The description of Autodesk Maya Personal Learning Edition - Play With New Friends
Autodesk Maya3D animation software delivers an end-to-end creative workflow for animation, modeling, simulation, visual effects, matchmoving, under a comprehensive enough platform.
If you are planning to film, edit videogames or create graphic design, Maya offers state-of-the-art toolsets, in fact, many of those special effects you watch in TV and movies, are done using Maya.
Autodesk MAya is really powerful, and that is usually accompanied by a not-so-easy-to-use interface. That's the reason why they have released this version called Maya Personal Learning Edition. A lighter and simpler program that will help you getting used to the program.
Autodesk Maya offers modules to animate all kind of objects and materials: hair, skin, particles, water,... But remember that all that power is not easy to control.