You can set the following preferences in the Applications category of the Preferences window.
To return to the default factory settings, choose in this window. Note that this resets the preferences in every category in the Preferences window.
Use this group of preferences to specify which application to use when opening specific image or movie file types from within Maya.
Enter the path to the desired program for each file type listed, or browse to point to the application executable file by clicking the folder icon.
In the Optional Flags fields, you can use the following syntax to configure the image or movie viewer:
| Identifier | Meaning |
|---|---|
| %f | File name |
| %s | Start frame |
| %e | End frame |
| %b | Jump by frames |
| %r | Frame rate |
(When the image or movie viewer is launched from Maya, these identifiers are replaced by proper values that you specify in context in Maya.)
Select your own image viewer to be launched from within Maya instead of using FCheck. This program is used when you select File > View Image or Edit > Render Texture Range in the Hypershade window.
Enter the path to the application you want to use for each file type, or browse to point to the application’s executable.
Specifies the application used for editing Adobe® Photoshop® files from PSD file texture nodes, using the View or Edit buttons in the Attribute Editor, or when creating or editing PSD networks. This setting is useful when you have more than one version of Adobe Photoshop installed.
Specifies the application used for editing images from file texture nodes, using the the View or Edit buttons in the Attribute Editor.
For more information, see File textures.
Specify the player to use when you launch an .avi file in Maya, for example using the Window > Playblast options.
Specify the player to use when you launch an .mov file in Maya, for example using the Window > Playblast options.