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950 Chapter 8: Modifiers
The shadow, gamma, and highlight input levels
can help you adjust 3ds Max viewport color to
better match your target hardware display (such
as a game engine).
Shadow level—Adjusts the level of shadow display.
Gamma level—Adjusts the gamma display. This
value is a gamma correction (page 3–948) value.
Highlight level—Adjusts the level of highlight
display.
When you adjust a level, the corresponding arrow
moves on the histogram, to indicate the cur rent
setting. (However, you ca n’t graphical ly drag the
arrows.)
Apply—Click to apply the cur rent settings to vertex
colors, without closing the dialog.
Reset—Click to restore dialog settings to their
defaults.
Col or Pa lette (Ver tex Pai nt
Modifier)
Select an object. > Modify panel > Modifier List >
VertexPaint > VertexPaint Paintbox > Click the Palette
button.
Select an object. > Modifiers menu > Mesh Editing >
Vertex Paint > VertexPaint Paintbox > Click the Palette
button.
Select an object. > Utilities panel > More > Assign Ver tex
Colors > Click Assign to Selected > Modify panel >
Modifier List > VertexPaint > VertexPaint Paintbox > Click
the Palette button.
The VertexPaint modifier’s Color Palette lets you
create and m aintain color palettes for use w ith
vertex paints. You can save or load palettes as
Color Clipboard (CCB) files, which are also used
by the Color Clipboard utilit y (page 1–165).
Note: The Palette remembers the last palette you
used. T his is not affected by File > Reset. However,
the active palette is saved in the file 3d smax.ini
(page 1–18) so deleting the INI file causes the
palette to revert to the default grayscale palette.
Procedures
Tousethepalettetochooseacolor:
• On the List or Swatch panel, click the color.
The color appears as the active color on the
VertexPaint Paintbox, in the swatch just below
the Erase button.
To change the color of a color s watch:
1.
Double-click the swatch.
A Color Selector (page 1–161) appears.
2. UsetheColorSelectortochangetheswatch’s
color.
This version of the Color Selector is modeless
(page 3–973), so after choosing a color you
caneithercloseit,orleaveitopentochange
another swatch.
To use the color pick er:
1.
In the Palette’s List panel, highlight the name
of a color.
2. ClicktheColorPickerbuttontoturniton.
The cursor changes to an eyedropper icon.
3. Without depressing the mouse button, drag to
an area where you want to pick a color.
You can obtain colors from viewports, the
3ds Max user interface, or anywhere on the
Windows desktop.
4. When you depress the mouse button, the picker
obtains the color below the cursor. You can
dragwhilethemousebuttonisdepressed.
While you do, the color swatch in the palette
and the larger swatch on the Paintbox update.
5. Release the mouse to pick the color you want.