Media & Entertainment Collection
The complete 3D animation toolset for visual effects artists and game developers
Build a powerful and scalable 3D animation pipeline
Why visual effects artists and game developers use the collection
Render demanding creative projects
From detailed battle sequences to hyperrealistic creatures, Arnold helps teams render their toughest shots.
Create complex procedural effects
Build explosions, fire, sand, snow, and other sophisticated effects with Bifrost for Maya.
Deliver film-quality work
Give artists a connected choice of animation, modelling, sculpting, and rendering tools for beautiful results every time.
From detailed battle sequences to hyperrealistic creatures, Arnold helps teams render their toughest shots.
Create complex procedural effects
Build explosions, fire, sand, snow, and other sophisticated effects with Bifrost for Maya.
Deliver film-quality work
Give artists a connected choice of animation, modelling, sculpting, and rendering tools for beautiful results every time.
Discover Media & Entertainment Collection capabilities
Maya
Create expansive worlds, realistic characters, and dazzling effects.
3ds Max
Create massive game worlds and finely detailed visualization environments.
Arnold
Render complex scenes and demanding, film-quality projects.
MotionBuilder
Capture, edit, and play back complex character animation.
Mudbox
Sculpt and paint highly detailed 3D geometry and textures.
SketchBook
Sketch ideas quickly and develop strong visual concepts.
Procedural effects
Create explosions, fire, sand, snow, and more with Bifrost for Maya.
Scalable pipelines
Connect specialist tools in a production-ready 3D animation workflow.
Character workflows
Move from character generation and capture to polished animation.
World building
Design immersive environments for games, film, and episodic content.
Photoreal rendering
Turn complex scenes into refined images with Arnold and cloud rendering.
Creative flexibility
Give artists the right modelling, animation, effects, and finishing tools.
Key Benefits
A connected toolset for animation, visual effects, and games
Create expansive worlds, realistic characters, complex simulations, and polished final frames with tools designed to work across a scalable 3D pipeline.
World building and character creation
Create massive game worlds and finely detailed environments with 3ds Max. Build realistic characters, expressive animation, and dazzling effects with Maya, MotionBuilder, and Mudbox.
Simulation and visual effects
Use Bifrost for Maya to create procedural effects such as explosions, fire, sand, and snow. Iterate on complex scenes while keeping production workflows flexible and artist-friendly.
Rendering and finishing
Render complex projects with Arnold and Autodesk Rendering. Produce photorealistic imagery and film-quality frames for animation, visual effects, games, and design visualization.
Explore how the Media & Entertainment Collection supports your next animation, visual effects, or game production.
Create expansive worlds and memorable characters
Use Maya, 3ds Max, MotionBuilder, and Mudbox to shape environments, characters, animation, and detailed assets.
Build sophisticated effects and simulations
Create procedural effects including explosions, fire, sand, and snow with Bifrost for Maya.
Render beautiful, film-quality work
Finish demanding projects with Arnold and cloud rendering tools built for complex creative production.
Software included in the Media & Entertainment Collection
Build your pipeline with tools for modelling, animation, effects, rendering, sculpting, reality capture, and character creation.
Maya
Create expansive worlds, realistic characters, and dazzling effects.
3ds Max
Create massive worlds for games and detailed design visualizations.
Arnold
Render the collection’s most complex and demanding projects.
MotionBuilder
Capture, edit, and play back complex character animation.
Mudbox
Sculpt and paint highly detailed 3D geometry and textures.
SketchBook
Sketch ideas quickly and create polished illustrations.
ReCap Pro
Create 3D models from imported photographs and laser scans.
Character Generator
Create custom, ready-to-animate 3D characters.
Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
What is the Media & Entertainment Collection?
The Media & Entertainment Collection is a connected set of professional 3D tools for building scalable animation pipelines, complex simulations, visual effects, and high-quality rendering.
What software is included in the Media & Entertainment Collection?
The collection includes Maya, 3ds Max, Arnold, MotionBuilder, Mudbox, and SketchBook. It also includes ReCap Pro, Character Generator, and Autodesk Rendering. Included software can change with Autodesk updates, so contact Reliant for the latest list.
What can creative teams produce with the collection?
Teams can create expansive worlds, realistic characters, procedural effects, game environments, detailed visualizations, and film-quality rendered imagery. Bifrost for Maya supports effects such as explosions, fire, sand, and snow.
Who benefits from the Media & Entertainment Collection?
Visual effects artists, animators, modellers, technical directors, game developers, visualization specialists, and studios that need a flexible, production-ready 3D pipeline can benefit from the collection.
Bring your next story to life.
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