allows you to control whether lights are automatically included in each render layer by default.
- A new preference has been added that allows you to control whether new objects created while in an active render layer should be saved to an untitled collection.
- You can now customize the color of your render setup layers, collections and overrides for better visibility and organization. This color setting is included in your .json file when you export your render setup.
- A new preference has also been added that allows you to display Render Setup nodes in editors such as the Outliner and the Node Editor.
Wire Deformer
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Wire deformer GPU support
- Maya's Wire deformer is now supported by GPU as part of the project to update Maya deformers for GPU support. (See GPU-supported deformers for the complete list.) GPU support increases playback speed of dense meshes by offloading their processing to your graphics card. GPU support is available in Viewport 2.0 only. These changes have had an added benefit of improving CPU support as well.
- GPU Override is active by default in Maya. However to disable or activate it, use the GPU Override option in the Animation (Settings) preferences.
New Wire Deformer option
- A new option, Bind to Original Geometry, has been added to the Wire deformer, which lets you specify a specific mesh on which the wire deformer bases its deformation. This is useful when you want to use a wire deformer on a mesh that has already been deformed, for example, a blendShape then a wire, or multiple wires on a single mesh.
UV Editor changes
A few small changes have been made to the UV Editor to streamline workflows. These include:
- The Unpack option in the Unfold UVs Options has been renamed Layout UVs to more accurately reflect what it does.
- The Shell Pre-Scaling method in the Layout UVs Options now defaults to Preserve 3D Ratios. This will result in UV shells that better maintain the relative sizes of the geometry they belong to.
NOTE
This update requires a full install, on all operating systems. Uninstall your existing Maya or Maya LT 2018 software before installing this update.
IMPORTANT: Previously, on Windows operating systems, updates patched your existing Maya or Maya LT 2018 software. Starting from 2018.3, updates will require a full install. – More Info
Posted by Kim Sternisha
Autodesk has updated its online documentation to list the new features coming up in Maya 2018.4 and Maya LT 2018.4, the next versions of its 3D rendering and animation software.
Users of Maya 2018.4 get support for Arnold region rendering directly within the Maya viewport and a number of workflow improvements when using the Render Setup system.
Maya LT 2018.4 is a small update that adds new options to reduce lag when working with the Time Editor or File nodes, and workflow changes to the UV Editor and Bake Deformer.
Updated: Both releases are now shipping. At the time of posting, Autodesk hasn't posted a blog update or any videos of the new features, but posts in its Maya and Maya LT forums confirm that they're available.
New in Maya 2018.4: Arnold region rendering in the viewport, better Render Setup workflow
The most striking change in Maya 2018.4 is the fact that it is now possible to render with Arnold – bundled with the software since Maya 2017 – directly in the viewport.
Some of the Arnold RenderView options are exposed when performing a viewport render, including region rendering, debug shading, Isolate Selected, and the option to display AOVs.
The functionality was actually added to MtoA, Arnold's Maya integration plugin, as part of MtoA 3.0.1 in June, so that's on top of the new features in MtoA 3.1 and Arnold 5.2 announced earlier this week.
Workflow in the Render Setup system – introduced in Maya 2016.2 to simplify the process of creating shot-based overrides for VFX and animation work – has also been streamlined.
Users can set the editor to display only selected render layers, to make it easier to work with large scenes.
It is also no longer necessary to override the visibility of complex animated objects to improve playback: it's enough not to have them in the current render layer, or disable the collection they form part of.
Users can also now export the render settings for a scene, including the override values for the current render layer, and import the resulting .json file as a preset for future scenes.
Other changes include the option to export or import AOVs from the Presets menu in Render Settings: you can find a full list via the link at the foot of the story.
New in both editions: disable unwanted scene updates and override default Bake Deformer settings
The remaining changes in Maya 2018.4 are also common to Maya LT 2018.4, the cut-down edition of the software aimed at indie games artists.
They include new options to disable scene updates on repositioning clips in the Time Editor, and disable swatch generation when creating File nodes using image files.
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Both should improve interactive performance when working with complex assets.
It is also now possible to override the default colorisation that Maya assigns to a character's skeleton when using the Bake Deformer; and settings for the UV Editor now persist after restaring the software.
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Pricing and availability
Maya 2018.4 is available for Windows 7 and 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 and 7.2 WS and CentOS 6.5 and 7.2, and Mac OS X 10.11 and above. It's rental-only, with prices starting at $190/month or $1,505/year.
Maya LT 2018.4 is available for Windows 7 and 10 and OS X 10.10.5+. Rental starts at $30/month or $245/year.
Read a list of new features in Maya 2018.4 in Autodesk's online documentation
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