3ds Max plug-in: six wishes
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 1:22 pm
I'm really very happy with the latest 3ds Max plug-in, muchos gracias Next Limit! Maxwell now offers better integration into Max than I had even hoped for.
The things I'd love to see added are:
1: Matte functionality (a Matte material and/or Matte object properties) with adjustable alpha contribution (1 causes object(s) to be fully visible in the alpha channel, 0 means fully invisible in the alpha, -1 causes only shadows to be visible in the alpha).
2: Support for other 3ds Max maps than only the Bitmap map, such as the Noise map, Tiles, Gradient Ramp, etcetera.
3: An object property to include or exclude objects from the alpha channel.
4: The ability to set the Maxwell render background color, in stead of only a background map.
5: When saving images, please make the Maxwell 3ds Max plug-in respect the entered DPI value in the 3ds Max image options. Now I have to convert images to 300 DPI in Photoshop afterwards each time.
6: Please make the Maxwell 3ds Max plug-in save the alpha channel along with an image (TIFF, TGA, etc.). This eliminates the need to fetch the alpha channel from a separately saved image and eases workflow.
Thanks in advance!
The things I'd love to see added are:
1: Matte functionality (a Matte material and/or Matte object properties) with adjustable alpha contribution (1 causes object(s) to be fully visible in the alpha channel, 0 means fully invisible in the alpha, -1 causes only shadows to be visible in the alpha).
2: Support for other 3ds Max maps than only the Bitmap map, such as the Noise map, Tiles, Gradient Ramp, etcetera.
3: An object property to include or exclude objects from the alpha channel.
4: The ability to set the Maxwell render background color, in stead of only a background map.
5: When saving images, please make the Maxwell 3ds Max plug-in respect the entered DPI value in the 3ds Max image options. Now I have to convert images to 300 DPI in Photoshop afterwards each time.
6: Please make the Maxwell 3ds Max plug-in save the alpha channel along with an image (TIFF, TGA, etc.). This eliminates the need to fetch the alpha channel from a separately saved image and eases workflow.
Thanks in advance!