Grabviewport 2.5 New Release

Ravenslayer · on 01-01-2012 01:05 PM

hey guys, first of all happy newyear
i'm glad to say i have a holiday present for you

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Grabviewport is a FREE MaxScript that enables you to take High Resolution Screenshots of your 3ds Max Viewport.
It also offers you the options to capture animations as well as multiple passes that can later be used for compositing your final presentation image.

Nysuatro · on 01-01-2012 01:59 PM

Sexy stuff mate, will try it out soon.

Ravenslayer · on 01-02-2012 03:35 AM

tnx Nysuatro ^^

For the people who already downloaded the script

Did a very minor tweak to the script so it doesn't show the gizmo anymore when in zdepth mode. This seemed to be a problem in some max versions.

Updated Script available here

mLichy · on 01-02-2012 07:22 AM

Works good

. Awesome work

However, shouldn't the zdepth be greyscale? At least, thats how I've always seen it/used it.

Ravenslayer · 07:52 AM

tnx
This should be the result of the zdepth, but i think i already know why your result is different. Do you have a scene with objects that don't have any materials applied to them?

already updated the script so also objects without materials showup properly

cptSwing · on 01-02-2012 08:10 AM

will post some feedback here once i've used it again. thanks for the new release!

mLichy · on 01-02-2012 11:33 AM

Awesome. Yeah, had no materials

Computron · on 01-02-2012 09:05 PM

How do I uninstall my old version? Couldn't find anything regarding this or any auto-update feature on the site.

Ravenslayer · on 01-02-2012 11:39 PM

tnx guys

Computron: delete the old macro in the following folder

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\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsmax\MAXV ERSION\enu\UI\usermacros

TonyClifton · on 01-03-2012 04:10 PM

Thanks for sharing, Ravenslayer!

Ravenslayer · on 01-04-2012 09:59 AM

glad it's useful tony

Kovac · on 01-04-2012 10:15 AM

Hey Raven,
This is an awesome tool, thanks a bunch for the work put in! Have you happened to have any luck with saving out batch images instead of an AVI sequence? Quite a few projects I'm working on involve getting an alpha'd object image sequence (30 frame rotation,etc) and require bringing them into After Effects afterwards. Using this in the past I'd have to render this out frame by frame.

Excellent work!

Ravenslayer · on 01-04-2012 01:14 PM

hey Kovac,

You can save the animations as image sequences PNG TGA and BMP
i just updated the script so it includes the alpha inside the basecapture if you save your animation as PNG's .

Kovac · on 01-04-2012 01:31 PM

Awesome Ravenslayer, thanks a bunch!

Kovac · on 01-04-2012 01:41 PM

I've tested the latest download on the site and cannot seem to get the PNG to export out that information.

Additionally, since anti aliasing options are no longer available once Animation is selected, the quality is drastically lower than that of the original.

Any ideas?

Ravenslayer · on 01-04-2012 01:51 PM

hmm that's really odd, so you selected png and enabled the alpha checkbox while setting the mode to animation.

also i'm not getting such lowres results over here, why is the extension on your image jpg btw?

Kovac · on 01-04-2012 02:00 PM

Sorry that was just for quick uploading purposes. I found that the default resolution was creating the artifacts and setting it to square fixed it just fine.

I tested the alpha again and correct, while using Animation the alpha is not stored directly in the PNG file. It does work, however, when I save it out as an individual frame. I'll see if I notice any obvious differences taking place during the saving process between the two.

Ravenslayer · on 01-04-2012 02:08 PM

oh oke i'm going to check that quality loss problem.

could you for all safety please redownload the script and install it?

Kovac · on 01-04-2012 02:15 PM

I don't see how it's bypassing the check you have for PNG alpha when running an animation vs an image :X.

I've deleted my previous files and have tested it again; still no luck, unfortunately.

General process:
Load max file
Open GrabViewport
Select frame range x to y
Check Alpha
Choose Animation
Change format to PNG

Thanks again for the assistance!

Ravenslayer · on 01-04-2012 02:32 PM

lol damn sorry. i feel stupid, for some reason it didn't overwrite the script properly so it was still the old version.

please download it again, should work now

Kovac · on 01-04-2012 02:42 PM

WinMerge is saying the latest version on your server and my previous versions are all identical; is there anyway you could try a new file name for testing this?

Thanks

Ravenslayer · on 01-04-2012 02:48 PM

i'm sure it's the right one on the server right now, try to open the script and look for "AlphaToAnim" if that's in there it's the right one.

there's a direct link to the mcr on scriptspot too http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/sc...grabviewport-0

Kovac · on 01-04-2012 02:56 PM

The latest version works like a charm, Ravenslayer! Thanks a bunch for taking the time to look into this, it's a huge help on my end!

Ravenslayer · on 01-04-2012 02:58 PM

np , i'm glad it works.

jeremiah_bigley · on 01-05-2012 02:38 AM

Holy crap! I love you man! You just made my year! lol

Anti-Aliasing = Win!
Element Pass = Win!
AO = You have outdone yourself sir!

You made my life SOO much easier.

Haven't tested it yet, but it came just in time for a character I just started texturing.