Import in Maya – ADM VFX Wiki

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5.1 Import in Maya

Don’t skip this step!
Very important to set frame rate before importing

Windows > Settings/Preferences > Settings > Time

Match frame rate to your Nuke Project Settings

Our Nuke setup is 25 fps

File > Import…

Assuming you exported FBX from Nuke with overscan and camera focal length divided

Set start and end time according to your FBX export

Right-click Camera Icon > Select Nuke camera

Default name is Camera1, renamed here

1. Select camera by clicking viewport Camera Icon

2. This should open Attribute Editor, or open with top left icon Show/Hide Attribute Editor

3. Scroll down to Environment and Create Image Plane

Alternatively, above viewport camera icon
View > Image Plane > Import Images…

We will use the undistorted overscan image sequence exported from Nuke

4. Open the image sequence

5. Tick Use Image Sequence

6. Select looking through camera

7. Scroll down and increase Depth distance
Depends on scale of your scene

Tick Resolution Gate and Wireframe icons

Scrub through timeline and confirm image sequence and Nuke dummy objects are in sync

If not in sync, likely frame rate settings don’t match Nuke’s FBX

Open with Render Settings icon

Renderable Camera: Select Nuke camera

Image Size: Your overscan image size, here HD + 10%

Use any smaller size with the same aspect ratio (here 1.778) for test renders, i.e. default 960 x 540 or half overscan 1106 x 594