Material ID Organizer

New:
 - added support for Corona 7 materials
 - added support for 0 - 65535 Mateiral IDs (3ds max 2018, 2019 and up)
 - Include not used materials in scene - from SME or Material Editor
 - fixed Select / Filter form Material Editors - SME and Material Editor

 - save settings on dialog close + size and position
 - select / filter from SME and Material Editoe in one button now
 - select / filter from multiple materials in SME

 - fixed red button highlights - for selected IDs

It will let you quickly organize Mat IDs and VRay Effect ID in the scene and create MultiMatteElelemnts:

- Sort materials list by Name, ID, Type or Material Editor Slot
- Multiselect and change ID
- Reset all MatID to 0 (select all -> press 0 button)
- Select on list by ID (switch "change" -> "select" or "add to select")
- Select materials by scene objects
- Add / Delete MuliMatteElements
- Highlight Buttons of used MatIDs Vray Effect IDs

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New:
v1.39
 - added support for new Corona 7 materials (owerride ID in: _CoronaPhysicalMtl, CoronaLegacyMtl, CoronaLightMtl)
 - added 'Add name prefix: #' (in Add to Render Elements window) - to make masks automatically in Pulze Post Manager

v1.38
- fixed support for older 3ds max versions (2015 and lower)
- fixed update of the preview list when entering the Base name in Add to Render Elements window

v1.37
- new 'A/S' button to Assign / Select
  - Left-Click  - Assign
  - Right-Click - Select
- new "Multi" (CheckButton) to enable Multi - Assign / Select option
- new 'U' Unique Assign (check-button)
- new 'R' Random Assign (check-button)
- new '-' and '+' buttons to shift selected IDs by +1 or -1
- new 'Sub-Mtls' check-button to show all sub-Materials tree (Multi/Sub-Object material, Vray Blend etc)
- new XRef-Src check-button to list sub-Mtls from XRef Materials
  - show on list with other (dark green) background color
  - collect used IDs   - for Render Elements
  - collect used names - for Render Elements
 
- radio buttons Include:'ME' 'SME' converted to 'ME','SME' check-buttons
- new 'Scene' check-button to include (show on list) scene materials - when off show only materials from Material Editors
- Right-Click 'ME' or 'SME' buttons to quick switch between Compact and Slave Material Editor

- new 'Materials' button to select in Material Editor
- new 'Objects' button to select objects by selected materials
- fixed: Select objects by material

- new options in Add to Render Elements:
  - Include names - include material names in element name
  - Mono mask - create black and white mask for each ID
  - Red Mask Only - create mono as red mask for each ID
  - Save Log
    - Left-Click  - to Save Log - IDs list with material names
    - Right-Click - open log file (if saved already)
    - it saves it as txt file in same location as max file
   
- fixed flickering while resizing / scrolling
- changed list colors (header, selection etc)
  - not-focused selection is more visible now - specially in 3ds max with Light theme

- added possibility to deactivate and move license to new workstation (Deactivate in right-click menu)
- added possibility to automatically activate license on first start without user interaction
  - solution for offices with multiple licenses - specially when script started from network location
  - it require additional 'activation-data.ini' file to be placed in same folder as .mse script file
    [activation]
    email= purchase email
    hide_email=1
    auto_start=1
  - to request 'activation-data.ini' file or for more info - ask me by email

v1.36
 - added support for max 2018, 2019 and up - supports 0 - 65535 Mateiral IDs
v1.34.01
 - fixed error with Corona materials
 - fixed error with VraySky and other maps loaded to Envirement slot
v1.32
 - checkboxes: include materials from SME or Material Editor (to show materials not used  in scene)
 - fixed Select / Filter form material editors (SME and Material Editor)
v1.30
 - save settings on dialog close
 - fixed Red button hightlight for IDs higher than 49
 - more options in Add to MultiMatte
    - start from 0 or 1 - ( include 0 toggle)
    - include empty IDs
    - add only new IDs
 - Select / Filter from multiple materials in SME
 - Select / Filter from Material Editor and SME in one button now
v1.28:
 - Red button highlights - for selected IDs - same as in Object ID Organizer
 - faster list load and sort
 - new toolbar icon for light and dark color scheme
v1.26:
 - Support for Corona G-Buffer ID and CMultiMatte
 - fixed activation error on second start
v1.23:
 - Filter - show materials from selected only (MatEditor, SME or Objects)
 - "A" buttons :
    - Automatic Select from... MatEditor, SME or Objects
    - Automatic Filter from... MatEditor, SME or Objects
v1.15
  - added support for more than 15 MatIDs - requires EffectsChannelEx plugin from Pavel Kuznetsov
  - more ID buttons - with scroll - up to 149 ID
  - switch to use same buttons for Matetial ID Channel or VRay ID Effect Channel
  - ID spinner with Asign and Select Button
  - select material from active SME
v1.00
- Add / Delete MuliMatteElements
   + custom naming
   + preview of names
   + save base name and basic settings
v0.10:
- focus to new selection when right click on ID buttons
- keyboard shortcuts: Ctrl+A, Ctrl+D, Ctrl+I (select all, deselect, invert selection)
- fixed Refresh All
v0.07
- Multiselect and change VRay Effect ID
- Right click on buttons - select by ID, Object or MatEditor active slot
- Right click + Ctrl on on buttons - add to selection - select by ID, Object or MatEditor active slot
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Coming soon:
- Preview of old MultiMatteElments ( just idea, let me know if you need it )
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Columns:
- mID - Material Effect Chanel ID - 0,1,2,3,4,5,.. 65535 in 2018, 2019 and up
    and up to 255 in max 2017 and lower with EffectsChannelEx by Pavel Kuznetsov
- vcOr - Vray / Corona - Override Material ID - On, Off, --
- vcID - Vray Mtl Effect ID / Corona Mtl G-Buffer ID - 0,1,2,3,4,5,.....9999
- Name - Material name (if Multisub material with submaterial naming structure - see below)
- Type - Type of material
- ME - position in Material Editor

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Right click menu:
- Turn On/Off  VRay Override material effect (VrayMtl / CoronaMtl)
- Mutli/Sub Display -> 3 different ways to display Multi/Sub Materials structure
                                                1. MultiSub name -> ID# -> SubMaterial name
                                                2. < ID# > SubMaterial name -> MultiSub name
                                                3.  SubMaterial name <- ID# <- MultiSub name
- Refresh all
- About

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How to Use:
- It's a script only so simply drag and drop to 3ds max.
- To change ID -> Select materials -> choose "change" mode -> Left click on ID button to apply new ID
- To select materials with specific ID -> Right click on ID button
- Add to selection -> Hold Ctrl and Right click on ID button
- To reset all to ID 0 -> select all -> Left click 0 button
- If Material Editor is open and you can check "Autoupdate Material Editor" every change, but it can slow down the process
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Note:
Demo / test version does not support Multi/Sub Materials
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Full version available on my web:
www.pixamoon.com/product-page/material-id-organizer

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Let me know what you think
Pixamoon