Andy J Latham - Camera Tearer

Camera Tearer automatically tears off your preferred selection of cameras to separate windows. Useful for multi-monitor setups. Your selection of cameras is saved with the Maya scene and the window positions are saved in Maya's preferences.

1. Download CameraTearer.zip and extract it to:

C:\Users\YOURNAME\Documents\Maya\Scripts

2. Assign the following Python code to a shelf button to load the UI (I like to assign it to the double-click action of the button) (Maya 2022 and later):

import importlib
import CameraTearer as ct
importlib.reload(ct)
tear = ct.CameraTearer()
tear.CreateUI()

Or use this code for earlier versions of Maya:

import CameraTearer as ct
reload(ct)
tear = ct.CameraTearer()
tear.CreateUI()

3. Assign the following Python code to a shelf button to simply tear of the previously saved selection of cameras, bypassing the UI (I like to assign it to the single-click action of the same button) (Maya 2022 and later):

import importlib
import CameraTearer as ct
importlib.reload(ct)
tear = ct.CameraTearer()
tear.Tear()

Or use this code for earlier versions of Maya:

import CameraTearer as ct
reload(ct)
tear = ct.CameraTearer()
tear.Tear()