Hello AREA members,

I am new to Max, so please bear with me. I did a search for this in the forum already, and couldn’t find an answer, so if this is already a discussion, I apologize for the duplication; please just refer me to the proper discussion.

I mostly use Max for 3-D walkthroughs of architecture models I design in Revit, and in all of my renderings I have computer monitors and televisions. For effect I would like to make the monitors appear as though they are in use during the walk through, nothing fancy, just a standard home-screen would do.

Is it possible to insert .jpg or png screen-shot files in place on the monitor screens to make these objects look active, and how would I accomplish this task?

Or, is there a different/better way of doing this?

Thanks in advance.

Look up Multi-SubObject Materials in the Help, or you could detach the “screen” to a separate object and apply a separate material to it.

Max 4.2 through 2013.
XP-64 (SP2)
NVidia 9800GTX-512 (Driver 266.58).
Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz, 8Gb Ram, DX9.0c.