It took me years to learn, and as a matter of fact, there are still some functions that I'm yet to master. Maya is a robust software which makes it hard to wrap your mind around it within a short period of time especially for beginners. For beginners, there are enough tutorials to get you started at least for basic modeling and animation, and there is a large support community in case you run into any technical problem. Models designed in Maya is supported by most gaming and texturing software. Also, the ability to export modeled character directly to Unity 3D for game and virtual reality development makes Maya my choice of game character development software. The yearly update always introduces new feature to make usage easy. Maya is all in one 3D design software. From designing of complex models to detailed texturing then to rigging and animation, Maya is a richly packaged software to satisfy its users. But it quite easy for people already familiar with other modeling and animation software to use Maya. I always advice beginners not to rush it and take their time to better understand it. What Maya offers is far greater than the difficulties faced while learning it. With patience and determination you can push through the steep learning curve and get a good mastery of Maya.

I use it to model characters for Unity 3D game engine. Maya has been my very good friend since my school days.

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