Welcome to alchemy’s documentation!

Alchemy is a Python library for architecting, implementing and supporting full animation vfx and game pipelines. Here’s some concepts to get you started.

Table of Contents - Core Concepts

• Introduction
• Task Stages
  • Start
  • Build
  • Render
  • Review
  • Publish
  • Deliver
• Path Object
  • Examples:
• Reviews
  • Examples:
• The Alchemist’s Cookbook
  • Software (DCCs)
  • Menu Types
  • Production Tasks
  • Task Phases
  • Examples:
• SmartTask System - Overview
  • Examples:
• Plugins - how to easily create plugins for any DCC
  • Alchemy.py - the AlchemyScene
  • SmartTask
  • CustomMeny.py - the key to the cookbook
  • Examples:
• Project Management
  • Production Documents - Sources of Truth
  • Publishing Production Documents
  • Examples:
• Magic Scene Description
  • What is a scene description?
  • Creating MSDs
• Documentation
  • Installation
  • Setting up Pycharm for writing Docstrings
  • Previewing Docstrings locally

Indices and tables

• Index

• Module Index

• Search Page