Affirmed, works on Max 2016 too thanks! Does it actually open the ‘File Browser’? or does it just set the path in the ViewportConfig/Background tab? …

Thanks guys but still none of these work… The ActionMan was useful but the 1st viewport still gets change to be the same image path as the second one……

So I tried using the setAsBackground <bitmap> and then using the UIAccessor to open up the window, change it to “Use Files”, press the ‘apply to…

That code doesn’t work for me, I don’t get anything in the viewport!? Where can I look for reference on the COREInterface stuff?

Thanks but was looking for a programmatic solution. Looks like UIAccessor might be the only choice, but I’ve not seen any examples of how to do file …

There is a bug on the physical camera with shift meaning what you see through the viewport isn’t always what renders. The other thing you can try doi…

Show’s how much I use the Slate Material Editor doesn’t it!

Aha that’s a much better method! I hadn’t seen any examples of getting the material from SME without using name so it’s nice to know there is a way a…

Actually it’s a lot more complicated this as you can’t remove a controller once has been assigned in 3dsmax even through the UI. So my question… If …

Another method, another problem… m = standardMaterial() m.selfillumination.controller = bezier_float() m.selfillumination.controller.value = 100 fn…

denisT: not really … i’m thinking to give my extension for free one day. the only thing that stops me is the complete lack of documentation Do y…

You tease you Denis…