MEL: geting access to the render-camera

[lostpencil]

Not sure about the API, but:

lookThru -q;

Will return the camera name that the current view is using.

[alexx]

no idea in the API..

but mel:

//check for the camera that will be used for rendering.
$camSelection = `listCameras`;

//check all the cameras for the render flag
$i=0;
while (!(`getAttr ($camSelection[$i]+".rnd")`))
{
$i++;
}

print ("\n// Camera that is used for rendering: ");
print($camSelection[$i]);
print("\n");


cheers

alexx

[lostpencil]

D'oh. Good call Alexx. I missed that little important tidbit which said 'rendering camera' :surprised

[playmesumch00ns]

Thanks alexx!:thumbsup:

[Jozvex]

*hijacks thread*

Along similar lines (but easier), how can I get the name of the curent camera's shape node?

Because I want to end up with something like:

$currentCam = perspShape1.bgcolor

Thanks!

[lostpencil]

Here is one way:

// get the camera of the current window
string $cur_camera = `lookThru -q`;
float $color[] = `getAttr $cur_camera.col`;

//display the camera's color values
print ("Background Color (R G B): ");
for ($i=0; $i<3; $i++)
print ($color[$i] + " ");
print ("\n");

// make the background of camera red
$attrib = $cur_camera + ".colr";
setAttr $attrib 255;

If you want to set the green and blue, just use colg and colb for the attribute names.

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