Transform Shader - Script (Maya)

Script for Maya

Did you get models with shaders you do not render with? No problem, just convert them, and it's done.

By running this script a window popups where you can select into which shader your current selected one should be converted into with the correct values and the same nodes connected as before

Works for shader from Turtle, Arnold, Redshift, VRay, Mental Ray, 3Delight, IRay, FinalRender, Renderman and Maxwell(does not convert renderer specific nodes like "Redshift Color Correction").

3Delight(2.2.9), FinalRender(2 Beta), Iray(2.3), Mental Ray(last version) and Maxwell(5.1.1) will no longer be updated, but the functionality to convert them is still implemented.

The script tries to be as true as possible with all attributes, which is very important if you go for high quality realism. That is why some attribute conversions do not happen.

When you want to convert a Diffraction Shader into a Redshift Standard Material. The Diffraction Shader's color attribute is defined as "color" and the Redshift Standard Materials' color attribute is defined as "diffuseColor", since they are not quite the same and therefore will not be converted. The bump and normal attribute is one of these cases, too. They are not quite the same and many shaders have them both, so it does not convert from bump to normal.

So sometimes you only have to manually convert some attributes by hand, but the script editor writes out where the conversion may not be correct.

Easy to use and does not require any type of installation, just run the script. You can even drag and drop the script into Maya!

See example in the video above.

Tested in latest Maya version.

Please rate it after downloading.

If there are any problems or bugs, just email me.

Hope it helps! :)