launchImageEditor

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Synopsis

launchImageEditor( [filename] , [editImageFile=string], [viewImageFile=string])

Note: Strings representing object names and arguments must be separated by commas. This is not depicted in the synopsis.

launchImageEditor is undoable, NOT queryable, and NOT editable.

Return value

None

Flags

Long name (short name)	Argument types	Properties
editImageFile(eif)	string
If the file is a PSD, then the specified verison of Photoshop is launched, and the file is opened in it. If file is any other image type, then the preferred image editor is launched, and the file is opened in it.
viewImageFile(vif)	string
Opens up an Image editor to view images.

Flag can appear in Create mode of command	Flag can appear in Edit mode of command
Flag can appear in Query mode of command	Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.

Python examples

import maya.cmds as cmds

# Create a blinn shader with a psd file texture.
cmds.shadingNode('blinn', asShader=True)
cmds.sets(renderable=True, noSurfaceShader=True, empty=True, name='blinn1SG')
cmds.connectAttr('blinn1.outColor', 'blinn1SG.surfaceShader', f=True)
cmds.shadingNode('psdFileTex', asTexture=True)
cmds.connectAttr('psdFileTex1.outColor', 'blinn1.color')
cmds.setAttr('psdFileTex1.fileTextureName', 'C:/test.psd', type='string')

# Create a poly plane, and assign the blinn shader to it.
cmds.polyPlane(w=10, h=10, sx=10, sy=10, n='pPlane1')
cmds.sets(e=True, forceElement='blinn1SG')

# Now you can launch Photoshop to edit this psd texture file
cmds.launchImageEditor(eif=cmds.getAttr('psdFileTex1.fileTextureName'))