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[Closed] Extended make preview/grab viewport

 
 designit
Oct 07, 2010 9:29 pm

Hi

Im looking for a script, or help to making one, which makes the process of quick viewport previews more automated. So basically an extension of make preview/grab viewport feature.

  • would like to be able to select a path and filename ( without restricted codecs etc… )
  • when path and filename selected once it should be possible to just overwrite the same file over and over again

Is it possible to modify the already existing make preview/grab viewport feature to do this? I cannot find the maxscript interface for make preview/grab viewport, so even that would help a lot

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Chr

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 stigatle
Oct 07, 2010 9:29 pm

search for “getviewportdib in maxscript help file.
this code is there:

hope it can get you started.


  [left]MacroScript  GrabViewport category:"Tools"  tooltip:"Grab  Viewport"
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   [left](
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   [left]---------------------------------------------------------------------
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   [left]--GRABVIEWPORT MACROSCRIPT
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   [left]--Created:3/23/99
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   [left]--Edited:4/28/99
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   [left]--by Borislav Petrov
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   [left]---------------------------------------------------------------------
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   [left]--Snapshot Active Viewport to Bitmap
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   [left]--Filename in format:
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   [left]--VPGRAB_MaxFileName_ViewportName_CurentFrame.ImageFormatExtension
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   [left]---------------------------------------------------------------------
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   [left]--
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   [left]--Init Variables
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   [left]local  grab_bmp --bitmap to put the snapshot into
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   [left]local  bmp_name --name  of the bitmap to save
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   [left]local  get_viewport_name --viewport name
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   [left]local  gac,gct,mfn --variables to hold ActiveCamera, CurrentTime,  MaxFileName
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   [left]--
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   [left]--Start Macro
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   [left]grab_bmp =  gw.getViewportDib() --get the viewport bitmap into variable
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   [left]get_viewport_name = viewport.GetType() --get viewport  name
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   [left]gvn =  get_viewport_name as string --convert viewport name to string
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   [left]gvn =  substring gvn 6 (gvn.count-5) --cut the string
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   [left]if gvn ==  "camera"then--if the  remaining string is "camera"
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   [left](  
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   [left]gac =  getActiveCamera() --get the camera
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   [left]gvn =  gac.name --get  the name of the camera
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   [left])
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   [left]mfn =  MaxFileName --get max file name
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   [left]if mfn ==  ""then--if there is  no name
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   [left]mfn =  "Untitled"--use  "Untitled"
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   [left]else
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   [left]mfn =  getFileNameFile mfn --use the file name without .MAX extension
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   [left]gct =  SliderTime as string --get current frame time
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   [left]--
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   [left]bmp_name =  "VPGRAB_"+  mfn +"_" +gvn +  "_" + gct --build the output file name
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   [left]--
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   [left]--Display file save dialog
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   [left]bmp_name =  getSaveFileName caption:"Save Viewport to:" filename:bmp_name \
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   [left]types:"BMP(*.bmp)|*.bmp|TIFF(*.tif)|*.tif|JPG(*.jpg)|*.jpg|TGA(*.tga)|*.tga|"
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   [left]--
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   [left]if bmp_name  != undefined then--if user has  confirmed / entered a valid name
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   [left](  
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   [left]grab_bmp.filename = bmp_name --set output name to the one entered in  the save file dialog
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   [left]save  grab_bmp --save  the bitmap
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   [left]display  grab_bmp --display the bitmap in a VFB
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   [left])
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   [left]--
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   [left])--end of script
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