Advanced Member wailingmonkey Posted March 14, 2008 Advanced Member Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Hi Andrew, Is there a way to retain the name of the alpha files (viewable when hovering over them?) so that we can better recognize the appropriate one. Or perhaps even a way to name them inside 3d-C? I'm finding it to be a bit cluttered and hard to choose the proper pen alpha as I fill up my custom folders (especially with very similar alphas like skin, for instance). Cheers! wailingmonkey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Shpagin Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Good idea, I can show file names in hints. Is it OK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Roger_K Posted March 14, 2008 Advanced Member Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 an option to select the size of the thumbnails would also help a great deal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member jaf Posted March 14, 2008 Advanced Member Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Speaking of files..... Lightwave has a nice incremental file save feature that I really like. You start your projects and on the first save, you save it like: "myFile_v001.lws". The "_v001" would be a requirement that the incremental save can work from. Then, each time you hit the incremental save hotkey, the filename is saved as "myFile_v002.lws, myFille_v003.lws", etc. This is an alternative to doing a bunch of undo's and (I find) convenient enough that it almost becomes an unconscious part of the workflow. Just a little cleanup at the end or maybe it's worth saving the version for possible modifications in the future. Anyway, just a small request that should be quite easy to implement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor bwtr Posted March 15, 2008 Contributor Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 Speaking of files..... Lightwave has a nice incremental file save feature that I really like. You start your projects and on the first save, you save it like: "myFile_v001.lws". The "_v001" would be a requirement that the incremental save can work from. Then, each time you hit the incremental save hotkey, the filename is saved as "myFile_v002.lws, myFille_v003.lws", etc.This is an alternative to doing a bunch of undo's and (I find) convenient enough that it almost becomes an unconscious part of the workflow. Just a little cleanup at the end or maybe it's worth saving the version for possible modifications in the future. Anyway, just a small request that should be quite easy to implement. I have incremental save on other apps as well as LW,------ Hexagon, MoI, AmapiPro------best thing since sliced bread as far as I am concerned. Really annoyed with working with apps that do not have it. My 2 cents worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Shpagin Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 Speaking of files..... Lightwave has a nice incremental file save feature that I really like. You start your projects and on the first save, you save it like: "myFile_v001.lws". The "_v001" would be a requirement that the incremental save can work from. Then, each time you hit the incremental save hotkey, the filename is saved as "myFile_v002.lws, myFille_v003.lws", etc.This is an alternative to doing a bunch of undo's and (I find) convenient enough that it almost becomes an unconscious part of the workflow. Just a little cleanup at the end or maybe it's worth saving the version for possible modifications in the future. Anyway, just a small request that should be quite easy to implement. Is there different key for incremental save or it uses usual "Save" button? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member yukon_28 Posted March 15, 2008 Advanced Member Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 Andrew, is different key. You are using max, right? In max this button hiden, but you can add it via "Customize" -"Menu", then you'll have inside file menu new button "Save Incremental". Its must be grooped with other save buttons i think, like this: Save File... Save File as... Save Incremental... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Shpagin Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 Andrew, is different key. You are using max, right? In max this button hiden, but you can add it via "Customize" -"Menu", then you'll have inside file menu new button "Save Incremental". Its must be grooped with other save buttons i think, like this:Save File... Save File as... Save Incremental... Understood. Will be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member jaf Posted March 15, 2008 Advanced Member Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 A hot key is important -- something that one can hit quickly without going through a menu if they don't need or want to. Maybe shift-s or "i" for incremental. Another thing for Andrew: Are you going to change the 3D-Coat file format name to ".3C" (from ".3B")? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Shpagin Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 Done. Hotkey CTRL+SHIF+S. Good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member jaf Posted March 15, 2008 Advanced Member Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 Done. Hotkey CTRL+SHIF+S. Good? Sounds good to me. Those keys are close enough for a one-hand operation. Thanks, Andrew! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member yukon_28 Posted March 15, 2008 Advanced Member Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 Done. Hotkey CTRL+SHIF+S. Good? Agree, its will be good. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor bwtr Posted March 15, 2008 Contributor Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 Here is an example of the MoI Incremental save. Firstly is the button to click. However I think most only use the keyboard A. I have circled a series of incremental saves to show how they are sequentially numbered. So, as I am working, when I get a point where I dont want it to be lost, I just click incremental save and it is done. Simple as that. One click, no typing or searching for files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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