u/Merissa_3D

Hi everyone,

Here’s a small tip that can really improve your animation workflow in Maya.
With these scripts, you’ll be able to use different colors for your animation keys, making your workflow cleaner and easier to read.

I’m also sharing the scripts along with the setup process to integrate them into your shelves.

1. Go to Windows > Preferences > Color Settings > Time Slider and change Tick Special to blue.
2. Copy and paste one of the scripts into the Python Script Editor.
3. Select the script text and drag & drop it into your Anim Shelf (repeat this step for each script).
4. Right-click each newly created shelf button, go to Edit, and customize the icon if needed.
5. Very important: click Save Shelves so your shelf buttons remain saved after restarting Maya.

I’ve also attached the tutorial video, and here are the scripts :

-Red color :

import maya.cmds as cmds

# RED KEY
cmds.setKeyframe()

-Green Color : 

import maya.cmds as cmds

# GREEN KEY
cmds.setKeyframe(breakdown=True)

-Blue Color : 

import maya.cmds as cmds

# BLUE KEY

cmds.setKeyframe()

t = cmds.currentTime(query=True)

cmds.selectKey(clear=True)
cmds.selectKey(add=True, k=True, t=(t, t))

cmds.keyframe(edit=True, tds=True)

Hi everyone,

I’m currently working on a short film and while doing some render tests to check how my animation looks, I noticed a lot of noise and flickering on certain details. I’m not really sure where it’s coming from.

Do you have any ideas about what could be causing this issue and how I could fix it?

I’m rendering with Arnold Renderer GPU and using OIDN as the denoiser.

Here is a test of my robot’s facial rig.

I used a sphere as the base screen, onto which I shrinkwrapped planes. I then textured them to give them the shape of eyes.

To enhance the screen effect, I added a grid and a glass cover on top.