Complex 3D digital media creation demands anytime and anywhere collaboration support. The CoMaya project aims to incorporate such advanced collaboration capabilities into Autodesk Maya. This paper reports some research findings and lessons we learned from extending the transparent adaptation approach from 2D office applications to 3D digital media design tools. Author Keywords Collaborative digital media design tool, CoMaya. ACM Classification Keywords H.5.3 [Information Interfaces and Presentation]: Group and Organization Interface--Collaborative computing, Synchronous interaction.