PoseIt 1.0

Pose Library, BlendShape Editor and Attribute Slider Editor for Maya

PoseIt is a tool designed to make character animation in Maya easier. It offers tools for easily saving and applying poses, exporting and importing animation, animating BlendShapes and using sliders to control attributes. A number of PoseIt's features have never before been available to Maya users, while other parts of PoseIt offers significant improvements to tools animators use all the time, all contained in an efficient interface designed by animators for animators.

Among the features:

  • Create poses and save animations by clicking a single button. No need to create characterSets or define what nodes to include.
  • All poses and animations have preview images.
  • Multiple options for what nodes to include in a pose and animation.
  • Mutliple options for how pose values should be applied: Replace, Add, Subtract and Exclude Zero (skip attributes whose value is 0).
  • Apply poses and animations even when some nodes are missing.
  • Apply poses gradually and mix poses using PoseSliders.
  • Apply animations with time offset. Include the whole range of keys or only a part of the animation. Apply to all nodes or only to some nodes. Save/Apply attributes with no keyframes on in addition to animated ones.
  • Extremely fast and reliable export/import of animation. PoseIt can apply animation to 10 000 attributes in less than 10 seconds.
  • Batch export and import animation.
  • Rearrange poses and animations in the Pose Window using drag and drop.
  • Easily create preview images of every BlendShape.
  • Sliders automatically adjust their length so that they always fit inside the window.
  • Sliders can be displayed in two columns, saving the user a lot of scrolling to get to the sliders he or she wants to work with.
  • Slider groups can be hidden; again saving the user from a lot of scrolling.
  • A number of commands are available that can be used on specific slider groups or on all existing groups, such as Key, Unkey, Delete Animation, Select Group, Reset Attributes.
  • Create custom tabs and groups containing attribute sliders. (Similar to Alias' popular AttributeCollection script, but with more features and a more streamlined interface.)
  • PoseIt is distributed as a Mel script, so advanced users can add their own tools to it.
  • Supported on Windows only. Versions for other platforms coming soon.