OSX Wishes
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 8:24 pm
I wish I could drag and drop from Iphoto to MXED Texture buttons. Additionally, doing so would not by default open the texture picker window. I can click the icon for that, but I ought to grab a photo - drop into reflectance, grab another photo, - drop into bump, etc. This would allow me to use iPhoto for texture management.
Secondly, Since iPhoto is an awesome simple interface for image management, can someone look into the many benefits of linking the material editor directly to its database? Perhaps a convenient "Use iPhoto/Aperture Library for Texture Management" option in Studio / MXED as a preference? And it would be fantastic if you would just write MXED as a plugin to iPhoto so that textures could be edited via iphoto or aperture. Maybe include some automated algorithms to generate bump / reflection maps within iPhoto, automatically named and keyword linked to the original texture. Please give us the tools needed to manage this ever-growing materials library. I spend more time hunting and sorting through images for map making, editing and sometimes I just dont do what I should because it takes so long.
Secondly, Since iPhoto is an awesome simple interface for image management, can someone look into the many benefits of linking the material editor directly to its database? Perhaps a convenient "Use iPhoto/Aperture Library for Texture Management" option in Studio / MXED as a preference? And it would be fantastic if you would just write MXED as a plugin to iPhoto so that textures could be edited via iphoto or aperture. Maybe include some automated algorithms to generate bump / reflection maps within iPhoto, automatically named and keyword linked to the original texture. Please give us the tools needed to manage this ever-growing materials library. I spend more time hunting and sorting through images for map making, editing and sometimes I just dont do what I should because it takes so long.