/reference-importer

Tool to help artists import videos as image sequence in Maya, without going through a video editing package. Supports multiple file formats, length trimming and specifying a target frame rate.

Primary LanguagePython

Reference Importer

Description

Script that automates the importing of video reference into Maya, automatically creating an image sequence from a video file and creating an image plane with the sequence.

Installation

1. Download the correct version from the Releases tab

If Using Maya 2021 or under, download ReferenceImporter.zip.

If Using Maya 2022 or higher, download ReferenceImporter_Python3.zip.

2. Copy the contents of the zip to you Maya scripts folder

found under 'Documents/maya/InsertMayaVerion/scripts'

2. Run the following command in Maya

import reference_importer
reference_importer.run()

make sure to run it using Python

Usage

for a demonstration of usage please watch the video :

Script Walkthrough Video

1. Choose a video file

2. Set the desired trimming

Use format HH:MM:SS.ms for the timecode

3. Set output sequence name and format

4. Set output directory for the sequence

5. (Optional) auto creation of image plane in Maya for the sequence

6. Import the video!!