LookDevX, a new agnostic material editor in Maya, standardizes material workflows, allowing artists to create complex shading networks that can be shared freely and accurately throughout studio pipelines.We’re excited to continue on this path, building deeper connections between our solutions and third party tools, so that our customers have truly connected workflows for collaboration.” Maya 2024 – LookDevX Growing an open standards ecosystemĪcross tools, Autodesk continus to integrate open standards that accelerate and streamline the flow of data between people, teams and software at studios. “That’s why we’ve focused our development efforts on integrating open standards like USD, LookDevX and OCIO across our tools. It’s a top priority for us at Autodesk to help connect their workflows, so they can work nimbly and efficiently across teams and projects,” said Diana Colella, SVP, Autodesk Media & Entertainment. “Whether they’re working on the next big blockbuster, streaming content or games, our customers use a lot of different tools to get productions out the door. And, Autodesk is now collaborating with Adobe to build a material standard, and with Microsoft to unveil a beta version of AI-powered Maya Assist.

These tools have also gotten a performance boost with support for Apple Silicon.

Keeping in step with the ever-rising bar for VFX and animation quality in entertainment content around the world, Autodesk has announced new, streamlined workflow features for post-production and games across its media and entertainment tech portfolio - including Autodesk Maya, 3ds Max, Bifrost and Arnold, further open standards and bolster artist-driven animation, modeling and simulation workflows.

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