GradientView

33 votes
Version: 
1.0.1
Date Updated: 
03/21/2011

Custom viewport backgrounds just the way you want them.

• Create your own custom gradients; no images needed.

• Loads automatically at startup and with each new file.

• Great for office/studio workflows: Doesn't save the BG image to the file, so you won't get missing asset warnings.

• Comes with presets for Mudbox, Zbrush, Modo, and Maya

GradientView allows users to create custom gradients for their viewport backdrop without messing with handmade background images.   Users can create and edit as many presets as they want without creating extra images on your hard drive.

GradientView (if enabled) will load automatically with each new session of 3dsMax as well as each new scene even existing scenes.   The background image is never saved with the file; so when you hand off your scenes to others it will never complain about missing assets.  Enjoy!

Additional Info: 

• 3ds Max 2010 and up
• Download & unzip to MAXROOT\scripts\startup\ **MUST INSTALL HERE**
• In Max: Customize > Customize UI > Toolbars (under "TheDOUR" category) > drag to a toolbar to create a button
• Please note that GradientView will not preserve background images already applied to a scene if it is enabled.

New in version 1.0.1:
• fixed "isOn" error that occurs on some peoples' machines when saving files.

Version Requirement: 
3ds Max 2010 (or higher)
Other Software Required: 
.Net Framework 2.0 (or higher)
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gradientview_v1.0.1.zip17.87 KB

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thedour's picture

I think that is possible :)

Hello Igor,

Thanks for the feedback. I think I could just create them the first time a user makes the configuration file, then let them remove them after that. I just didn't want to leave people with no options or way to get the defaults back.

But if people know what they want, then I'd be happy to allow them to delete the defaults :D

-Andrew

I also plan to *hopefully* auto adjust for user's gamma settings.

Arahnoid's picture

Small suggestion

Hello Andrew
your script is great thanks for it,
Could you change it a bit or maybe to make another version let say V1.0+ for people who would like to delete default presets and use just their own
Because as I see now I am not able to remove default :)

thanks a lot
Igor

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