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Maya HISTORY

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Here is history of Maya’s splash screens for Maya’s 10th anniversary. :-)

If you have any of this 3.5, 3.5.1 or 1.5 Maya versions,
contact me please at email in About section.
And here are some very old youtube videos Alias|Wavefront Maya 1998, Alias|PowerAnimator (father of Maya).

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Autodesk Maya 2023

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Autodesk Maya 2022 – Mar 24, 2021

Universal Scene Description (USD) support

OpenColorIO v2

MtoA 4.2.1

Python 3.7.7

First time is loading of plugins separated from main UI for better start up experience, same with Maya exit, which is now instant. Last time i had similar experience with Maya 7.0, 16 years ago.

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Autodesk Maya 2020 – December 10, 2019
Update 2020.4 – Windows (2024.2MB). Released Dec 8, 2020
Update 2020.3 – Windows (2021.1MB). Released Oct 7, 2020
Update 2020.2 – Windows (1967.5MB). Released May 28, 2020
Update 2020.1 – Windows (1932.2MB). Released Mar 19, 2020

Python 2.7.11

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Autodesk Maya 2019
Update 2019.3.1 – Windows (1925.8MB). Released Apr 22, 2020
Update 2019.3 – Windows (1926.0MB). Released Apr 7, 2020
Update 2019.2 – Windows (1921.5MB). Released Jul 31, 2019
Update 2019.1 – Windows (1871.2MB). Released May 29, 2019

Render People, plus new motion capture samples in the Content Browser

Cached Playback

Python 2.7.11

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Autodesk Maya 2018
Update 2018.7 – Windows (1903.8MB). Released Apr 29, 2020
Update 2018.6 – Windows (1792.3MB). Released Apr 9, 2019
Update 2018.5 – Windows (1791.7MB). Released Nov 19, 2018
Update 2018.4 – Windows (1758.5MB). Released Jul 20, 2018
Update 2018.3 – Windows (1758.3MB). Released May 2, 2018
Update 2018.2 – Windows (325.9MB). Released Dec 18, 2017
Update 2018.1 – Windows (316.2MB). Released Sep 14, 2017

MASH Dynamics

Python 2.7.11

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Autodesk Maya 2017
Update 5 – Windows (321.1MB). Released Nov 20, 2017
Update 4 – Windows (321.0MB). Released Jun 12, 2017
Update 3 – Windows (318.8MB). Released Feb 27, 2017
Update 2 – Windows (265.4MB). Released Nov 23, 2016
Update 1 – Windows (218.7MB). Released Sep 15, 2016

Python 2.7.11

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Autodesk Maya 2016
Extension 1 SP7 – Windows (804.4MB). Released May 8, 2019
Service Pack 7 – Windows (804.4MB). Released May 8, 2019
Extension 2 SP2 – Windows (170.6MB). Released Sep 8, 2016
Extension 2 – Windows (997.7MB). Released Apr 18, 2016
Extension 1 – Windows (1.5MB). Released Apr 4, 2016
Service Pack 6 – Windows (253.9MB). Released Apr 4, 2016
Service Pack 5 – Windows (253.4MB). Released Dec 16, 2015
Service Pack 4 – Windows (253.2MB). Released Oct 15, 2015
Service Pack 3 – Windows (252.8MB). Released Sep 9, 2015
Service Pack 2 – Windows (244.7MB). Released Aug 10, 2015
Service Pack 1 – Windows (192.5MB). Released Jun 22, 2015

Python 2.7.6

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Autodesk Maya 2015 SP2 (May. 2014) Readme
Autodesk Maya 2015 (Aug. 2014)

Bifrost

XGen

Python 2.7.3

MentalRay 3.12.1.12

WhatsNew 2015 PDF

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Extension for Autodesk Maya 2014 Service Pack 1 (23. Oct 2013)
Autodesk Maya 2014 Service Pack 1 (12. Jun 2013)
Autodesk Maya 2014 (26. Mar 2013)

Grease Pencil

Python 2.7.3

MentalRay 3.11.1.4

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Autodesk Maya 2013 Service Pack 2 (4. Oct 2012)
Autodesk Maya 2013 Service Pack 1 (29. Jun 2012-refix-2012-Jul-09) [mray 3.10.1.9]
Autodesk Maya 2013 (27. Mar 2012)

Bullet Physics 2.8.0 (plugin)

Maya nHair

Alembic Caching

New Node Editor

Heat Map Skinning

ATOM Animation Transfer

Live Update Manager

Qt 4.7.1

Python 2.6.4

MentalRay 3.10.1.4

WhatsNew 2013 PDF

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Autodesk Maya 2012 Service Pack 2 (25. Jan 2012) [mray 3.9.1.48]
Autodesk Maya 2012 Service Pack 1 (11. Oct 2011) [mray 3.9.1.47]
Autodesk Maya 2012 Hotfix1,2,3,4 (27. Apr 2011 – 1. Aug 2011)
Autodesk Maya 2012 (March 2011)

DMM (Pixelux Entertaiment) – 1500 elements limit demo – [1.1.8]

Nvidia PhysX (2.60.0216.1828)

