Switching Cameras in an Animation in 3ds Max

Love it!

very nice script...really useful, thanks you so much for sharing the script and the videos on how to use it.

very nice tutorial. thanks for the script

I wrote this script in 3ds Max 2010 so i am using the latest set of Max Script commands. Some of those commands may not be supported in earlier versions of 3ds Max.

Nice Work Mr.Marcoux!

I was testing it on my max9x32. I am receiving an error message as below:
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--Syntax error:at-,expected
--In line: button BTN_Camera_camera-s
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Does it mean it wont work in max9? is there any solution if it works in max9?
Cheers
Sam

Great . The script goes perfectly , if i would know maxscript ( on a near future , i must go for it ) , i will add
the option of make the camera switcher , after finally made like user wants , independent of the other cameras ,
for posible export to other aplications via fbx , etc ... or for a real time engine ,..... .

Yes you can. You can setup render presets (in the render dialogs) to defing how you want to render each camera. If you create the FG map from the cameras in incremental mode, then you can reuse the FG maps in read only mode.

With this technique , batch render , and camera switching , is there any way of use render elements and
fg maps saved incrementally ?

For those who had issues with the script, use the new version (CameraSwitcherV2.rar file above in the blog) that i have uploaded today. My friend Larry helped me find a way around the weight controller scaling and now it works like a charm.

Way cool! Thanks!

Hello,

I found the issue... I actually had the SAME issue recording the videos but i re-ran the script and it worked fine the second time.... BUT, the issue is there and it shows when the script sets the weight value of the controllers: sometimes it ends up at 100.0, sometimes it ends up at 1.0... It is inconsistent and every time i run the script, i get different cameras to not pop in the right transforms. If you look at the list controllers for FOV, Position and Rotation for the cameras that don't work, you'll see the weight value is at 1.0.

I'll find a solution and i'll upload a new script if i find it! :)

I also have the same problem with the script in max 2010x64

else this is most definitely a tool that I'd like to use in my productions...

T

Nice tutorial Louis! Taught me a lot.

@Titane357, maxscript should work globally between x86 and x64. I'll check though when I get home to my x64 installation.

Hello Mr Marcoux,
Nice tutorials, this is something I was looking for a long time !!! Your script automate the process and it is good. Bad thing is that your script don't work for me (max 2010 x64).
Camera switcher seems to have correct controllers applied, but when clicking on script button weight is not applied correctly.
Do I am the only one ?

Pretty cool. I always thought a tool like this should be part of 3ds Max.

Thanks.