# Unity-Technologies/VFXToolbox

Additional tools for Visual Effect Artists

Repository: https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/VFXToolbox
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vfxtoolbox
Language: C#
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2025-05-19T13:49:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 33/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 22, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2931, "days_push": 471, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1268, forks 112 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:11.266539+00:00)

## What it is
A Unity package from Unity Technologies providing additional tools for Visual Effect artists, including an Image Sequencer for authoring flipbook texture sheets and DCC tools for exporting point caches and 6-way lighting textures from Houdini and Blender. It integrates with Unity's Visual Effect Graph via the Package Manager.

## Use cases
- assemble texture sequences into flipbook sheets for Unity VFX
- retime and loop image sequences for particle effects
- bake point caches from Houdini for Visual Effect Graph
- export volumes from Houdini to Unity VFX
- bake 6-way lighting textures in Houdini or Blender
- author smoke effects with 6-way lighting in Unity

## When to choose
- you use Unity's Visual Effect Graph and need flipbook or point-cache workflows
- you want DCC export tools for Houdini or Blender targeting Unity VFX

## When to avoid
- you don't use Unity or Visual Effect Graph
- you need guaranteed timely updates or official support

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: image-processing, graphics, developer-tools
- domain: graphics, gaming-tools
- platform: game-engine, cross-platform
- tags: unity, vfx, visual-effect-graph, flipbook-textures, particle-effects, houdini, blender, texture-authoring, game-development

## Member repositories
- Unity-Technologies/VFXToolbox (main) score 33

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:11.266539+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T05:03:36.401236+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/VFXToolbox (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:11.266539+00:00, sha ae020f78a9c0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.