Update AETemplete

README.md

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ MediaPlane/
 │   └── MayaImagePlaneNode/
 │       ├── CMakeLists.txt      # Plugin CMake configuration
 │       ├── Plugin.cpp          # Maya plugin entry point
+│       ├── AETemplateMediaPlane.mel  # Attribute Editor template
 │       ├── MayaMediaPlaneNode.h    # Node header file
 │       ├── MayaMediaPlaneNode.cpp  # Node implementation
 │       ├── FFmpegVideoDecoder.h   # FFmpeg decoder header
@@ -108,6 +109,27 @@ C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2023\plug-ins\
 createNode MediaPlane;
 ```
 
+### Use AE Template
+
+The plugin includes a custom Attribute Editor template. When the plugin loads, you'll see instructions in the Script Editor. To manually load the AE template:
+
+```mel
+// Source the AE template
+source "AETemplateMediaPlane.mel";
+```
+
+For automatic loading, copy the MEL file to your Maya scripts directory:
+```
+C:\Users\<username>\Documents\maya\2023\scripts\
+```
+
+Or add this to your `userSetup.mel`:
+```mel
+// Add to userSetup.mel
+if (!`exists AETemplateMediaPlane`)
+    source "AETemplateMediaPlane.mel";
+```
+
 ### Set Video File
 
 ```mel

src/MayaImagePlaneNode/AETemplateMediaPlane.mel

@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+// AETemplateMediaPlane.mel
+// Attribute Editor Template for MayaMediaPlaneNode
+// This file customizes the appearance of MediaPlane node attributes in Maya's Attribute Editor
+
+global proc AETemplateMediaPlane(string $nodeName)
+{
+    editorTemplate -beginScrollLayout;
+    
+    // Video File Section
+    editorTemplate -beginLayout "Video File" -collapse 0;
+        // Use custom control for video file with browse button
+        editorTemplate -callCustom "AETemplateMediaPlaneVideoFileCreate" "AETemplateMediaPlaneVideoFileUpdate" "videoFile";
+    editorTemplate -endLayout;
+
+    // Playback Section
+    editorTemplate -beginLayout "Playback" -collapse 0;
+        editorTemplate -addControl "currentTime";
+        editorTemplate -addControl "frameRate";
+        editorTemplate -addControl "playbackRate";
+        editorTemplate -addControl "useMayaFrameRate";
+        editorTemplate -addControl "loop";
+    editorTemplate -endLayout;
+
+    // Post Effects Section
+    editorTemplate -beginLayout "Post Effects" -collapse 0;
+        editorTemplate -addControl "postEffectCrop";
+        editorTemplate -addControl "postEffectResize";
+        editorTemplate -addControl "postEffectFlip";
+    editorTemplate -endLayout;
+
+    // Cache Section
+    editorTemplate -beginLayout "Cache" -collapse 0;
+        editorTemplate -addControl "cachePolicy";
+        editorTemplate -addControl "cacheSize";
+        editorTemplate -addControl "clearCache";
+        editorTemplate -addControl "outCacheHitRatio";
+    editorTemplate -endLayout;
+
+    // Output Section
+    editorTemplate -beginLayout "Output" -collapse 0;
+        editorTemplate -addControl "outFrameWidth";
+        editorTemplate -addControl "outFrameHeight";
+        editorTemplate -addControl "outFrameTimestamp";
+        editorTemplate -addControl "outFrameCount";
+        editorTemplate -addControl "outIsValid";
+    editorTemplate -endLayout;
+
+    // Add AE call to the base class
+    editorTemplate -addExtraControls;
+    
+    editorTemplate -endScrollLayout;
+}
+
+// Custom control creation for video file with browse button
+global proc AETemplateMediaPlaneVideoFileCreate(string $nodeName)
+{
+    setUITemplate -pushTemplate attributeEditorTemplate;
+    
+    // Create label and textField in a row
+    rowLayout -numberOfColumns 3
+        -columnWidth3 120 320 80
+        -adjustableColumn 2
+        -columnAlign3 "right" "center" "center"
+        -rowAttach 1 "left" 0;
+        
+        text -label "videoFile";
+        
+        textField -tx "" -width 320 "AETemplateMediaPlaneVideoFileTextField";
+        
+        button -label "Browse..." -width 80 
+            -command "AETemplateMediaPlaneBrowseButton()" 
+            "AETemplateMediaPlaneBrowseButton";
+    
+    setUITemplate -popTemplate;
+}
+
+// Update callback for video file control
+global proc AETemplateMediaPlaneVideoFileUpdate(string $nodeName)
+{
+    string $value = `getAttr ($nodeName + ".videoFile")`;
+    textField -edit -tx $value "AETemplateMediaPlaneVideoFileTextField";
+}
+
+// Browse button command
+global proc AETemplateMediaPlaneBrowseButton()
+{
+    // Get the current text field value
+    string $currentFile = `textField -q -tx "AETemplateMediaPlaneVideoFileTextField"`;
+    
+    // Set up file filters
+    string $filters = "Video Files (*.mp4 *.mov *.avi *.mkv *.webm);;MP4 (*.mp4);;MOV (*.mov);;AVI (*.avi);;MKV (*.mkv);;WebM (*.webm);;All Files (*.*)";
+    
+    // Open file dialog
+    string $result[] = `fileDialog2 
+        -fileFilter $filters
+        -dialogStyle 2
+        -caption "Select Video File"
+        -startingDirectory ($currentFile != "" ? `dirname $currentFile` : "")`;
+    
+    // If user selected a file, update the text field
+    if (size($result) > 0)
+    {
+        textField -edit -tx $result[0] "AETemplateMediaPlaneVideoFileTextField";
+    }
+}
+
+// Registration procedure
+global proc AEregisterMediaPlaneNode()
+{
+    // Register the AE template for MediaPlane node
+    // This is called from the plugin initialization
+}

src/MayaImagePlaneNode/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ set(PLUGIN_SRCS
 
 set(MOD_FILES
     MediaPlane.mod
+    AETemplateMediaPlane.mel
 )
 
 # ============================================

src/MayaImagePlaneNode/Plugin.cpp

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #include "MayaMediaPlaneNode.h"
 #include <maya/MFnPlugin.h>
+#include <maya/MGlobal.h>
 
 // Forward declaration
 MStatus initializeMediaPlaneNode();
@@ -23,7 +24,10 @@ MStatus initializePlugin(MObject obj)
                                  &MayaMediaPlaneNode::kNodeClassification);
     if (!status) return status;
     
+    // Display info about AE Template
     MGlobal::displayInfo("MayaMediaPlaneNode plugin loaded");
+    MGlobal::displayInfo("For Attribute Editor customization, source: source \"AETemplate_MediaPlane.mel\"");
+    
     return MS::kSuccess;
 }