5 MAYA SCRIPTS for Animators

[@harveynewman]

In this latest video, I share with you all some of my favourite plugins for Maya. Hope it proves useful. Any questions, or if you are already using them drop a comment below.

[@SirWade]

Nice work dude! :)

[@harveynewman]

Thanks a lot Sir and likewise bud :) I learned of your channel via Jean Dennis and Shawn Kelly and the work you are doing is superb, keep it up and keep in touch.

[@AbhishekSharma-fg1ho]

sir can I use these plugins free in my projects , can they give me copy strikes something .

[@harveynewman]

Hey Abhi. No these plugins all have free version or free trials that you can use personally. If in doubt check their websites info for more information.

[@Adrian890722]

Thanks for this video, I never knew a out key frame to maya software and I just purchased it, however I have one issue.. how do I stop the video reference footage from tabbing behind maya? I can’t keep both open :(

[@harveynewman]

Thanks for the props...in Keyframe MP if you go to the menu bar you should have an option that reads something like "Keep on Top" that should do the trick.

[@aleksandrgnatyuk4740]

I dont have in maya red9

[@teukuaulia4270]

great video! I have question, the feature of Keyframe MP that can sync their apps to maya, is it only available in Pro or also available in basic edition?

[@harveynewman]

Hey Teuku, no it's available for free for all Keyframe MP users. You can find it here: zurbrigg.com/keyframe-mp-documentation/item/maya-to-keyframe-mp

[@cecilcille]

Thank you for sharing! May I ask you how you change the keyframe colors?

[@harveynewman]

Hey Cecillia, welcome and thx for watching. If you look at the Animbot section of the video, half way through I mention the key Color changes.

[@cecilcille]

@@harveynewman aaaa sorry, thankyou for pointing out the section!

[@flutesandyou]

I like how you mention all tool creators, that's very nice of you! you have me as a sub just for doing it

[@harveynewman]

Thx Max. Credit given when credit is due and these guys are overdue. They are silent heroes of animation.

[@win_in7003]

very usefull scripts. i use them every day. before i knowed about them there was too much rubbish on my shelf =)

[@harveynewman]

Yeah I know exactly what you mean. ;)

[@tomcat2979]

Hello I really enjoy your video and just subscribe to you!

[@harveynewman]

Hey Thomas and welcome. Thanks for the subscription. Any questions or suggestions feel free to get in touch.

[@tomcat2979]

@@harveynewman I'll like that because I need to get back in working in maya just been busy with online college classes!

[@Gabagu]

Hey, Harvey, know you are the Lead Animator on the Battlefront team, as it's quite difficult to effectively make the devs hear requests(they're very occupied), i wanted to ask you if it's possible to improve the transitions for the death animations of the heroes in the game, a lot of times they're buggy or clunky, a hero dies with his body upside down ragdolled but suddenly his body abruptly goes to the animation position in such a buggy way and that just breaks my immersion, or even consider it removing it and putting normal physics in place, i know it sounds nitpicky but i just love this game and if it's possible to improve the smallest details that is already great. Also have other request, maybe this one is partially out of your department but as you guys are part of the same team you can pass the word, add new forms of attacks, maybe even change the controls, like X, fast attack(the current one), Y, strong attack, which would be able to break the block of enemy heroes if you finished a series of strong attacks, holding X, would make you spin attacking the enemy(would be visually cool and cost less stamina than the average fast attack), and of course improve the block animations to something like the block animation that we have now for blasters. The spin attack could be something like this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYTdaWufdsp8hKc Was playing The Witcher 3 without the HUD, and did this in a boss battle while the enemy blocked and it was awesome, felt very cinematic.

[@dennissabrievski4543]

Very informative! I really love your channel. I have a question regarding the Pose Library. It seems pretty straightforward. But it doesn’t work well in the Student version of Maya especially transferring the animation from one to another or importing the animation onto the same animation. I keep getting this, this version doesn’t support or something do you have any suggestions for us to use the library in the Student Version ?

[@harveynewman]

Hey Dennis..thanks for the love. Umm interesting, you should contact the creator of Studio Library I believe is Brian Horgan see if he can fix a version for you. animationmethods.com/scripts.html

[@smearframe]

Great video. Thank you for the helpful tips, Harvey. Just a couple of things - the LM locator link just points to Studio Library. And Red 9 free pack doesn't work with Maya 2018 and above. Keep up the great work. PS: I think some of the scripts by Brian Horgan deserve their own video. Cheers!

[@harveynewman]

Hey Himanshu...thanks for the props and corrections, I just fix the link. And in regards to Red9...get the latest version here: github.com/markj3d/Red9_StudioPack/releases it should work with all versions including 2019 Thanks for watching. And Brian Horgan is a legend. Will definitely cover some more of his scripts in a future video.

[@Brynhildrify]

Meh my studio's too cringy and we don't have animbot so imma stick with atools

[@sollertiskhan3254]

What?