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It was designed specifically to handle animation curves data in a pipeline-friendly way, but it can do much more.\nWith Kiko you can define operators that can handle different kind of data per item or channel and can work automatically across different DCCs.\n\nCurrently Autodesk Maya and The Foundry Nuke are supported. \n\nKiko was designed and implemented by Toolchefs LTD. We have decided to contribute to the 3D Industry making it open source.\n\nKiko is written completely in python.\n\n### Current status of the project\n\nKiko has already been used on Maya 2016 onwards and on Nuke 11. \nWe are looking for contributors who could help us making it work on others DCCs (i.e. Modo, Houdini) and writing new operators.\n\nFew things are missing, like UIs for Nuke, cross app tests, etc.\n\nPlease note, every DCC handles animation curves differently, for this reason transferring animation curves between different apps might not always re-create similar curves.\n\n## Getting started\n\n### Installing\nInstalling in Maya is quite easy.\n```\n- copy the kiko/python/kiko folder in your maya scripts folder.\n- copy the the kikoUndoer.py file in your maya plug-ins folder.\n- you can launch the maya importer and exporter UIs by running the code under kiko/extras/maya.\n```\n\n## Running the tests\nWe use nose for our unit tests. 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Please note, you might have to edit these files to point to your maya and nuke executables, you might also need to edit your PYTHONPATH to include all relevant paths.\n\n## Documentation\nIf you are a developer and would like to know more, please read the [wiki](https://github.com/danielefederico/kiko/wiki) and write to us at support@toolchefs.com in case you have any question.\n\nThe base classes are documented, but comments for inherited classes are not provided.\n\n## Contributing\n\nPlease read [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details on our code of conduct, and the process for submitting pull requests to us.\n\n## License\n\nThis project is licensed under [the MIT license](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).\n\n## Contact us\n\nPlease feel free to contact us at support@toolchefs.com in case you would like contribute or simply have questions.\n\nThe rig used in the unit tests is courtesy of Alex Puente.\n\n### ENJOY!\n\n\n\n\n\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2FToolchefs%2Fkiko","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2FToolchefs%2Fkiko","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2FToolchefs%2Fkiko/lists"}