Maya is a very powerful and very expensive 3D imaging software program that is used mainly for special effects in movies and modeling objects and characters in video games. Maya is the current king-of-the-hill and Academy award winning in high-end 3D animation software. More recently, with the benefit of lower pricing, Maya has also become a strong player in video game development.

More than 70 per cent of Hollywood films' special effects is done in Maya and most 3D games are now done in Maya. Maya is a very a powerful and advanced set of programs for the creation of computer-generated animation and special effects. Movies created with Maya include The Mummy movies, 'Final Fantasy', 'The Hollow Man', The X-Man movies, 'Stuart Little', 'Shrek', 'Spiderman', 'Harry Potter', 'Jurassic Park 3', 'Lord of the Rings',' Ice Age' and more.