README.md

tasker

A task manager for animation and vfx film projects.

wiki - tasker.readthedocs.io

Requirements:

• pyhton 2.7+
• qtpy
• sqlalchemy

to run in standalone GUI mode you need also any of:

• PyQt4/5
• PySide/PySide2

Examples:

#####SideEffects Houdini:

import hou  # Houdini Api
import tasker.ui as tasker
houdini_window = hou.ui.mainQtWindow()  # Get the application
window = tasker.MainWindow(parent=houdini_window)
window.show()

#####Foundry Nuke:

import tasker.ui as tasker
window = tasker.MainWindow()
window.show()

#####Autodesk Maya:

import tasker.ui as tasker
window = tasker.MainWindow()
window.show() 

After that you want to create a new project. To do so go to "Project > New Project". After that you can create new assets and shots for this project also from the same menu. To assign users:

• "User>New User"
• right click on the task and choose "assign user"

To change the state of an task:

• right click on an task and choose "set state". Not all state sets are allowed because tasks are dependend on each other. To see and edit these dependencies have a look into the template.py There you can define new tasks, task templates and their dependencies.

TODO:

• adding subtasks to existing tasks

• exchange the current state handling implementation with a finite state machine

• increase test coverage

• adding node editor to generate tasks

• using builder pattern to gnerate shots / assets.