mxi functions?

mxi functions?#42106

By hsume2 - Sat Jul 02, 2005 11:47 am

- Sat Jul 02, 2005 11:47 am #42106

why is it that the 'Open MXI' 'Save MXI' functions under the 'File' menu in my Maxwell Viewer are always disabled? I'm running Maxwell 1.22a on a G4.

#42175

By Kabe - Sat Jul 02, 2005 2:26 pm

- Sat Jul 02, 2005 2:26 pm #42175

Same here on G5. I guess that it's not working yet.

Cheers

Kabe

#42344

By Jake256 - Sun Jul 03, 2005 12:04 am

- Sun Jul 03, 2005 12:04 am #42344

I made an MXI yesterday with the latest of everything on my g5. Worked fine. Didn't try to open an MXI though.

Jake
8-Core Intel 10.4.9 SketchUp 6

#42366

By hsume2 - Sun Jul 03, 2005 7:43 am

- Sun Jul 03, 2005 7:43 am #42366

oh okay, so we don't need the be able to load anything to make an mxi right?

#42367

By Jake256 - Sun Jul 03, 2005 7:55 am

- Sun Jul 03, 2005 7:55 am #42367

hsume2 wrote:oh okay, so we don't need the be able to load anything to make an mxi right?

You right click, open with, the file you want to be a mxi. Choose Maxwell. That will open Maxwell, but won't open the file. Go to the menu and choose open then navigate to the file you right clicked on. It should then open in the Maxwell window. Adjust intensity etc then save as a .mxi.

This .mxi you load as a custom emitter material in the luminosity channel I believe. Thats the way I do it in Lightwave and it seems to work.

Jake
8-Core Intel 10.4.9 SketchUp 6

#42427

By bonsak - Sun Jul 03, 2005 3:25 pm

- Sun Jul 03, 2005 3:25 pm #42427

Maxwell is greyed out in the "open with" dialog when i try this.
Does it have anything to do with me using 10.3.9?
Havent tried this on 10.4.1 yet.

Regards
Bonsak

#42432

By Jake256 - Sun Jul 03, 2005 3:39 pm

- Sun Jul 03, 2005 3:39 pm #42432

bonsak wrote:Maxwell is greyed out in the "open with" dialog when i try this.
Does it have anything to do with me using 10.3.9?
Havent tried this on 10.4.1 yet.

Regards
Bonsak

In the "open with" window that opens, look at the top. It will say "suggested applications" or all applications. Change it to all then should be able to choose Maxwell

Jake
8-Core Intel 10.4.9 SketchUp 6

#42450

By bonsak - Sun Jul 03, 2005 4:56 pm

- Sun Jul 03, 2005 4:56 pm #42450

He he, thanks!

Bonsak

#43066

By hsume2 - Tue Jul 05, 2005 1:29 pm

- Tue Jul 05, 2005 1:29 pm #43066

cool. thanks for the help!

#43143

By beppeg - Tue Jul 05, 2005 5:54 pm

- Tue Jul 05, 2005 5:54 pm #43143

Does anyone succeed to translate an HDR image?
I can only open LDR and in tga format, not tiff :-/

#43171

By Kabe - Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:28 pm

- Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:28 pm #43171

Yes, i had success converting Radiance *.hdr. I'm not shure if tiff is supported.

Kabe

#43200

By beppeg - Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:00 pm

- Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:00 pm #43200

Thanx Kabe, probably I don't have very good HDR images on my hd, have you a link for download a free one for make a simple test?
In the mxi-viewer it say also tif, but when I try to open this it give an error :-/