Mouth Shader Tool - Animation Hack! - FREE!

Hello animators!

Do you want a simple way to add depth to your character's mouth in the polish phase of your shot? Do you always want to darken the inside of the mouth so the teeth and tongue stand out? - Maybe this will help?? - Mouth Shader Tool

This tool creates a simple gradient shader material and assigns it to a plane. The plane can then be placed at the back of a character's mouth (behind the tongue), to help create depth when the mouth is open.

Original idea inspired by Charles Icay (@IkHandle).

I hope you find it useful!
James

Compatibility

Python 2 and 3
Maya 2018 - 2026

Revisions

Revision 0: 28/11/24 : First release (v1.0.0)

Revision 1: 29/11/24 : Second release (v1.2.1)
Fix - Parent Constraint bug. Small wording changes. Small UI fixes.

Revision 2: 25/08/25 : Third release (v1.3.2)
Fix - Rewrote codebase to support Python 2 (Maya 2018 to 2020).
Fix - Code clean up, removed redundant code.
Fix - Reworked UI to match style of my other tools.

Contents

Inside the ZIP folder are five files:

1. Description (Text)
2. How to install (Text)
3. How to use (Mov)
4. mouthShader_tool_icon (Jpg)
5. mouthShader_tool (Python file)