Activision USD Shell Extension
A Windows Shell Extension for the Pixar USD file format.
Windows Explorer Features
- Hydra Realtime Preview
- Thumbnails
- Context Menus
- Metadata Properties
Windows Search Features
- Metadata Search
More details available here.
Goals
There are several goals that this shell extension tries to adhere to and takes extra precautions to meet.
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Performance
It is important that the shell extension not stall Windows Explorer. -
Stability
Instability in the shell extension will take down Window Explorer and/or the entire desktop.
The mitigation strategy is to run the majority of the shell extension asynchronously out of the Windows Explorer process.
Dependencies
The following dependencies are required:
Required Microsoft Visual Studio Components:
- Desktop development with C++
- C++ ATL
- Windows 10 SDK
- Windows Universal C Runtime
- Python language support