Drag & Drop Reference Images

I need this script but the link is dead

https://drive.google.com/open?id=12KP3kYbQvMiLb1e75jT15InJht2FpgMU

Thank you!

try this :
https://web.archive.org/web/20180303130041/http://cbuelter.de:80/?p=249

Oh, thank you very much!)

Hi. The site does not work. Does anyone have this script?

Hi,
thanks for the code.
it showing an error. can you check please.

I guess jah.getDotNetImage is the cause of an error since it is my custom function. Replace it with your method that will return System.Drawing.Image from given filepath and it will work as expected.

hi!

nice script i was curious about how you coded the drag and drop part of it as it could be useful for another script i want to make
could you give some insight?

thanks!

You should really download and check script sources :)

try (destroydialog X ) catch ()
rollout X "" width:132 height:150 (

	label tt "Drop Image Here"
	dotNetControl c "picturebox" pos:[2,20] width:128 height:128
	
	on x open do c.allowDrop = true
	
	on c DragOver sender e do (

		e.Effect = if e.data.ContainsFileDropList() then e.Effect.Move else e.Effect.None
		
	)
	on c DragDrop sender e do (
		
		if e.data.ContainsFileDropList() do (
			
			data = e.data.GetFileDropList()
			files = for k=0 to data.count-1 collect data.item[k]
			
			for f in files where doesFileExist f and maxOps.canImportBitmap f do (

				c.image = jah.getDotNetImage f width:128 height:128 -- create "system.drawing.image" from filename
								
			)
			
		)

	)

)
createDialog X

Hi,
thanks for the code.
it showing an error. can you check please.

Your script is very useful :)

I've encountered a problem, i put the solution here if others have the same issue : windows wan't allow me to drag & drop a file on 3dsmax ! Solution : don't run 3dsmax in admin mode :)

Looks like it's missing "FACE MAP' checked option, that's the only thing makes this a one step operation. nice work, thank you.

Thanks for sharing your article was great and its useful.
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Sorry, I missed the email response on this, many thanks, also I hadn't noticed the plane segments to 1 before, pedantic I know, but anything to save mouse clicks ;)

Hi ,I use this script everyday to pull reference and 2d plane textures into Max, Is it possible to have a scale setting ?
When working at small scale and I pull in an image the created plane is huge and I always have to resize it. It would be useful to have it come in at a predefined size percentage.

thx

Hey glad to hear, you can now scale it (1.0 = 100%, which is 1 px = 1 world unit) and the script will remember all settings so you dont have to change them each time, cheers!

this script is super useful!

any chance we can get a version that makes a v-ray material with the bitmap instead of standard?

thanks Ian, yes you can :) you can now choose the material type, so much for my plan to keep the UI simple haha

Awesome script! In my case the images were too bright so I overrided the Self-Illumination value to 0 and solved the problem =).

haha you were a little too fast :D I took it out completely and uploaded the new version, thanks for pointing that out

Are you on a 32 bit version?
- x64

With unavailable, you mean that circle with a line through it?
- Yes

In Win7 when I run MAX as admin I can't drag and drop ms, mse, mzp, mcr files, so start MAX as non admin and try again. :)
- Now working. Thank You! :)

I can't drop images to the drop area - mouse cursor changes to "unavailable". 3dsMAX 2013 Design, started "as administrator"..

In Win7 when I run MAX as admin I can't drag and drop ms, mse, mzp, mcr files, so start MAX as non admin and try again. :)

Hi,

I dunno if i am doing something bad, but see my settings.

good luck :)

If you use different values in the script, and drag&drop the images again, do they change at all (get darker or lighter)? Because that MUST happen, if you are on Max 2009+

Your settings work on my Max without any gamma correction from the script btw.

Yes when i change the gamma settings in your script, it changes the gamma of the picture.

But i cant get the settings, to get a correct gamma according to my picture.

I am on max 2012.

Hey Kinofaya, I am running out of ideas, but its good that the gamma correction affects your image. Values below 1 will make them darker, values above 1 will make them lighter. So in your case, you should just try some really low values. This is all just meant for modeling references, so it does not have to be exactly correct.

@bronius: I cannot reproduce your error in 3ds Max 2013 x64, sorry, it works for me. Are you on a 32 bit version? With unavailable, you mean that circle with a line through it?

Hi,

I donwloaded the new version, but i still have gamma problem.

I tried with gamma desactivated, then with gamma 1, 2.2, i tried to desactivate the affect material editor things, but still :/

Hm okay I have tried about 3 methods now to adress this. Changing DisplayGamma or FileInGamma had no effect. Adjusting image gamma by creating new bitmaps and copying the original ones worked, but it would either overwrite the original ones (thus creating darker or lighter images) or I'd have to save them to disk as a separate file, both not great options.

I have know simply added a color correction map that adjusts the gamma of each image by your desired value. This will only work in 3ds Max 2009+ I fear. It did the job for me and does not affect your image files, please test if it works for you.

Edit: If you are using Gamma 2.2 and you're images are too bright, the reciprocal value of that should work to display your images correctly, so 0.4545

Nice job man ;)

Hi,

First, thanks for this script.

I tried it, but i am facing a gamma problem i believe.

When i drag my Pic.jpg, in max the picture is very bright.
When i try to correct this with the material editor, my changes have no effects on the texture.

Any idea what is the problem ?

Thx in advance

bb

Set your Gamma to 1 and drag ana drop the images. Then return the gamma to initial value.
This also can be implemented in the script.

Hey, you are welcome. I have uploaded a new version where gamma is set to 1 when importing the images (thanks miauu). I am not having any brightness issues, please test if this is working for you and if not, please post your gamma settings.

this is very useful, is it possible to change the checkbox for real-world map size to off so that the map is sized properly to match the plane? Maybe this is turned on by default by the UI schemes but I am using the designViz.mentalray preset.

hi! this is very usefull script imho :) big thnx!
but which params i should change in notepad if i don't need length/width segments when script creates plane?

hey subfeel, glad you like it! thats a useful addition, i did not think about segments. There is a line in the script:

pln = Plane width:difMap.bitmap.width length:difMap.bitmap.height material:mat

you can replace it with:

pln = Plane width:difMap.bitmap.width length:difMap.bitmap.height material:mat lengthsegs:1 widthsegs:1

and should get no more segments. I'll add that on the next occasion
cheers

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