The syncsketch-maya plugin which will allow you to

• upload videos and plablasts to syncsketch in seconds, skipping any conversion process
• download notes and image annotations from syncsketch back to maya, adjust parameters such like frame offset etc
• manage your viewport presets for recording

See a quick Intro Video for this plugin here: https://vimeo.com/syncsketch/integrationmaya

See a good use case, demonstrated by Zeina Masri on how to animate from reference: https://vimeo.com/359388029

The easiest way to install this application is to ...

1. Click this File Link > installCrossPlatform.mel < to download the installation mel file.
2. Drag drop it from the browser into a maya-viewport. This will automatically install all the dependencies without requiring admin priviliges into your user-directory.
3. Hit 'Install' and on Allow this process to run python (hit 'Allow' in the popup)
4. Start SyncSketch UI
5. Log-In with your SyncSketch Credentials.

1. Set environment variable SS_DEV to dev in your environment or Maya Script Editor

import os
os.environ['SS_DEV'] = 'dev'

2. Download installCrossPlatform.mel-DEV and drag it into your maya-viewport.

If you are familiar with python and pip, you can go for a manual installation and follow these steps:

1. Install the Syncsketch-API + extras

pip2.7.exe install --upgrade --user https://github.com/syncsketch/python-api/archive/v1.0.4.zip pyyaml requests[security]

2. Install the Syncsketch-GUI

pip2.7.exe install --upgrade --target=C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\maya\2018\scripts https://github.com/syncsketch/syncsketchGUI/archive/release.zip

3. Open Maya & Install the maya Shelf from the script editor:

import syncsketchGUI syncsketchGUI.install_shelf()

Note: Manual install expects you to have ffmpeg and pip already installed and set-up correctly.

If you want to contribute to this project, your help is very welcome. We are trying to give a minimal version of a Publish workflow, which you can either adapt or get inspired by.

• Create a personal fork of our Github.
• Clone the fork on your local machine. Your remote repo on Github is called origin.
• Add the original repository as a remote called upstream.
• If you created your fork a while ago be sure to pull upstream changes into your local repository.
• Create a new branch to work on! Branch from master.
• Implement/fix your feature, comment your code.
• Add or change the documentation as needed.
• Squash your commits into a single commit with git's interactive rebase. Create a new branch if necessary.
• Push your branch to your fork on Github, the remote origin.
• From your fork open a pull request in the to the master branch
• Once the pull request is approved and merged you can pull the changes from upstream to your local repo and delete your extra branch(es).

And last but not least: Always write your commit messages in the present tense. Your commit message should describe what the commit, when applied, does to the code – not what you did to the code.