Maya Shader Library

A shading library tool to store and organize shaders in Autodesk Maya. Create and Manage Categories to organize, save and load maya shaders.

See the Documentation for installation & usage

Maya +2022 Python 3 only

Features

• Create and Manage Categories to organize, save and load maya shaders.
• Save and Load Shaders into a library.
• Import shaders to scene or selected mesh.
• Add custom thumbnail to shaders.
• Add a note to shaders.
• Generate a thumbnail image, using a provided scene file.
• Resizable UI & Movable Toolbar.

Folders

• Documentation (is online)
  /docs

• Saved Shaders Default Location
  /library/shaders

• Custom Location using environment variable
  %LIBRARY%/shaders

• Default Thumbnail Scene
  /library/scene %LIBRARY%/scene/thumbnail_scene.ma

• Python Package root
  /msl

Roadmap 2024...

• export arnold ai shader file (now is a .ma file only)
• update shader from scene (look for the shader in the scene and update the library.)
• show texture maps used for given shader
• copy maps to library repository / deploy maps into target folder
• import into selected mesh, ask for replace shader if exists
• fill library from selection: takes all shaders from selection and fills current category
• import custom image for shader thumbnail (maybe drag and drop?)