Category: Maya

The last main improvement for Render Setup feature is actually a new feature to render a sequence directly from Maya’s UI without executing a batch render (including support for loading the sequence in the Renderview for review), thanks to engineering team’s contribution, here is the detail if you are interested: Introduction Rendering of image sequences…

The 2nd main improvement is about changes to render settings window callbacks to support the new workspaces UI feature, as I mentioned before, this information is also provided by our engineering team. Let’s take a look at the improvement. Introduction One of the changes introduced in Maya 2017 is the new workspaces feature. This feature…

Recently we were asked how to implement super sampling for a viewport render override. It requires you to create new render targets to replace the original ones. The MRT sample is very good at showing how to do it, however it is too complex to begin with. So we’ll create a new one based on…

As you know in Maya 2016 Extension 2 we introduced the replacement for Maya render layers called “Render Setup”, during that period we introduced this feature to several 3rd party renderers in person.  For Maya 2017 we have been making improvements to this feature that will allow for improved support for 3rd party renderers, and…

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Extension attributes are really helpful when plugin developers want to add more attributes to a plugin without modifying the existing plugin code. In Maya, there are many ways to add/remove the extension attributes like MEL way, Python way and C++ API way as well. MEL Way to add/remove extension attributes: To add extension attribute, use…