RE: .preset and thumbnail question

Date : Mon, 15 Aug 2005 15:03:37 +0200
To : <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
From : "Rob Wuijster" <rob(at)s-5.nl>
Subject : RE: .preset and thumbnail question
Guy,

That's very usefull. Now that I know where to look in the manuals I
found getthumb as well :)

Thanks for the quick reply,

rob

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf
Of Guy Rabiller
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 2:26 PM
To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: Re: .preset and thumbnail question

There is a standalone called setthumb for this.
Is it what you are after ?
--
guy rabiller | 3d technical director (at) LaMaison


----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Wuijster" <rob(at)s-5.nl>
To: <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 12:45 PM
Subject: .preset and thumbnail question


> Hi all,
>
> Dumped this one on XSIBase, but it might be a question for this list
;)
>
> So I couldn't find this anywhere, but is there a way to change the
> thumbnail view in the xsi browser for a .preset?
>
> A lot of the (XSI installed) shaders have some sort of representation,
> i.e. a light shader preset has this lightbulb icon, lensshaders this
> double lensfilter thingy...
>
> I know you can resave the preset with a renderregion to get an image
> attached to it, but is there another way to do this?? Linking it to an
> image or something..
> You cannot open a preset in a texteditor and have a readable look at
it,
> so editing the file isn't an option...
>
> I'm trying to build a custom tabbed shelf with a lot of (non XSI
default
> installed) presets, and some visual clues other than a black square
> would be very nice. And no.. I don't like the gray textboxes for
> this......
>
> Any1 on this,
>
> rob
>
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