About

openPypeline Studio is the modernized, Python-based successor to the original openPipeline framework, an open-source framework for managing animation production data and workflow.

History & Origins

First drafted as the openPipeline Specification v0.1 in August 2007, its first implementation was a MEL-based plug-in for Autodesk Maya that handled specific aspects of production: automatic directory structures, file naming conventions, revision control, and modularity that makes multi-artist workflows possible. Versions for other production applications (like Nuke, Houdini, and Unreal Engine) are actively in development by the community.

Credits

People

• Rob O’Neill (Creator)

• Paris Mavroidis

• Meng-Han Ho

• Greg Elshoff

Organizations

• Pratt Institute: Digital Arts Research Lab

• Eyebeam

• Kickstand

Studios Using the Original openPipeline

• Guru Studio, Toronto, Canada

• Edit1, New York, USA

• ReelFX, Dallas, USA

• Illusion Studios, Argentina

• EttaminA, India

• Trine Studios, India

• Hush, New York, USA

• Hornet, New York, USA

• JWTwo, New York, USA

Contribute

Please let us know how you’re using it, what you’d like to see added, and send us your additions/edits and documentation.