Either that or I don’t know what I’m doing wrong.
Even in this example from the help file it doesn’t seem to be working:
bm1=bitmap 100 100 color:red
bm2=bitmap 100 100 color:green
bm3=bitmap 100 100 color:blue
pasteBitmap bm2 bm1 (box2 0 0 25 50) [50,50]
display bm1
pasteBitmap bm1 bm3 [25,25] [25,50] maskColor:green
display bm3
Has anyone ever used it successfully?
Using max2009/64
thanks
fn compfn c1 p1 c2 p2 =
(
local maskColor = green
if c1 == maskColor then c2 else c1
)
pasteBitmap greenGrid newBg [25,25] [25,50] type:#function function:compfn
thanks for the workaround, Insanto, but unfortunately this is for 2009 so the #function type doesn’t exist yet. :shrug:
Available in 3ds Max 2008 and higher
the pasteBitmap method is available from max 2008, but the ability to use a custom function as a blending algorithm has only been introduced in max 2010. I have tried it in max 2009, and it ignores the #function parameter and uses #paste instead.
I’ve run into the problems also with pastebitmap (when trying to make a script more compatible with other versions of max.) The documentation does lead you to believe pastebitmap (in its entirety) is available starting in 2008, but #function is only 2010 and up.
You could look into dotNet: convert your bitmap to dotNet, do some image adjustments, then convert it back for Max to display.
thank you for the suggestion I will look into it.
hmm, in that case your only choice is to use the getPixels and setPixels functions wich will be a lot slower