◆MAYA TOOLS & RIGS · FOR FREELANCE ANIMATORS

Josh MuccaTools & Rigs._

Small, focused Maya tools that stay out of your way so you can spend time on animation, not on file management.

STORE.SPECACTIVE

tools: 05 · all live
rigs: 02 · maya
maya: 2022 — 2027
platform: win / mac / linux
install: drag · 30s
price: free → $19.99

// built between freelance shots,
// shared in case useful.

BUNDLE · LIVE

Freelance Survival Kit.

Every tool, one drop. Project Init, Scene Doctor, Playblast Pro, Layer Wrangler and Cycle Helper bundled together — the same setup I keep on every freelance machine.

$19.99$32save $12

Get the bundle→

OR PICK ONE

Each tool stands on its own.

01FREE

Project Init

v1.6.3

Stop setting up folder structures by hand. Builds a clean animator-first scaffold and auto-versions saves as you work.

—One-click project creation, no render/cache bloat.
—Auto-versioning saves: walk_v01, v02, v03…
—Save As / Playblast / FBX dialogs aim at the right folders.
—Recent projects switcher across Maya sessions.

Download · free→

02$8

Scene Doctor

v1.6.4

A sanity pass before you export. Catches the unknown nodes, broken refs and namespace drift that quietly break a shot in production.

—Pre-export scene audit with severity levels.
—One-click fixes for the safe issues, manual prompts for the rest.
—Single undo chunk — nothing sticks if you bail.
—Rig-agnostic. No hardcoded names.

Get it · $8→

03$10

Playblast Pro

v1.0.30

Client-ready playblasts in three clicks: Build, Export, Restore. Clean, labelled, versioned video straight into your shot folder.

—Three modes: Shot Review, Multi-View quad-split, Animation Showcase.
—Pro HUD burned in: animator, client, shot, version, live frame counter.
—Auto-versioning into your playblasts folder — pairs with Project Init.
—MP4 via ffmpeg with a built-in install wizard; native .mov fallback.

Get it · $10→

04$7

Layer Wrangler

v1.0.10

Tame the outliner. Auto-builds clean, colour-coded display layers per rig — controls, geo, joints, locators — however the rig got into your scene.

—Colour-coded layers per rig: controls, geo, joints, locators.
—Works with referenced, namespaced or directly-opened rigs.
—Toggle visibility and select a layer's contents in one click.
—New layer from selection, on the fly.

Get it · $7→

05$7

Cycle Helper

v1.0.12

Close walks and runs faster. Match the loop ends with no pop, set infinity, smooth the seam and bake to real keys for export — each in one click.

—Match the loop ends so the cycle doesn't pop.
—Set cycle / cycle+offset infinity in a click.
—Smooth or flatten the seam.
—Set range to the cycle, then bake to real keys for export.

Get it · $7→

INSTALL · 30s

Same install for every tool.

01Buy or download from joshmucca.gumroad.com
02Extract the zip on your machine
03Drag install.py into a Maya viewport
04A new shelf tab appears with the tool's buttons. Done.

COMPATIBILITY

MAYA 202220232024202520262027PYSIDE2PYSIDE6

MORE TO COME

More tools, when they’re ready.

No fixed roadmap, no promises. Each tool only ships after a few months of real use on real shots — whatever survives the grind and earns its place in my own kit gets published here.

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