Autodesk Media & Entertainment Collection

Bring breathtaking characters and scenes to life for film, TV, and games.

Meet the Media & Entertainment Collection 

The Autodesk Media & Entertainment Collection includes all the tools you need to build a powerful and scalable animation, visual effects, and game development pipeline.

The Media & Entertainment Collection capabilities for animation 

Model

Shape 3D characters and scenes with a toolset that makes modeling feel more like creative expression than pressing buttons.

• Maya
• 3ds Max

Animate

Bring believable characters to life with engaging rigging and animation tools and strong on-set motion capture capabilities.

• Maya
• MotionBuilder

Render

Produce immediate, professional-grade stylized or realistic renders with interactive rendering.

• Arnold
• Maya

The Media & Entertainment Collection capabilities for visual effects

Simulate

Create incredibly detailed simulations like combustion, snow, or particles in a visual procedural programming environment.

• Maya
• Arnold

Model and animate

Model 3D assets and bring them to life with artist-friendly modeling, rigging, and animation tools.

• 3ds Max
• Maya

Render

Render immediate, professional-grade effects with interactive rendering.

• Arnold
• Maya

The Media & Entertainment Collection capabilities for game development

Model

Create finely detailed game environments and characters with a robust modeling toolset that automates repetitive tasks.

• 3ds Max
• Maya

Rig

Get your game models ready for animation with powerful and customizable rigging tools.

• Maya
• 3ds Max

Animate

Easily control your hero’s next move with powerful animation and motion capture tools.

• Maya
• 3ds Max

Exclusive to the Media & Entertainment Collection 

Scale rendering 

Expand your ability to render captivating animations with 5 Arnold licenses in the collection.

Process large simulations

Tackle more complex simulations with the ability to run Bifrost on up to 15 machines.

Equip your animation studio

Create animated content with whichever tool is best suited for the task at hand.