Awesome CG Pipeline

List of open-source technologies that will help in the process of building a pipeline for CG productions.

Any contribution is welcome!

Image software

• Blender - Modelisation and animation
• Natron - Compositing
• The Gimp - Image edition
• Krita - Image edition
• CasparCG - Video broadcast

Libraries

File path

• Lucidity - File path template

UI

• Qt.py - Qt versions abstraction
• Nodz - Node generator for Qt
• SceneGraph - Ui for scene graph.

CG Software API

• Cross3D - Scene and node management abstraction
• Py3dsMax - 3dsMax API in Python
• CGCmake - CMake modules for CG apps

Geometry

• Simplex - Blendshape Solver
• CvWrap - Fast Maya wrap deformer
• Blender Addons - Helpers for Blender
• BlenderGIS - Geo data importer

File formats

• Alembic - Animations
• MaterialX - Materials and look-dev
• USD - Scenes

Dockers

• Deadline
• Kitsu/Zou
• Maya

Asset managers

• Avalon
• Damas
• Gaffer
• Kabaret
• Plex

Production Managers

• Kitsu - For small to mid-size studios

Plugins

• AFX - Everyday compositing for Nuke.

Databases

Graph

• ArangoDB
• Cayley
• Neo4j
• OrientDB

Relational

• MySQL

Document-based

• MongoDB
• Cassandra

Monitoring Web Services

• ELK Stack
• Prometheus

Resources / Tutorials

• Beginning Python For Maya
• Digital Video Introduction
• Example of Python scripts for 3D Studio Max, Maya and Blender
• Unit Testing in Maya