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NGUI for Unity by Charles Bernardoff via PACKT Publishing available here: http://bit.ly/1lp1Do7 I had the opportunity to review the first book on the mega-popular NGUI user interface plug-in for Unity. NGUI is a great UI system for < $100 that you can add into your Unity projects. It is quite in-depth and very powerful so it[…]
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If you’re like me, you like to always be using the latest version of an Autodesk product. The 2014 series has just been released and it is always quite a bit of work to convert you’re existing toolset up to the latest build. In the case of Maya 2014, there are more than just a[…]
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This is how you subclass PyMEL’s Transform Node to create custom shapes and node types that inherit all the methods of Maya’s Transformational Objects. Subclassing PyNodes is one of the (so-called ‘experimental’) hidden gems of PyMEL. This feature allows you to take advantage of all of the factory generated methods on each Maya node type.[…]
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- Python Scripting for Motion… by jason
So I’ve finally updated, modernized, and re-released the ancient, seminal introduction to python scripting for MotionBuilder. I spent quite a bit of time re-formatting it in iBooks Author and released it on the iBooks store here: and UK store: and Canada store: New features include: Member function updates for MotionBuilder 2012 ‘Interactive Images’ of scripts[…]
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- The Virtual Computer by jason
I suspect the time has come for us to finally recognize Minecraft as a digital creation platform and not just a game. Case in point, virtual computers. Kids around the world are just now making: 16-bit computer (Arithmetic Logic Unit) 256-bit computer Dual Core CPU 16 bytes RAM Display monitor and 3D printer These technologies[…]
- Maya’s programming languages by jason
It seems like there are more and more posts, queries, and threads about Maya’s different scripting languages. I figure it’ll be nice to have a nice listing of the languages, their benefits and uses. Here is a quick breakdown: MEL: Entire application is basically written in MEL Super simple, easy to learn Very limited in[…]
- path(), the awesomest class by jason
Jason Orendorff wrote an awesome module some years ago to make it quick and easy to manipulate file paths and file names. I was fortunate enough to be exposed to this module and class via PyMEL’s package which included it. Here is our test path and we’ll slice it and dice it in all kinds[…]
Welcome , today is Thursday, March 30, 2023
Hi…I was wondering if maybe I could get a friendly critique. Also, maybe you could suggest some books to get me started on mel/python scripting since I know the basics of rigging. I have used some very basic mel before but I would like to learn the more (for a lack of a better term) hard core stuff. Thank you for your time.
Sure. Kind of a big question these days. It used to be you just go buy ‘Learning Python’ by Mark Lutz at Amazon or one of the other good Python books. But now there are hundreds of ways to learn it. Websites and online classes are amazing now and free.
If you have time, learn generic Python via books or online classes. If you want to cut to the chase you can learn Maya and MotionBuilder’s python SDKs via:
My book: Python Scripting for MotionBuilder Artists
and Adam and Ryan’s book: Maya Python
Oh and the latest awesome Mobu python SDK training is here: Python Scirpting in MotionBuilder