One of the best software I used and the modeling and animation tools are the best and industry standards.
January 10, 2025

One of the best software I used and the modeling and animation tools are the best and industry standards.

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Autodesk Maya

Autodesk Maya is the base of our production pipeline. From modeling to lighting to animation, we use Autodesk Maya almost for everything in our advertising firm. It helps us to create stunning visuals and the availability of multiple plugins for the software, helps us to makes the production faster. Also since its industry standard, many artist knew it before hand when they come to our studio.

Pros

  • The tools in Autodesk Maya is excellent for modeling. The tools for retopo are so useful. It really helps creating clean and optimized models for every pipeline.
  • The animation tools provided in maya are the best in the industry. Whether its graph editor, node editor or dope sheet, everything is top notch. The referencing system of the software is also top notch.
  • The inbuilt render engine like arnold helps creating stunning and realistic visuals with minimal efforts.

Cons

  • Autodesk Maya is pretty hard to learn in comparison to other softwares, many people find it very difficult to learn.
  • The cost of the software is pretty high and training on the software takes up lot of time and money.
  • The lack of procedural pipeline in the software making companies to move towards other softwares like Houdini and Blender.
  • It helped us to create high quality visuals which created more client leads for us.
  • It reduced our training cost slightly as people coming from many studios already knew Autodesk Maya.
  • The cost of the license is very high which makes it hard to afford for small studios. Also it also needs high end machines to run which eats up lot of budget.
As Autodesk Maya was one of the first softwares I learned, so I feel very fun to work with it. The overall usabilty feels very natural to me and I felt it's easy to learn but tough to master kind of software. Some people find it very difficult to learn, so I deduced some rating points.
The UI of 3ds Max is not that good and very old, not the best. Blender is the best for everything, especially its modeling and animation tools are not the best as compared to Autodesk Maya. Cinema 4D is good for motion graphics and create vibrant renders but it has limited options to create things.

Do you think Autodesk Maya delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with Autodesk Maya's feature set?

Yes

Did Autodesk Maya live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Autodesk Maya go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Autodesk Maya again?

Yes

Autodesk Maya is a great software, it has so many tools that you can create a full movie without even jumping to any other software. Although it's pretty hard to learn but there is nothing more fun, once you get a hang of it. In general, its tools are best for modeling and animation.

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