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jadedchron
02-05-2003, 02:51 PM
Hey, I was just wondering if people had custom UI's that I (or anyone) could get. I'm not too sure what the entire custom UI consists of. I just know I'd like to tryout some color setups.. gray is all i see anymore <-- --->. also i was wondering if the people who are intermediate+ max users could post hot keys and the such. i'd like to have all the keys mapped out on my kb as alot of them aren't. dunno, just a thought:lightbulb
mouj
02-05-2003, 03:47 PM
Hey Jadedchron,

first off, take a look here :
http://3dsmaxskins.free.fr/

a whole site dedicated to Max's custom uis... you'll get a couple color schemes and stuff, it's nice really : )

As for keys, well i could only speak of mine and the way i chose to configure them...

mouj
jadedchron
02-05-2003, 03:48 PM
ah perfect, and yes i'd be interested in seeing your hotkey setup :)
mouj
02-05-2003, 04:03 PM
lol

then let's go.. (keep in mind i use AZERTY keyboard)

i started by matching somehow key setup i'm familiar with in most every other graphic app i use (Ps, Illustrator, Flash and so on), pretty basic stuff, selection tool is "V", preference dialogue is "CTRL+K" and a couple others like this.

Then, for the everyday tools, as much as possible i tried to bind them to keys that somewhat corresponds: rotate tool is "R", align is "A", pan is "p", move is "m" (very basic stuff !)...

And then, as my left hand is most of the time nearby the three magical SHIFT/CTRL/ALT keys that are on the left corner of the keyboard, i mapped many of the usefull keys around this area, and i also use a lot of declining things: CTRL+s will save, SHIFT+s will save incremental, CTRL+SHIFT+s will save as, or CTRL+Z will undo and CTRL+SHIFT+z will redo...

I also use a couple custom quads, made myself a modifiers quad (like in Max4) that i'll call with the "w" key, configured the unwrap quad to have all moving/scaling/rotating and mirroring commands at hand... i use a couple "hidden" quads, called by CTRL or ALT or SHIFT and a right click, so that from quads i can manage files (save, save +, import/export, merge and so on), from another i can create lights, cameras and helpers...

actually it's all more of customizing than creating my own sets and quads.. it might sound messy the way i describe it : )

I'd be interested in knowing how you people have your keys configured, imho it's timesaving to configure preferences and keys the way you want them !

mouj
jadedchron
02-05-2003, 04:16 PM
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Kaiser-BEST
02-06-2003, 05:07 AM
Nice UI's:bounce:
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