Applications preferences

You can set the following preferences in the Applications category of the Preferences window.

To return to the default factory settings, choose Edit > Restore Default Settings 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 LT.

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 LT, these identifiers are replaced by proper values that you specify in context in Maya LT.)

Image Viewing Applications

All formats

Select your own image viewer to be launched from within Maya LT instead of using FCheck. This program is used when you select File > View Image.

Image Editing Applications

Enter the path to the application you want to use for each file type, or browse to point to the application’s executable.

Other Image Files

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.

Sequence Viewing Applications

Image Sequence
Specify your own image sequence viewer to be launched from within Maya LT instead of using FCheck. This program is used when you select File > View Sequence.
Audio Video Interleave (AVI) files

Specify the player to use when you launch an .avi file in Maya LT, for example using the Window > Playblast options.

Quicktime (MOV) files

Specify the player to use when you launch an .mov file in Maya LT, for example using the Window > Playblast options.

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