Python 2.6.4

MentalRay 3.9.1.36

WhatsNew 2012 PDF | WhatsNew 2012 SAP PDF

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Autodesk Maya 2011 Service Pack 1 (30. Sep 2010) [mray 3.8.1.33]
Autodesk Maya 2011 Subscription Advantage Pack (29. Sep 2010) [mray 3.8.1.33]
Autodesk Maya 2011 Hotfix 3 (21. Jul 2010)
Autodesk Maya 2011 Hotfix 2 (14. Jun 2010)
Autodesk Maya 2011 Hotfix 1 (10. May 2010)
Autodesk Maya 2011 (6. April 2010)

Qt 4.5.3 – New Interface [ Nokia - Quantum Toolkit ] dockable UI elements, more flexible editors.

Large Scenes Performance [Viewport 2.0]

Color Management [32-bit Render Vew, LUTs, Contrast, Exposure, Tone Mapping, Gamma]

Accelerated Skinning Workflow

Enhancements to Assets and File Referencing

Non-Destructive Live Retargeting

3D Editorial [EDL]

Python 2.6.4

PyMEL 1.0 [ Offic. repo. ] [ GoogleCode ]

MentalRay 3.8.1.26 [ Doesn't contain iray. Iray is part of MentalRay Standalone 3.8+, only. ]

WhatsNew 2011 PDF

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Autodesk Maya 2010 (August 2009)

unified Unlimited and Complete versions

Toxik – compositing

MatchMover – advanced matchmoving

Backburner – network render queue manager

5 additional MentalRay for Maya batch rendering nodes

Python 2.6.1

MentalRay 3.7.53.5

WhatsNew 2010 PDF

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Autodesk Maya 2009 Service Pack 1, ver. 10 (14-Apr-2009) – includes over 100 fixes
Autodesk Maya 2009 ver. 10 (August 2008)

nParticles

Maya Assets

Animation Layers

UV unfolding (interactive)

Mesh Smooth Rendering

New Selection Paradigm

Render Pass Enhancements

Render Proxy

Python 2.5.1

MentalRay 3.7.1.26 (Maya ver. 10)

WhatsNew 2009 PDF

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Autodesk Maya 2008 SP1, ver. 9.0.1 (10 Mar 2008) [mray 3.6.51.0]
Autodesk Maya 2008 Extension 2, ver. 9.0.1 (February 2008) – Enhanced Creative Control
Autodesk Maya 2008 Extension 1, ver. 9 (December 2007) – Maya Muscle
Autodesk Maya 2008 ver. 9.0 (September 2007) – Support for Windows Vista

Smooth Mesh Preview

Render hardware particles with mental ray

New Replace Objects feature

Convert instances to objects

nCloth: Enhanced Wind Model

mental ray Sky Portal system

mia_material_x shader

Python 2.5.1

MentalRay 3.6.51.0 (Maya Ext2)

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Autodesk Maya 8.5 Service Pack 1 (June 2007)
Autodesk Maya 8.5 (January 2007) – Intel-based Mac OS X

nCloth (Nucleus solver)

Customizable menu

Python 2.4.3

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Autodesk Maya 8.0 (August 2006) – First 64-bit release

Toxik render layers

HDR (floating-point images)

Polygon Bridge

Geometry Caching

Transfer Polygon Attributes, Polygon Bridge

Override Viewport with Renderer of Choice

Image plane z-depth

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Alias Maya 7.0.1 (December 2005)
Alias Maya 7.0 (August 2005)

Full Body IK

Toon Shader

Surface Sampler

ASHLI Plug-in

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Alias Maya 6.5.1 (December 2005)
Alias Maya 6.5 (January 2005) – last IRIX Version

WhatsNew 6.5 PDF

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Alias Maya 6.0.1 (August 2004)
Alias Maya 6.0 (May 2004)

Motion Retargeting and Motion Redirecting tools

Paint Effects on polygons

Deformers to particles

Web browser in a Maya panel

DDS and PNG

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A|W Maya 5.0.1 (Oct 2003)
A|W Maya 5.0 (May 2003)

Mentalray integration

WhatsNew 5 PDF | WhatsNew 5.0.1 PDF

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A|W Maya 4.5 (July 2002)

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A|W Maya 4.0.2 (May 2002)
A|W Maya 4.0 (June 2001) – no Mac OS X Version

Maya 4 Review PDF

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A|W Maya 3.5.1 (September 2002) – Mac OS X only
A|W Maya 3.5 (October 2001) – first Mac OS X Version only

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A|W Maya 3.0.1 (Jan 2001)
A|W Maya 3.0 (February 2000) – first Linux Version

WhatsNew 3.0 PDF

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A|W Maya 2.5.2 (March 2000)
A|W Maya 2.5 (November 1999)

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A|W Maya 2.0 (June 1999)

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A|W Maya 1.5 (October 1998) – IRIX only

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A|W Maya 1.0.1 (October 1998) – Windows Version
A|W Maya 1.0.1 (June 1998) – IRIX Version
A|W Maya 1.0 (June 1998) – first Windows Version
A|W Maya 1.0 (February 1998)

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