Lunatique
07-08-2002, 02:30 PM
Maya 4's startup screen is notoriously ugly.
So, after reading about how to change it at the 3dbuzz.com forum, I decided to give it a shot.
The procedure was originally posted by pyromania in this thread:
http://sv2.3dbuzz.com/vbforum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1803&highlight=startup%2Bscreen
"ok I found out how to do it. first you need resource hacker
available here
http://www.rpi.net.au/~ajohnson/resourcehacker
this program allows you to edit win32 Dlls and executables.
Once you have that go to your C:\AW\Maya4.0\bin directory and make a backup of MayaRes.dll just incase something breaks. Open up MayaRes.dll in ResHacker and you will get a bunch of folders on the left hand side. Open up the "Bitmap" folder and scroll down to a folder called MAYASTARTUPIMAGE.XPM open this folder and click the green icon inside, this it the startup screen bitmap. From here you can right click on the green wheel icon and either save the bitmap and edit it or replace it complety. I'd try and keep the new image the same resolution otherwise strange stuff might happen. Once you have the image you want you can right click on the green icon and to to "Replace Resource" and add you new image. Save the new MayaRes.dll and your done."
Disclaimer: only ONE of these images are my own--the Princess one(the first image), and it's not even 3D--it's a painting done with Painter and Photoshop. The rest are all just images from artists that I respect and admire, and most of them were NOT created with Maya.
I did these just so I could have something pretty to look at when I boot up Maya, and I thought I'd share them. If for ANY reason, the original artists or the admins come across this and have problems with it, just say the word and I'll make them disappear.
It doesn't make any difference to me that most of the images weren't made with Maya(in fact, maybe none of them were). This is not meant as any disrespect to any artist or any company. Like I said, just pretty pictures to look at when Maya boots up.
These are in the highest quality JPEG format, but I think you might need to convert them to BMP's for them to work(I'm not sure though).
http://www.enchanted.prohosting.com/goodies/maya_startup_images/Maya%20startup-%20Princess.jpg
http://www.enchanted.prohosting.com/goodies/maya_startup_images/Maya%20startup-%20Moon.jpg
http://www.enchanted.prohosting.com/goodies/maya_startup_images/Maya%20startup-%20Brown%20Sugar.jpg
http://www.enchanted.prohosting.com/goodies/maya_startup_images/Maya%20startup-%20Goth.jpg
So, after reading about how to change it at the 3dbuzz.com forum, I decided to give it a shot.
The procedure was originally posted by pyromania in this thread:
http://sv2.3dbuzz.com/vbforum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1803&highlight=startup%2Bscreen
"ok I found out how to do it. first you need resource hacker
available here
http://www.rpi.net.au/~ajohnson/resourcehacker
this program allows you to edit win32 Dlls and executables.
Once you have that go to your C:\AW\Maya4.0\bin directory and make a backup of MayaRes.dll just incase something breaks. Open up MayaRes.dll in ResHacker and you will get a bunch of folders on the left hand side. Open up the "Bitmap" folder and scroll down to a folder called MAYASTARTUPIMAGE.XPM open this folder and click the green icon inside, this it the startup screen bitmap. From here you can right click on the green wheel icon and either save the bitmap and edit it or replace it complety. I'd try and keep the new image the same resolution otherwise strange stuff might happen. Once you have the image you want you can right click on the green icon and to to "Replace Resource" and add you new image. Save the new MayaRes.dll and your done."
Disclaimer: only ONE of these images are my own--the Princess one(the first image), and it's not even 3D--it's a painting done with Painter and Photoshop. The rest are all just images from artists that I respect and admire, and most of them were NOT created with Maya.
I did these just so I could have something pretty to look at when I boot up Maya, and I thought I'd share them. If for ANY reason, the original artists or the admins come across this and have problems with it, just say the word and I'll make them disappear.
It doesn't make any difference to me that most of the images weren't made with Maya(in fact, maybe none of them were). This is not meant as any disrespect to any artist or any company. Like I said, just pretty pictures to look at when Maya boots up.
These are in the highest quality JPEG format, but I think you might need to convert them to BMP's for them to work(I'm not sure though).
http://www.enchanted.prohosting.com/goodies/maya_startup_images/Maya%20startup-%20Princess.jpg
http://www.enchanted.prohosting.com/goodies/maya_startup_images/Maya%20startup-%20Moon.jpg
http://www.enchanted.prohosting.com/goodies/maya_startup_images/Maya%20startup-%20Brown%20Sugar.jpg
http://www.enchanted.prohosting.com/goodies/maya_startup_images/Maya%20startup-%20Goth.jpg