This release of Beast contains a plug-in for Autodesk® Maya that adds Beast to the list of renderers you can use for the Maya viewport and for final baking.
If the artists in your organization already use Maya, this plug-in can improve efficiency dramatically by providing real-time previews and final baking controls directly in the artists' design tool. In any case, the plug-in provides a working example of one possible way to integrate the Beast live preview and baking workflows into a real-world lighting and design creation tool.
This chapter covers the installation, use, and customization of the Maya plug-in for your development.