Managing scenes and scene data is a big part of being a Pipeline TD and the latest videos released in the Maya Pipeline Essentials course begin a deep dive into these core fundamentals: zurbrigg.com/courses

Just bought Chris Zurbrigg 's advanced playblast tool, and my god im so happy..... It's literally perfect for animation zurbrigg.com/advanced-playb… Anyone animating and using maya, just buy it and be happy now that your playblasts look more 'professional' :)

A detailed look at referencing in Maya… What it is, how it works and why it is so important to the animation pipeline (with Python examples). Now available in the Maya Pipeline Essentials course: zurbrigg.com/courses

Learn how to create a Houdini-style radial menu using Qt and Python Available now in the Qt for Python: Tips and Tricks course zurbrigg.com/courses

Learn the basics of pipeline shot management through the creation of a file-based shot manager utility for Maya. Now available in the Maya Pipeline Essentials course: zurbrigg.com/courses

The latest additions to the Maya Python API series introduces some less-than-conventional approaches to custom node development along with an introduction to custom data types. Available now in the Maya Python API (Vol. 4) course: zurbrigg.com/courses

An introduction to custom data types -- what they are and how they can be used to save custom attribute data in a Maya scene file (both mayaASCII and mayaBinary). Maya Python API (Vol. 4) - Available Now: zurbrigg.com/courses

A bunch of new tutorials have been added since my last post including new lessons in the following courses: - Maya Pipeline Essentials - Maya Python API (Vol. 4) - Qt for Python: Tips and Tricks Full course list: zurbrigg.com/courses Recent updates: zurbrigg.com/courses/course…

ShotGrid API Essentials -- An introduction to ShotGrid automation using the Python Client API. Included with 20+ development focused courses for TDs, artists and animators: zurbrigg.com/courses

A bunch of new lessons added over the past few months including updates to the following courses: - Qt for Python: Tips and Tricks - Maya API: Python to C++ (Vol. 2) - Shotgrid API Essentials Full course list: zurbrigg.com/courses Recent updates: zurbrigg.com/courses/course…

Charcoal Editor 2 (beta) builds for Maya 2025 are now available for download on my website: zurbrigg.com/charcoal-edito… Maya 2025 made the switch to Qt6 and this required some notable code changes. If you notice anything unusual, please send me an email.

The latest version of the Zurbrigg Advanced Playblast plugin for #Maya includes support for Maya 2025 (Qt6): zurbrigg.com/advanced-playb…

I’ve been quietly working on several new projects for a while now and I’m finally at a point where I’m ready to announce two early access releases: Keyframe Pro 2 (beta) - zurbrigg.com/keyframe-pro-2 Keyframe MPX (beta) - zurbrigg.com/keyframe-mpx FAQ - zurbrigg.com/keyframe-pro-2…

Kicking off December with the start of a new course Maya Tools: Character Picker An advanced, project-based course focused on the development of a robust Character Picker tool with a built-in WYSIWYG editor for creating custom picker tabs. All Courses: zurbrigg.com/courses

I'm please to announce the first official releases of Keyframe Pro 2 and Keyframe MPX: Keyframe Pro 2 - zurbrigg.com/keyframe-pro-2 Keyframe MPX - zurbrigg.com/keyframe-mpx Download it now!

Six lessons have been added to the Maya Tools: Character Picker course zurbrigg.com/courses

A new build of Keyframe MPX (v1.0.7) is now available for download: zurbrigg.com/keyframe-mpx

A new build of Keyframe Pro 2 (v1.0.7) is now available for download: zurbrigg.com/keyframe-pro-2

A new build of Keyframe Pro 2 (v1.0.9) is now available for download: zurbrigg.com/keyframe-pro-2

Charcoal Editor 2 builds for Maya 2026 are now available for download: zurbrigg.com/charcoal-edito…