ShaderBlaster

Introducing a new shader application solution for Maya artists! Quicken your shading workflow with this Python 3-powered tool, designed to streamline shaderwork. Packed with a suite of intuitive tools, it drastically reduces your need for hypershade that can be quite heavy on your scene.

Perfect for pre-viz work, this tool lets you swiftly apply, clean, and organize shaders in your scene, with features for custom suffixes and removing namespaces and updating shader groups and more with a single click of a button!

The purchase gives you the right to edit the script as you see fit, if you want to, for instance, permanently change the path of your UV-checker image file. It does however not give you the right to sell it as your own. I retain the bragging rights :)

Say goodbye to complexity and hello to efficiency!

For maya 2023 and newer because of Py3

ShaderBlaster – Maya Shader Management Made Simple! ShaderBlaster is a Python tool for Autodesk Maya that streamlines the way you work with materials. Instead of digging through Hypershade or navigating endless menus, ShaderBlaster gives you a clean, custom UI to:
Browse all shaders in your scene instantly (no clutter, only what you need).
Quickly view and edit shader attributes in one panel.
Convert between shader types (Lambert, Blinn, Standard Surface, aiStandardSurface, etc.) while preserving textures, colors, and (some) connections.
Clean up namespaces and keep your scene organized.
Rename shaders (with suffix support) and automatically sync their shading groups.
Update shader assignments to objects with a single click.

By centralizing shader management in one intuitive panel, ShaderBlaster cuts out repetitive tasks, keeps your materials consistent, and saves you valuable time — especially in complex scenes where Hypershade can get messy. Whether you’re shading for animation, visualization, or VFX, ShaderBlaster helps you stay focused on the creative part of look development instead of wrestling with Maya’s defaults.