Plugin for Maya animators to work with video files directly!

Tired of having to convert your animation reference to images?

Are you a layout artist working with storyboards?

Director gave you more annotations?

What it Does for You

Filmed a Reference? Drew a Storyboard? Got Feedback?
Bring it in as a video.

One video file, not Hundreds of images

Blazingly Fast Frame Caching
Benchmarked at 60+ fps in real-time playback!

Match to Maya's frame rate
Animating at 24fps, but video is 30fps? Media Plane can read the video file at your scene's frame rate

Viewport menu
Create and edit Media Plane
fast and simple!

Post Processing features
Crop and Flip your video

Playback Modes
Retime, Loop, Reverse, Ping-Pong, Hold frame and more...

Saves disk space
Single MP4 H.264 file is smaller than hundreds of image files

Saves time
No need to export and re-export, just select the video in the node

Maya 2018-2026 supported

Supports Maya 2018-2026

Windows-MacOS-Linux supported

Available for ALL platforms
Windows, macOS and Linux

Discord community

Exclusive Support and tiered Community perks on our Discord.
Network with other artists using our tools and make your voice heard!

Frequently Asked Questions

Our Media Plane Help wiki describes in detail every part of how to install Media Plane, how to start using it and all of its features. If you find that you still have questions after reading the Help page, don't hesitate to contact us at support@gizmify.ca or our Discord community.

Yes and No. The plugin comes free for evaluation purposes,
but to remove the 24-frame limitation and activate more features, you need to purchase a license.

No. It is our policy to let you to keep the license you purchased forever, no strings attached!
That means there's no way for us to claim it back. And because of that, a purchased license is considered "used" and can not be refunded.
We believe in and trust you to be fair...

The license will be emailed to you immediately after a successful purchase.
Make sure to check your spam folder, as it might be there. If you haven't received your license for over 30 minutes, please contact support@gizmify.ca and we will make sure you get it.

Media Plane supports Maya 2018-2026.
Future versions of Maya should recieve support as well, depending on your license tier.

All major Operating Systems are supported: Windows, macOS and Linux.
Note: macOS is supported for Maya 2018-2026 on Intel Macs and Maya 2024-2026 on Apple Silicon.

Yes! Please make your suggestion on our Discord or emailing us directly.
Note: Higher tier customers' suggestions and requests will be prioritized depending on our schedule.

The various license tiers offer additional features and extend existing features capability.
Without any license, the Media Plane plugin will run in Free (evaluation) mode, where there will be a restriction on video length, etc.
When a license is applied, the plugin will work in its full potential to the extent of the license tier.
For the exact feature list for each tier, please consult the table below.

You can download it right here on this page. It will work in Free mode with limitations until you apply your license

You can select the license file when installing the plugin, when the installation wizard prompts for it.
Alternatively, you can copy your license file to your Documents/maya folder or one of maya's scripts folders and it will be detected.

You Will Get

No Subscriptions — Yours Forever

Free

$0

Evaluation

Try It
  • For Non-commercial (Personal) use only
  • Limited to 24 frames of video play
  • Up to one node in a Maya scene
  • Basic node features only

Individuals

$14

Individual Artist License

Choose
  • For Commercial use by an Individual artist
  • Everything in Free
  • Unlimited length for any video
  • Unlimited nodes in any Maya scene
  • Basic Editing & Post Processing
  • Color and Gamma correction
  • Future Tier 1 features
  • Improvement and feature requests — Low priority
  • Support: Discord channels — General priority

Professionals

$99

Small-Medium Team License

Choose
  • For Commercial use by Team of 20 artists or less
  • Everything in Individuals
  • Get new features earlier — Tier 2
  • Improvement and feature requests — Medium priority
  • Future Tier 2 features
  • Support: Email — Higher priority within 48h

Studios

$499

Medium-Large Studio License

Choose
  • For Commercial use by Studio of more than 20 artists
  • Everything in Professionals
  • Get new features earlier — Tier 3
  • Improvement and feature requests — High priority
  • Future Tier 3 features
  • Support: Three One-on-One calls — Highest priority within 24h
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