Import Video Reference Into Autodesk Maya

If you don't have the (discontinued) QuickTime plugin installed on Windows, you'll have some difficulty getting a video imported into the latest versions of Maya (2023 and up) on Windows. Here's a solid workaround: Create an image sequence of your video.

Also included: Tips on editing the camera's "imagePlane" as well as how to re-time footage in Adobe After Effects and exporting a PNG sequence with the correct naming conventions for Maya.

Further Study:
Maya CODEC Support (or lack thereof)
https://help.autodesk.com/view/MAYAUL...

Maya Image Plane Syntax
https://help.autodesk.com/view/MAYAUL...

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