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[Texture Manager] Create tool

Request

To be filled by the product owner

User story

As a lookdev artist I would like a tool to aid artists in importing and updating the textures

Detailed problematic

As a lookdev artist it would be good to have something similar to the scene manager, to easily see which textures are available for use, and what is currently in the scene. We would also like to be able to import textures and update to a different version with ease, with the correct colourspace and the correct udim. The current workflow is a slow process, so this tool would save us time.

Current workflow

  • Export textures from substance / photoshop
  • Rename files and Save them on the server
  • Import each image  from within modo
  • Use toolbag "set colorspace"
  • Add the image to the shader tree
  • Set the correct effect 

Suggested workflow

  • Open Ingestor
  • Ingest images to the correct place on the server
  • Open texture manager in modo
  • Import all textures needed

Design - UI - Features

Texture_Manager_Design_Upload_02

Tasks

Tasks are to be updated at each major step of the sprint

  • Redact request

OS Data (1 day)

  • Get list of available textures

Modo Data (1 day)

  • Get list of imported textures

Modo Functions (2 days)

  • Import image
  • Import udim
  • Set udim
  • Set colorspace
  • Replace image

Potential - Future 

  • Set effect 
  • Change drag and drop function to set effect 
  • Downsize Image

UI (3 Days)

  • Create Texture thumbnail
  • Create List Widget containing thumbnails
  • Create Side panel

Ingestion (1 day)

  • Write ingestion requirements for Corentin

APP (2 days)

  • Connect everything and make it work

MISC (1 day)

  • Documentation

Notes

  • Is this naming convention still supposed to be in practice, as it is not currently used: https://doc.blinkink.co.uk/books/bip-development/page/texture-publisher

  • Commonly used by Dorianne: Adding effect before suffix

  • SpaceshipInteriorA_LOOKDEV_Main_v003_Luminous_COL_1018

  • SpaceshipInteriorA_LOOKDEV_Main_v003_Occlusion_MSK__1001

  • Can we add size to the file name?

  • The UI will be populated by the different names found in the textures file of the Step and Variant of the modo scene. Therefore if you wish to work on LOOKDEV dirty, work in that scene.

Edited by Ghost User