Copyright 2007 - 2021 Skeletal Studios
Original Design: Dimos Vrysellas, Charles Wardlaw
Original C++ Conversion: Chris Zurbrigg
Cinema 4D Version: Bret Bays
Tradigitools is a helpful plugin for Maya (and now Cinema 4D) that promotes a more traditional workflow for animation with digital tools. It helps set keys and breakdowns, and has numerous workflow tools which were designed to make an animator's life easier.
It has been used extensively by studios in North America, and by many students of animation schools.
We are open sourcing the plugin in the hopes that it will gain a life of its own and continue to be used by animators, both hobbyist and professional, all over the world.
The source is released under the BSD license. If you use the source for anything, we'd appreciate an email (and a link to your project!).
Maya 2022 is now supported. There are some deprecation warnings, so I may go in and silence them by moving to newer API calls at some point. This would mean dropping support for earlier versions of Maya.
The current build uses cmake. I recommend version 3.17 or above.
Builds use the regular cmake dance:
mkdir build && pushd build cmake -DMAYA_VERSION=2022 .. cmake --build . --config Release --target install
This will choose the version of Maya you've specified, and build the plugin.
This open source release also includes the Cinema 4D Python plugin. Please see the cinema4D folder for instructions on installation. If you're familiar with the Maya version, the Cinema 4D version should be right up your alley. Thank Bret Bays for his amazing contribution.
If you've made developments and would like to share, please don't hesitate to contact Charles (kattkieru on github).
Good luck and good animating!