Integrating Maya and Shake

In Houdini 3D and 2D composite features are packed in one software but most 3D software has no composite functionalities. I think it is not natural, it hasn't become a big problem but there is no reason they cannot be in one package. Having them in the same place will be good not only for smooth image data transfer but mixing 2D and 3D functionalities to generate one image (composite an image, send it to 3D to build a 3D object which has the shape similar to what's on the image, render it in 3D, composite it with other images, pass it to 3D again to make the image as a source of particle, ... ). Though not as good as Houdini, I thought if I could integrate these two softwares with my Maya and Shake, and I made an experimental system.


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Internally It is implemented on a generic Shake node which behavior is determined by Python scripts. It is similar to PythonNode in pyshake but higher abstraction level and less generic.























Manual and reference.
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~iy7k-tmr/ShakeMayaRender/index.html

summary.
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/%7Eiy7k-tmr/ShakeMayaRender/summary.html