framatai for Maya

Cinematic camera moves, copying the camera of a reference video, playblasts and rigging inside Autodesk Maya — free, no account needed. With a framatai account it also makes 3D models and sends your approved playblasts to framatai.

Download framatai for Maya 0.4.0

Maya 2022–2026 · Windows and macOS (Linux: not tested yet) · Guide (Arabic, PDF) · Network requirements for IT (PDF)

Free, on your computer

• 27 cinematic camera moves on a real-camera rig (dolly, crane, pan and tilt), framed by shot size and lens, with a frame check: headroom, what blocks the view, camera speed.
• Copy a camera move from a reference video (a film clip, an ad): it finds the cuts, reads each shot's move, length and ease, and builds the shots on your character. The video is read on your computer and never sent.
• Playblasts as MP4 at Seedance sizes: a 720p draft or a 1080p final.
• One-click rigging with Maya's Quick Rig for human characters.
• UniRig (beta) rigs any shape — animals, creatures, objects — on your NVIDIA graphics card (8 GB or more). It is a one-time download of about 12 GB, and nothing leaves your computer.
• With an AI tool (optional): Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Gemini CLI, Codex or any MCP app on your computer — describe the shot, and it builds it in Maya, checks its frames and shows you the playblast.

With a framatai account

• framatai 3D: a model from a description or from pictures, straight into the scene at real size.
• Send an approved playblast to framatai as a reference video for the Video studio and Mirror.

These two open for new accounts soon. The account is free. Create your account · Sign in

Install

1. Unzip the file somewhere it can stay, such as Documents.
2. Drag install.mel into Maya's viewport. The plug-in loads now and with every Maya; the first time it adds ffmpeg for playblasts (it needs the internet once).
3. Open the framatai menu → framatai panel. Sign in from Settings only when you want framatai 3D.

For companies

The plug-in talks only to framatai.com (HTTPS, port 443), through your proxy, and to programs on the same computer. Installing adds a few packages from PyPI (about 30 MB), and copying a camera move adds the video tools once (about 40–80 MB); UniRig is an optional larger download. Your IT team finds every address and port in the network requirements (PDF).