jab_blast.mel

jab_blast.mel: A tool for automating playblasts to dislay and save with very specific settings.

Workflow: The intended workflow is to save out consistent looking playblasts with naming conventions that are informative to what scene file and camera they were rendered from with one click.

Usage:

• install the script in your maya script directory.
• there are two commands that can be easily mapped to keyboard shortcuts.
• jab_blast 0 will open the setting dialog box where you can edit playblast preferences.
• jab_blast 1 will do the playblast in the currently active viewport. Beware that the viewport has to be bigger then the resolution you are trying to playblast to work properly.
• user data settings have descriptions of their purpose to the right of them in the UI. Everything else is pretty self explanitary.
• Once settings are set an faux xml file is created in your user preferences folder allowing settings to remain persistent between different invocations of Maya.

Update on Friday, September 9, 2011 at 12:30AM by JAB

new in version 1.1.4: Attributes to display camera/image planes, scene name, date, artist, and time code as well as play the current audio track in the timeline.