Download [portable] Maya Student ●

Autodesk offers a 30-day free trial that requires a credit card. Avoid this. You want the 1-year Student License . Do not confuse the two buttons on the download page. Beyond the Download: Learning the Beast Getting Maya installed is the easy victory. The hard part is the learning curve. Maya is notoriously unintuitive for beginners compared to Blender or Cinema 4D.

Navigate directly to autodesk.com/education . Do not go to the main Maya page—that leads to the paid trial. download maya student

For anyone dreaming of animating the next Spider-Verse , sculpting a character for Elder Scrolls , or designing the environments for Star Wars , one piece of software sits on the throne: Autodesk Maya . Autodesk offers a 30-day free trial that requires

The company operates on a "poison the well" strategy. They want you to use Maya in school so that by the time you get a job, you refuse to use anything else. The student version is (renders show a subtle "Educational Version" overlay), but that watermark disappears once you buy a commercial license. Do not confuse the two buttons on the download page

Autodesk uses a third-party verification service (SheerID). This is instant if you use a .edu address. If you are a K-12 student or international, have your enrollment proof ready.