pymel.core.system.imfPlugins

static system.imfPlugins(*args, **kwargs)

This command queries all the available imf plugins for its name, keyword or image file extension. Only one of the attributes (name, keyword or extension) can be queried at a time. If no flags are specified, this command returns a list of all available plugin names.

Flags:

Long name (short name)		Argument Types	Properties
extension (ext)		unicode
	image file extension
keyword (key)		unicode
	imf keyword
multiFrameSupport (mfs)		unicode
	multi frame IO is supported Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.
pluginName (pn)		unicode
	imf plugin name
readSupport (rs)		unicode
	read operation is supported
writeSupport (ws)		unicode
	write operation is supported

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.imfPlugins

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

pm.imfPlugins( query=True )
# Result: [u'Alias', u'BMP (Microsoft Windows bitmap)', u'DDS', u'GIF', u'JPEG', u'Kodak Cineon', u'Maya Image', u'mentalrayCT', u'mentalrayMAP', u'mentalrayST', u'PNG', u'PostScript (Encapsulated)', u'Quantel', u'Silicon Graphics', u'Softimage', u'Sony Playstation', u'Targa', u'TIFF', u'Wavefront', u'XPM', u'Radiance Picture File'] #
# returns a list of all imf plugin names
pm.imfPlugins( 'pluginName', query=True, ext=True )
# returns image file extension of the plugin
pm.imfPlugins( 'pluginName', query=True, key=True )
# returns IMF keyword of the plugin
pm.imfPlugins( 'imfKeyWord', query=True, pn=True )
# returns plugin name corresponding to imf keyword
pm.imfPlugins( 'imfKeyWord', query=True, ws=True )
# returns true if this plugin key supports write operations
pm.imfPlugins( 'imfKeyWord', query=True, rs=True )
# returns true if this plugin key supports read operations
pm.imfPlugins( 'imfKeyWord', query=True, mfs=True )
# returns true if this plugin key supports multiframe input/output