Maya Digital Studios Pvt. Ltd. pioneered the art and technology of Computer Animation & Digital VFX in India in the early 1990s. Carrying the legacy of world-class 3D animation and Digital Visual effects for over 17 years, the company stands for continuous innovation & cutting edge technology and now also offers high quality 2D Animation & 2D to Stereoscopic 3D Conversion of content. Having successfully carved out its niche within the animation & VFX industry internationally, Maya is now poised for rapid substantial growth with multiple projects simultaneously running across the different range of services. Promoted by internationally acclaimed Film maker Ketan Mehta & well known Actor - Producer - Director Deepa Sahi, distinguished Hollywood Animation & VFX veteran, Frank Foster is the President of Maya & the daily operations at MDS are now overseen by Anish Mehta. The studio has specialized in stereoscopic 3D end offers services of S3D visual effects, S3D CG rendered animation, left and right camera live action cinematography and very high quality, cost effective 2D to 3D Conversion. Maya is known for its ability to adhere to high quality standards and timely execution of services required by international clients as validated by our list of repeat clients. With a focus on high end work in the animation outsourcing business, Maya caters to film, television, games and online media in a variety of visuals that range from cartoon shaded children's programs to realistic computer game cinematics. This has enabled the studio to establish the quality technical and creative abilities to allow the company to venture into co-production agreements with international content owners. Some of the esteemed clients that Maya has worked for internationally, include BBC(UK), Ragdoll (UK), Rainbow, Mike Young Productions (USA), Electronic Arts (Canada), Sony (USA), Activision (USA), Google (USA), Big Screen Entertainment (India), VGI Entertainment (UK), Brown Bag Films (Ireland), Flickerpix (USA), Norm Hill Entertainment (USA) amongst others. Maya's work has been recognized with several renowned international awards including Silver Hugo (US) & Pulcinella (Italy) and nominations at BAFTA & IFTA. Maya has demonstrated the capability to conceptualize and produce a complex feature film length animated film with Ramayana: The Epic; the first Indian studio to self-produce this kind of intellectual property. Apart from the focus on the high end animation outsourcing, Maya is now also focussed on the development of its own IPR content, through the creation of Indian content that crosses over globally. Maya's newest IPR is the show, The Adventures of Motu Patlu, which is presently being aired on Nickelodeon India.
MAYA Digital Studios' head office has a 15000 sq. ft. state of the art studio in the main Mumbai/Film City location and seating space for over 400 Artists Maya Digital Studios executed a multi system agreement with Assimilate to become a Scratch-Centric Facility. We believe that the Assimilate Scratch platform: Scratch Lab & Scratch Finish offer remarkable and flexible tools for the support of VFX and 3D post production. MAYA Digital Studios has executed a multi system agreement with Assimilate to become a Scratch-Centric Facility. MAYA endorses the Assimilate Scratch platform studio-wide. This includes Scratch Lab & Scratch Finish which offers remarkable and flexible capabilities for the support of VFX and 3D post production. MAYA is inter-connected by a 2nd generation High-Speed 10 GBPS Network cabling network. The operating system is 64-Bit Windows based platform using a high speed network backbone of Foundry and CISCO core switches. MAYA's render farm is powered by several hundred Quad Core blades each equipped with 16 GB RAM per blade. Renders are handled at fast speeds using 64-Bit Window HPC Servers 2008. MAYA uses Industry standard software like Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk Maya, Autodesk Max, and Mental Ray. Editing and line-ups utilize Adobe Premier Pro and Final Cut Pro. The Studio is connected to our international clients with high-speed redundant internet lease lines and FTP servers. Maya's recently developed 2D Animation services are on the Harmony platform from Toonboom. Maya has recently opened up branch studio facilities at Goa, Bengaluru, Cochin & Pune. Technologically similar to the Mumbai head office, these local facilities ensure further streamlining of daily operations and provide opportunities for native local talent to be a part of Maya, with its localised operations.