diff --git a/documents/DeveloperGuide/index.rst b/documents/DeveloperGuide/index.rst index 8c902e5e57..430258a1d8 100644 --- a/documents/DeveloperGuide/index.rst +++ b/documents/DeveloperGuide/index.rst @@ -1,5 +1,23 @@ -MaterialX Developer Guide -========================= +MaterialX Python API Documentation +================================== + +The MaterialX Python API provides Python bindings for the +`MaterialX C++ API `_ . + +MaterialX is an open standard for representing rich material and look-development +content in computer graphics, enabling its platform-independent description and +exchange across applications and renderers. Launched at `Industrial Light & Magic +`_ in 2012, MaterialX has been a key technology in their +feature films and real-time experiences since *Star Wars: The Force Awakens* +and *Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run*. The project was released as open source +in 2017, with companies including Sony Pictures Imageworks, Pixar, Autodesk, +Adobe, and SideFX contributing to its ongoing development. In 2021, MaterialX +became the seventh hosted project of the `Academy Software Foundation +`_ . + +General information about MaterialX, announcements, events, third-party support, +and contributing to MaterialX is available at +`MaterialX.org `_ . .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 @@ -19,15 +37,15 @@ MaterialX Python Modules PyMaterialXCore PyMaterialXFormat + PyMaterialXGenShader PyMaterialXGenGlsl + PyMaterialXGenOsl PyMaterialXGenMdl PyMaterialXGenMsl - PyMaterialXGenOsl - PyMaterialXGenShader PyMaterialXRender PyMaterialXRenderGlsl - PyMaterialXRenderMsl PyMaterialXRenderOsl + PyMaterialXRenderMsl Import Order Dependencies