My +1 for the previous two comments. Not only is it far easier to maintain standalone command line and GUI tools for the pipeline processes but makes them extensible for multi pipeline purposes that aren't bound to the applications. Like one single place for the art department to publish all of their asset types, with consistency. On Oct 19, 2013 5:35 AM, "Marcus Ottosson" <[email protected]> wrote:
> The above answer is what I would suggest. > > However you could take it one step further and design pipeline tools with > gui's completely outside of Photoshop or any other app you might use and > have artists publish, review etc using those tools. If you rely too heavily > on either applications integration with either language, you're bound to > hit barriers eventually and Python and Qt are fully capable of being run > outside of its host application. > > > On 18 October 2013 16:56, John Patrick <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You could also just provide command-line/gui tools that run standalone >> from your creation applications. The artist works in their own workspace, >> and when they are ready to publish textures or designs or whatever, they >> run the tools from the command line to 'publish' textures to areas where >> other downstream departments can consume them. The tools can then do >> things like checking resolutions, colorspace, naming conventions, creating >> new representations/thumbnails/resolutions, etc. And they are >> application-agnostic, so you don't have to write a bunch of app-specific >> code and keep it updated. >> >> -JP >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 6:37 PM, ctjanney <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Just give up now while you still have some hair. >>> >>> Just kidding....sort of... >>> >>> photoshop has methods you can hook into using javascript >>> >>> >>> http://www.ps-scripts.com/bb/index.php?sid=b4cf8279de2452ee137f96ef41240857 >>> >>> I'm not sure about Sai or Painter. I do know that we have tried to get >>> our design group on board a few times, but it's a different mind set. >>> >>> Good luck. >>> >>> -ctj >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, October 16, 2013 7:46:53 PM UTC-7, Panupat >>> Chongstitwattana wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi everyone. I need some advice and would appreciate any suggestion. >>>> >>>> On the 3D side, since Maya/Nuke can run Python, I don't have much >>>> problem having Python took care of most stuff from file location, version >>>> tracking to naming convention. >>>> >>>> But how would I go about enforcing similar system to the art department >>>> using Photoshop/Sai/Painter and various other apps? How is it usually done >>>> in production pipeline? >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/31b8e378-77c0-434f-bc52-c2f4ab49ad5d%40googlegroups.com >>> . >>> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> John Patrick >> 404-242-2675 >> [email protected] >> http://www.canyourigit.com >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CAEtmhL03qxphgtB1S1REOMutN9n-5te-7gXLuROGOTuQH_gMEw%40mail.gmail.com >> . >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CAFRtmOChShHD0%2BJ1N7_NwTJxD%3Dx1tG_mmrFhAQkMP3gB1_dtCg%40mail.gmail.com > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CAPGFgA0m67A2B_WDBe7zVaTziHaKxsJt7H3swbU3EMysrPtPFg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
