eric-thelander
Dec '12

https://vimeo.com/561441131
In this showreel I showcase my skills in Python and PyQt4 using 3 tools out of which
1.Pose It: Pose Manager for Autodesk Maya can run as docked or as floating window made can display thumbnail of stored poses.
2. Mini Me: Maya Project manager that lets the maya artist access files and folder from within maya without having to switch to Explorer or finder set favorite projects, fix file texture paths, email scene or selected file or upload to ftp and even perform incremental save.
(both 1. Pose manager & Project manager has multi plarform compatibility i.e on mac, linux and Windows)
3. Batch Renderer for Autdesk Maya and Foundry Nuke performs batch render, what unique you might find it reads the ma, mb or nk file for the setting set by the artist for rendering and this reduces the chance of a mistake of entering wrong values manually. you can also choose the render camera in case of may from dropdown similarly choose write node incase of Nuke while doing render setup.

I have written plenty of other tools that can be viewed on Creative crash website here: http://goo.gl/xCljF2
Related reading: http://goo.gl/BMuc81

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joojaa
Dec '12

Way too long, gets boring.

  1. Dime a dozen. (everybody has one, and makes one) Hard area to compete.
  2. Is already built into maya, but yeah sure. Not the best ive seen, not the worst tough.
  3. Most likely any studio out there already has a render management software. Those already do this. Besides this is by far your weakest tool.

The greatest problem is your not actually showcasing the tools to their best benefit. See guis are not actually all that exciting to watch. Besides GUI design is about serious usability testing. Usability testing is hard, you haven't done this.

Don't show stuff that's trivial, like sending mail. Mail is easiest thing out there, ftp, sftp also. Instead try to show actual benefit in workflow terms. Technology itself is pretty uninteresting for most people, now the mail needs to be explained as a productivity tool*. Try not to fall into the trap where you feel all your stuff is great because you spent much time on it. Show short and go to the point. Try to showcase the benefits NOT the technical features. Show benefits to workflow, that is the kind of stuff that impresses managers. Managers want popele with good grasp of their reality**.

Try to show some in Maya/comp productivity tools. They are more impressive.

*  so, say a client approval portal is a better thing to show.
** Even if they would be wrong