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Application preferences |
There are two groups of options you can set.
Application Path for Viewing Images
Application Path for Viewing Sequences
Select your own image viewer or image sequence viewer to be launched from within Maya instead of using FCheck. This program is used when you select File > View Image or File > View Sequence; this also applies to Playblast and Hypershade > Edit > Render Texture Range.
Type in the path to your image viewer, or browse for it by clicking the folder icon.
In the Optional Flags section, use the following syntax to set up your image viewer:
When Maya invokes this command, these identifiers are replaced by proper values specified in Maya.
Example
The following examples refer to FrameCycler, although you can use many other programs to view images and sequences. Please see your product’s documentation for details of its command-line support.
To set up your View Image and View Sequence commands to work with FrameCycler, enter the following:
- View Image.
Path:
C:\Program Files\IRIDAS FrameCycler Standard\FrameCycler.exe
Optional Flags:
%f
- View Sequence.
Path:
C:\Program Files\IRIDAS FrameCycler Standard\FrameCycler.exe
Optional Flags:
%f %s-%e
Application Path for Editing Adobe Photoshop Files
Specifies the application used for editing Adobe® Photoshop® files from PSD file texture nodes, using the View or Edit buttons, or when creating or editing PSD networks. This setting is useful when you have more than one version of Adobe Photoshop installed.
Application Path for Editing Other Image Files
Specifies the application used for editing images from file texture nodes, using the View or Edit buttons.
For more information, see “View or Edit file textures from Maya”.
For both of these options, do one of the following:
- Type in the path to the application you want to use in the field provided.
- Browse to the application’s executable.
External Communication
This section sets options that control the command port of Maya. These settings are generally used to facilitate communication with the Maya Web browser plug-in. For more information, see Maya Web browser plug-in.
Default command port
Enables or disables the default command port.
Name
The name of the command port. You can change the name (for security reasons, for example).