Color Mixer

Submitted by Swordslayer on Thu, 2011-07-14 12:52

Version:

0.06

Date Updated:

12/21/2013

Author Name:

Vojtech Cada

Simple color mixer. You can change the number of segments of the gradient control and move the slider or enter a percentage to get a desired blend of two colors in RGB or HSV color space. The width of the dialog can be changed.

Color Mixer UI

I made this script because quite frequently in the past I had to reach for Photoshop or Mix color map just to find a value somewhere in-between two colors. This control offers more intuitive way of blending them and more control over the result. The two source colors and the resulting blend color are colorpickers and as such you can right-click them and copy/paste their values.

Installation: The .ms file can be run from any location (Maxscript -> Run Script...). If you want to put it in toolbar, menu or quadmenu, you can create a macroscript using Macroscript Creator.

Additional Info:

Changelog:

Version 0.06:
Works in newer max version now.

Version 0.05:
Right-clicking the bar gives option to copy color code to clipboard (RGB, HEX, HSB, OLE, approx. CMYK).
Code cleanup and refactoring.

Version 0.04:
Fixed a few bugs, including double gamma.
Thanks to MrTom and obaida for pointing out the issues.

Version 0.03:
Colors are now gamma corrected.

Version 0.02:
Added HSV/RGB color space switcher.

Version Requirement:

3ds Max 9, VIZ 2008

Other Software Required:

for Max 9/VIZ 2008 AVGuard extension is needed

Attachment	Size
colorMixer.ms	14.95 KB

Comments

Submitted by Swordslayer on Sat, 2013-12-21 15:05.

Cool, thanks for spotting

Cool, thanks for spotting that :) I've included that bit in the refactored version, if you spot any other problem/oversight, don't hesistate to let me know, I really value that.

IIRC it was there to prevent one from accidentally changing the result color but it was a stupid decision eitherway :)

Some of my scripts and MCGs :: 3ds Max SDK Intro for Scripters

Submitted by MrTom on Sat, 2013-12-14 17:54.

Excellent!

Thanks for updating this, appreciated.

I wonder though if this code seems a little redundant maybe?

on cpResult changed val do
    cpResult.color = getColorAtPos (int(dncTriBtn1.pos.x - 105))

It kind of says, "when I'm changed, change me again"

I've put that line into the next event handler down so that changing the % spinner value changes the output colour....

on spnPercent changed val do
(
	local ctrl = btn_controls[(0.01 * btn_controls.count) * (100 - val) + 1]
	dncTriBtn1.pos.x = dncTriBtn2.pos.x = 106 + ctrl.Location.X + ctrl.Width/2
	cpResult.color = getColorAtPos (int(dncTriBtn1.pos.x - 105))		
)

Best regards.
MrTom.

Submitted by MrTom on Fri, 2013-10-18 01:54.

Fixed, I think....?

Further to my last post I think I have found the error....

Changed:

fn getStepColor clr clr_step mode =
	case mode of
	(
		#rgb : gammaCorrect (clr + clr_step) gamma
		#hsv : gammaCorrect (hsvToClr [clr.h + ............
	)

To:

fn getStepColor clr clr_step mode = 
	case mode of
	(
		#rgb : gammaCorrect (clr + clr_step) gamma
		#hsv : gammaCorrect (convertHsv2rgb [clr.h +  ............
	)

Is this correct? It seems to work ok.

I did find a couple more [ minor ] issues though in the process, see image for details.

Regards.