awesome stuff Tim. On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 9:47 PM, Tim Withers <clay.with...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah I believe I'm going to release the source code for it. I'm currently > pretty busy and would like to have some documentation with it. The next > couple of days will determine when I put the source code out for the world. > I'll either post in this thread or create a new one with link, etc... > > > On Tuesday, April 17, 2012 11:18:00 PM UTC-5, leith wrote: > >> Any interest in open sourcing the node GUI aspects? I wrote this a while >> ago and have been meaning to rework it. >> >> http://mdag.fie.us/ >> >> It might be interesting to see if there is any use in sharing some >> burden. >> >> On Apr 17, 2012, at 4:27 PM, Tim Withers wrote: >> >> Well hello. So I just completed this interface to be used in conjunction >> with my Masters' Thesis and figured I'd post it here to show a little bit >> more of what PyQt can do? The goal of the interface was to bring a >> node-based, Houdini/Nuke/Fusion/Naiad, type interface to Maya. When I >> started I didn't know Python or PyQt, and really didn't even know if what I >> wanted to achieve was possible with PyQt. So I started learning! I >> watched both of Justin Israel's videos on CMIVFX (link to these videos are >> in my vimeo link) to get me started, then Justin mentored me through the >> development process. >> >> I wasn't sure of how flexible PyQt was or how customizable it could be. >> Like I said, I didn't even know if making a node-based interface was >> possible before I started, but YEP, it is! Obviously the underlying >> algorithms are not as sophisticated as Houdini or Naiad, but it does what I >> set out for it to do. The interface alleviates a lot of the frustrating >> interface aspects of Maya. For me, some of the more frustrating aspects >> are the collision events, instancing, poor menu design, lack of >> organization, and the SHIFT+CLICK garbage to create relationships between >> objects (WHICH ORDER DO I CLICK? I DON'T EVER REMEMBER and 9 times out of >> 10 I get it wrong). >> >> The link to the video is here: >> https://vimeo.com/**40380911<https://vimeo.com/40380911> >> >> >> It doesn't show everything the interface can do; I just started recording >> my screen and played around with it. Enjoy! >> >> -- >> view archives: >> http://groups.google.com/**group/python_inside_maya<http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya> >> change your subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/** >> group/python_inside_maya/**subscribe<http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe> >> >> -- > view archives: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya > change your subscription settings: > http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe > -- view archives: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya change your subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe
