BrillStudio has packaged up and released ShaderMonger 2, its shader management pipeline tool for Maya which now has the ability to sync with an online shader gallery with direct downloads. Check out the latest features in ShaderMonger 2 for Maya here.

ShaderMonger© is a Pipeline tool from Brillstudio directed at small and large studios, as well as individual/freelance Maya shading artists

ShaderMonger provides a simple and intuitive interface for easily cataloging Maya Shaders into groups, back them up to libraries, create thumbnails for Shaders, and even take care of textures and texture paths for you. ShaderMonger supports most shading engines including mental ray, V-Ray, and others. Version 2 of ShaderMonger is currently available for Windows platform, with Mac and Linux following shortly.

New Features in Version 2.06:

  • Online Shader Gallery with direct downloads, donwload and install directly to shadermonger’s library.
  • Auto updater- automatic updates from webserver from now on, no need to reinstall Ever again !
  • Email shader easily with new right click ->; Share button.
  • viewer improvments.