Puppet Master 1.1 for Maya 1.1 for Maya (maya script)

"Puppet Master" is a free procedural rigging system for Maya.

Key features:
- Rigs are optimized for speed and ease of use (no expressions, heavy use of utility nodes instead, color-coded controls, display layers etc.)
- Artist friendly four step workflow to setup characters
- Easy to animate rigs that are optimized for speed
- Skeletons are created according to a "Template Skeleton" that can be saved and reloaded
- State-of-the-art interface with "slim"-like contextual help windows
- Designed to support different rigging styles for all rig parts ( more complex setups will be added in the future)
- High-quality deformation (Joint split options for arms and legs,
user-definable number of spine joints etc.)
- Pipeline Integration:
Referenced deformation skeleton option allows to separate animation from deformation on your characters.
-> Changes to the models deformation, texture etc. automatically propagate to (animated) shots.
-> Animation and model related tasks such as deformation can be worked on at the same time.
-> Start out Animation early on, when a rough character version is available.

Version History / Release Notes:
1.1: 03.03.2004
Now compatible to all Maya versions 4.5 and up.
FK for arms added
General speed and UI improvements
Demonstration files added to get you started

I started a thread at cgtalk to faciliate discussion on the scripts further development. Please post questions or suggestions there

cheers,
Matthias Zeller, Puppet Master developer
www.maze3d.de

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