awesome-vfx
github.com/tokejepsen/awesome-vfx ↗A curated list of awesome CG tools.
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Resources
- ACES
Yes
- Alembic
Yes
- Blender
Yes
- Cesar Margotta
Prior Rigger, now Software Dev.
- Chris Offner
Generalist, Maya/Modo/Blender
- cross3d
MIT
Libraries
- AL_USDMaya
Animal Logic's USD Plugin for Maya
Rigging
- Angular Nodes
Library of Maya nodes to do arithmetic on angles without polluting the scene with unitConversion nodes.
- Array Nodes
Set of Maya nodes for operating on arrays of values.
- Bake Instancer
Bake an instancer node to individual animated pieces of geometry.
- boneToMesh
Maya plugin for creating proxy geometry for rigs.
- CommandSearch
Read all buttons in Maya's native menu and make them searchable and executable.
- Cult of Rig
Yes
Pipeline
- animx
A project to make it easier for people to use Maya animation in their tools and pipelines.
- maya-alembic-export
Alembic exporting made easier.
- mayaTaskServer
A standalone Maya Task Server.
- uExport
uExport is a simple tool to automatically export complex characters from Maya to Unreal Engine 4.
Scripting
- blendergltf
Addon for Blender that adds the ability to export to the gltf format
- Charcoal Editor
Professional Maya Scripting.
- connect
Manage Cragl tools.
- Kraken
Modular character rigging framework built on top of Fabric Engine.
- MayaCharm
Maya integration for PyCharm.
- MayaSublime
Send selected Python and MEL code snippets from SublimeText to Maya via commandPort
Animation
- Blue Pencil
Sketchpad for Maya
- KeyFrame MP
Playblast and Reference Viewer.
- KeyFrame Pro
Professional Media playback and review tool.
- ml_tools
Animation and Rigging tools from Morgan Loomis.
- pyGhost
Ghosting for animators.
- Tradigitools
Plugin for Maya (and now Cinema 4D) that promotes a more traditional workflow for animation with digital tools.
Modeling
- polyReorder
Maya plugin with tools to reorder the vertices on a mesh to match the order of another match.
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