Delete individual file preferences?

#1

Hello, I am just getting garbage when trying to use Playblast. It works on other files just not a certain one that I have 6 months into. I have deleted the Maya prefs and restored the program but that didn’t fix it. I even made a copy of the file, removed all textures and objects, still get garbage. Do files have preferences that are separate from Maya itself? And can they be deleted? Thanks.

#2

What do you mean by garbage? Can you explain a bit more what your playblast is doing?

#3

Here is an example.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31924077/PlayblastScreengarbage.png

#4

First thing to check is your camera’s clipping planes. Not too close, nor too far is the key :slight_smile:

After that there’s a node called sceneDescription-something, and getting rid of that, saving opening again, usually solves a bunch of weird behaviour.

Good luck.

/risto

#5

Thanks Risto but I couldn’t find anything on sceneDescription in the file or in the help files or online. -Derryl

#6

If you check off the “Show DAG - objects only” and then show
“Auxiliary nodes”, you can find the default scene - nodes.

/risto

#7

Oh and I meant from the Outliner.

#8

Thanks I tried as you suggested, I believe the file you meant was ‘sceneConfigurationScriptNode’. I deleted it but I still got the garbage renders when using Playblast.

Think I may have it figured out though. I imported the file into a blank scene and saw that one of my objects had a seriously screwed up texture/UV. I deleted it and Playblast worked ok. Thanks for your help. -Derryl

#9

Yep, that’s what I meant.
Anyhow the ancient ‘import whole shebang to a fertile soil’ seemed to work so there you go.
It’s all maya magic :smiley:

/risto