Overview for Working With the Maya to Keyframe Pro Script

Chris Zurbrigg’s Keyframe Pro is a more powerful alternative to standard playback and review tools. Keyframe Pro fills a particular niche for animators working on games, tv or film. This is a look at the keyframe Pro script.

a Python script for Maya that allows users to control Keyframe Pro through a compact UI

A high-end feature of the playback tool is its ability to fit into a production pipeline with a Python-based client API. This allows you to communicate with Keyframe Pro. As an example of this, the standard install for the playback tool comes with a client API script, called Maya to Keyframe Pro script.

Here, Chris Zurbrigg’s offers an overview and demonstration of the Keyframe Pro Script. Maya to Keyframe Pro lets you control the playback and review tool from a small panel within Maya. The script makes use of the Keyframe Client API and provides timeline syncing, viewer controls and play-blasting functionality.

To learn more about Keyframe Pro, visit zurbrigg.com.