README.md

Reference Importer

Description

Script that automates the importing of video reference into Maya, automatically creating an image sequence from a video file and creating an image plane with the sequence.

Installation

1. Download the correct version from the Releases tab

If Using Maya 2021 or under, download ReferenceImporter.zip.

If Using Maya 2022 or higher, download ReferenceImporter_Python3.zip.

2. Copy the contents of the zip to you Maya scripts folder

found under 'Documents/maya/InsertMayaVerion/scripts'

2. Run the following command in Maya

from  ReferenceImporterMain import ReferenceImporterDialog
ReferenceImporterDialog.run()

make sure to run it using Python

Usage

for a demonstration of usage please watch the video :

1. Choose a video file

2. Set the desired trimming

Use format HH:MM:SS.ms for the timecode

3. Set output sequence name and format

4. Set output directory for the sequence

5. (Optional) auto creation of image plane in Maya for the sequence

6. Import the video!!