What colour does that come in please?
This plugin is courtesy of Miles Walker at HOK.
Sometimes the default 3ds Max “color” selector can be somewhat limiting. If you also experience this then this is the plugin for you. Coolpicker, is a freebie which was originally developed by Daniel Rind, updated by Chris Johnson (SDK QA/Maxscript specialist at Autodesk), and then released as open source.
This is a great tool for those needing extra levels of refinement when choosing colours.
There is both a 32bit and a 64 bit version. Simply place it in your plug-in folder in the 3ds Max root directory. Within 3ds Max >Preferences, select Cool Pick from the ‘Color Selector’ from the drop down list.
Now, when you choose a pixel colour, the ‘cool picker’ colour selector will brighten up your screen.
It’s worth looking for the Saturation vs Value, and the Hue vs Saturation panel options, due to their usefulness. See Image for location of this.
The good news for all you taking full advantage of backburner, is using this plug-in will not affect your ability to send renderings to nodes that do not have it installed.
The 2009 version can be downloaded by clicking here, but others can be found by visiting the excellent resource, www.maxplugins.de, and select your version number to choose the one relevant to you.
All the best and Happy Max’ing
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