Code Snippets, Scripts and Tools

Below are a number of coded bits and bobs I’ve created. May they help you in times of need.

General Tools

Simple Input Tabs - A simple way to add different content placement in templates (For GetSimple CMS). Even your mum can do it!
Folder Process - Compress videos and rename photos in one step.
Photopack - Use modern compression to pack photos into and out of a video. Either as a space saving archive, or to send to someone.
C4D Isolate - Tool to isolate selected objects in such a way that they are not being computed (using layers).

GO - A simple browser Go board. Keeps track of the game, not the score etc. Share links with people to provide the board state.
Barcode Beep - A simple barcode scanner for toddler shop play. Use it on phones / tablets as a scanning surface. Buy all the things!

Fully blown functional and useful tools.

Out Of Control Rig Work In Progress!
Clip Store - Pose library focusing on flexibility.
Twin Skeleton - For creating consistent “dummy” rigs beneath more advanced rigs. Suitable for games. Useful in other rigging tasks also.
Game Anim Export - Managing game animations in Maya scenes.
License Fix - Reduce the number of Student popups in the student version of Maya to reasonable levels.
Todo - Todo task list, and file versioning in one!
File Lock - Lock a maya scene file while it is in use to prevent people stepping on each others toes. Suitable for working in shared environments, such as a local network or dropbox.
Constraint key - Key one object to another as though it were a constraint.
Click Time - Time out animations organically.
Anim Health Check - Save your sanity! Give your animation curves a health check.
Remote Textures - Automatically download textures if urls are supplied.
Attribute Snap - Constraint like system for custom attributes.

Brief single purpose helpers. Useful.

Buffer MA - Pull animation data from old .ma versions.
Pull Dense - Extract detail from anim curves.
Path Bake - Bake motion to a path and back.
Camera Culling (Frustrum) - Hide things not visible to camera.
Shape Control - Replace rig controllers with pickable model sections.
Curve Combiner - Combine multiple nurbs curves into one curve.
Constraint Switcher - Add a new attribute with a drop down list that switches constraints. Simple!
Movable Parent Constraint - Parent constraint remaining adjustable.
IK-Like Orient Constraint - Aim constraint setup.
Time Constraint - Parent constraint with the added option of offsetting time.
Python2Mel - Turn python source file into a compact mel command.

Few lines of code. Pieces of the puzzle!