Wednesday, January 5, 2011 at 3:19PM It's been a LONG time comming, but here is a script that I find myself using quite often. I was working at Digital Domain, and I needed a quick way to layout UVs for low res bodies and heads. I found that I needed quite a few tools that weren't standard in Maya. Enjoy!
Any questions, feel free to comment.
Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 9:54PM
You must put the FSP_Smoke.mel file here.
[USERNAME]\Documents\maya\2009-x64\presets\attrPresets\fluidShape\FSP_Smoke.mel
Here's Peter Shipkov's site: http://petershipkov.com/development/overburn/overburn.htm
and here's David Schoneveld's site: http://agentfx.blogspot.com/2009/05/overburn-technique-video-tutorial.html
I recommend David's tutorial if you want to get into the nitty gritty of how this technique works. The workflow is a lot different from shading particles or fluids, but with a bit of practice, you can get some great results.
There's a ton of things I left out of the video, so if you have any specific questions or want me to do a part 2 of the video, speak up and let me know... I love feedback.
Brent Tyler
I've got a combined total of about 1,500 downloads of this script! Thank you community, you guys are awesome. I want to point out a common issue people seem to be having. I get a lot of "Can you make this script work for Maya 20XX." I created this scipt in Maya 2009, and have successfully used it in 2010, 2011, and 2012, both 32 and 64 bit versions. I believe a lot of people have been having a problem with the 2nd file, and perhaps that's what's happening in most of these cases.Make sure that the fsp_Smoke.mel file is copied to your:
[USERNAME]\Documents\maya\2012-x64\presets\attrPresets\fluidShape\FSP_Smoke.mel
If you are using OSX or Linux, or for whatever reason the above isn't working, I reccommend you open the script in your mel editor and change line 14 of the bt_fluidShadedParticles script to:
string $folder = "(Your absolute file path here)";
eg:
string $folder = "C:/FluidPresets/";
Make sure you don't add "fsp_Smoke.mel" to the end, and always use forward slashes. If you do this, make sure YOU ALSO DELETE LINE 15!!! THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT! I don't officially support my script, so if this didn't work, all you Apple fanboys will have to figure it out on your own. Sorry guys. As always, feel free to contact me and I'll try to help you with any issues you are having.
Monday, November 23, 2009 at 9:51PM This script can be used to attach multiple textures to multiple objects with the same shader. It's best used to make small variations across many objects, for instance leaves in a tree or pieces of fruit.
To see a larger video, click on the video above and watch it on youtube.
To operate this script, download and extract it to your scripts directory, then source the script and type bt_colorizer in the script editor.
Enjoy... Bigger and better scripts coming soon!
Mel Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 6:18PM This script assists with the "handheld" look of camera animation. It's been very helpful at my studio for quick camera blocks as well as tweaking secondary camera animation. It's part of a larger set of tools, but I haven't finished writing them; when I do, I'll add them to the site.
Brent Tyler
I have a much improved version of this script that I will be posting soon. Contact me directly if you want to download it.
Mel Monday, October 5, 2009 at 12:36PM
Mel