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What is the Media & Entertainment Collection?

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The Media & Entertainment Collection includes all of the tools you need to build a powerful and scalable 3D animation pipeline for complex simulations, effects and rendering.

From detailed battle sequences to hyperrealistic creatures, render your toughest projects with Arnold
Create complex effects including explosions, fire, sand and snow with Bifrost for Maya
Empower artists with a choice of tools to produce beautiful, film-quality work every time

What you can do with the collection

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Top animation, VFX and games studios use the Media & Entertainment Collection to create many of today’s hottest games, TV shows and blockbusters.

See workflows by industry:

Film and TV production

Game design and development

How the collection helps your business

Rendering power

Scale up your ability to output more, high-quality renders with five Arnold licences.

Scalable simulation

Create sophisticated effects at scale with the ability to run Bifrost on up to 15 machines.

Access to creative tools

Equip artists with a broad range of 3D tools at every stage of production.

Hiring flexibility

Don’t let your pipeine and tools limit your ability to hire the best artist for the job.

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Core products

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Maya

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3ds Max

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Arnold

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Mudbox

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With the collection, you get these core products, plus three additional tools for sketching, reality capture and character creation.

If you buy from a reseller, you may also choose to get a 5-pack of Arnold multi-user licences in place of a single-user licence. See FAQs for more details.

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What our customers say

Video: This 3D animation studio relies on the M&E collection, with five Arnold licences included, to render their projects

QVISTEN

Saying yes to bigger animation projects

‘Down the line, we don’t need to worry about render capability or crunch. It’s never a problem any more.’ – Raymond Kreppene, CG Supervisor, Qvisten Animation

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What is the Media & Entertainment Collection?

The Media & Entertainment Collection is the simplest way to access CG creation tools for your whole workflow. One subscription gives you everything you need to sketch, model, rig, animate, create FX, light and render your projects, from first draft to final frames.
What products are included in the Media & Entertainment Collection?

Products in the Media & Entertainment Collection include Maya, 3ds Max, Arnold (with the option of getting a 5-pack; see next FAQs), MotionBuilder, Mudbox, ReCap Pro and Autodesk Rendering.

You can also run Bifrost for Maya on up to 15 machines with each collection licence, enabling you to process Bifrost-created simulations on a compute farm. Bifrost for Maya is a visual programming environment for creating complex effects.
How do I get the Arnold 5-pack with the collection?

If you purchase the Media & Entertainment Collection online (via this page), you get a single-user Arnold licence, which you can use on up to five separate machines. If you purchase a collection subscription from a reseller, you have the choice between receiving an Arnold single-user licence or a 5-pack of Arnold multi-user licences. The option to get multi-user licences in place of a single-user licence is only available if you buy from a reseller and does not apply if you purchase online.
How much does a Media & Entertainment Collection subscription cost?

The price of an annual Media & Entertainment Collection subscription is and the price of a monthly Media & Entertainment Collection subscription is . The price of a 3-year Media & Entertainment Collection subscription is .
How do I download a trial of the Media & Entertainment Collection?

You can download a free 30-day trial of any software – you can try multiple products simultaneously – included in the Media & Entertainment Collection. Use at least a 10 Mbps Internet connection and make sure you have enough space on your hard drive as trials are typically large file sizes. Download trials one at a time, and then restart your computer to get started. For help with downloading the collection, follow our step-by-step download and install instructions.
How can I switch to a collection?

If you already subscribe or have a maintenance plan on individual products, you can switch to a collection.

For multi-user subscription, at your next renewal before 7 August 2023, you can trade in one subscription for two subscriptions (for one named user each) at a cost consistent with what you pay today.

For network maintenance, at your next renewal before 7 May 2022, trade in one seat for two subscriptions (for one named user each) at a cost consistent with what you pay today.

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