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What's New in Maya 2025.1 Update

What's new in 2025.1

What's New in Modeling

New modeling updates include improvements to Smart Extrude in Maya.

What's New in Animation

The 2025.1 update includes various animation improvements and support.

Dope Sheet Editor improvements

Further enhancements to the 2025 update of the Dope Sheet Editor.

USD for Maya 0.28 Plug-in

Updated Universal Scene Description (USD) plug-in introduces layer Locking, enabling artists to work confidently without concern of editing in the wrong layers.

Bifrost 2.10.0.0

Bifrost 2.10.0.0 includes a new Node Library, rigging nodes, an updated SDK, and more.

LookdevX for Maya 1.4.0 Plug-in

The latest update to LookdevX introduces new features that help streamline your workflow, such as the node library, the ability to hide input nodes and .

Arnold for Maya 5.4.1.2

Learn about new features in Arnold since Maya 2025.

Substance 3.0.0

Maya 2025.1 includes Substance 3.0.0, which introduces a new, open-source, Substance 3D Connector technology.

What's new in 2025

What's New in Modeling

New modeling updates in Maya include Smart Extrude, Bevel Filtering Attributes and Boolean intersections as a bevel input.

What's New in Rigging and Character Animation

Various customer-requested updates and improvements for riggers and animators.

Motion Trail updates

Maya's Motion Trails system has been revisited for 2025, making it more effective and flexible.

Updated Dope Sheet Editor

The Dope Sheet has been reworked for a quick, intuitive way to understand, manipulate, and adjust animation timing.

Graph Editor Hotkey Changes

Two keyboard shortcuts for the Graph Editor Curve Sculpting tools have changed.

Developer Help portal

Developer Help for Maya 2025 now has its own dedicated web site.

Arnold for Maya 5.4.0

Maya 2025 includes Arnold version 5.4.0.

USD for Maya 0.27 Plug-in

Updated Universal Scene Description (USD) plug-in allows artists to bulk load and unload multiple prims.

LookdevX for Maya 1.3.0 Plug-in

The latest update to LookdevX introduces support for the MaterialX data format. Artists can now assign MaterialX materials directly to Maya geometry.

Bifrost 2.9.0.0

Bifrost 2.9.0.0 includes many new and improved features, including new nodes for simulating ocean waves with foam. You can create spectral waves for water surfaces driven by wind over both time and distance, and combine them with dynamic waves for wakes and ripples caused by colliders.

Substance 2.5.0

Maya 2025 includes Substance version 2.5.0.

Bonus Tools now included

Bonus Tools are now included in the Maya installer.
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