Tx Manager
TX Manager window. Multiple tx files with different color spaces can be generated for the same source file.
The 'Tx Manager' can be used to automate the process of converting Maya texture files and Ai Image files to .tx file format directly within Maya. It enables the conversion of textures from within the current scene or all of the textures within a folder (and its subfolders). You can also specify if you want to convert specific textures. The Tx Manager can be accessed from both the Arnold menu and the MtoA shelf.
More information about the use of .tx can be found on the maketx page.
Refresh
Searches the current scene for available textures and lists the texture paths in the Tx Manager window.
Select all
Selects all of the available texture files within the scene.
Select Untiled
Selects all textures that have not been processed as .tx files.
Select Missing
Selects all textures that have missing files.
Relink ...
Allows you to replace all selected textures with images found in a select folder and its subfolders. This feature is the same as in the native Texture Manager's Relink function.
Options
Use Scene Textures
This shows the file textures that exist within the current Maya scene.
- hastx = original and tx exists.
- missing = texture is missing or path is incorrect.
- onlytx = only the .tx file is available.
Click the file pathname to view the texture in the Attribute Editor
Use Folder Textures
Uses the textures files that exist within the 'Textures Folder'.
Scene Options
Set options for finding textures in the current Maya scene.
Scan attributes
A list of node types and attributes to scan for file texture paths.
Add
Add a new node type and attribute to search for in the scene.
Remove
Remove the selected attribute from the list.
TX Options
Enables you to add parameters to the conversion process. The default parameter uses the flags -u (update image) and --oiio (OpenImageIO).
Update
Only update .tx files if there is a new version of the input texture.
Verbose
Show information on the conversion of the texture to .tx.
Check NaNs
Check for and warn for Nan values in the source texture.
Print stats
Print statistics on the output .tx file.
Unpremult
Unpremult the input texture before conversion.
Threads
The number of CPU threads to use for the conversion.
Preset
Choose a pre-defined preset of options, Arnold always adds --oiio to the maketx options.
Extra args
Add any custom arguments that maketx accepts from the maketx options.
Available maketx options
| flag | description |
|---|---|
--help |
Print help message |
-v |
Verbose status messages |
-o %s |
Output filename |
--threads %d |
Number of threads (default: #cores) |
-u |
Update mode |
--format %s |
Specify output file format (default: guess from extension) |
--nchannels %d |
Specify the number of output image channels. |
-d %s |
Set the output data format to one of: uint8, sint8, uint16, sint16, half, float |
--tile %d %d |
Specify tile size |
--separate |
Use planarconfig separate (default: contiguous) |
--fov %f |
Field of view for envcube/shadcube/twofish |
--fovcot %f |
Override the frame aspect ratio. Default is width/height. |
--wrap %s |
Specify wrap mode (black, clamp, periodic, mirror) |
--swrap %s |
Specifiy s wrap mode separately |
--twrap %s |
Specifiy t wrap mode separately |
--resize |
Resize textures to power of 2 (default: no) |
--noresize |
Do not resize textures to power of 2 (deprecated) |
--filter %s |
Select filter for resizing (choices: box triangle gaussian catrom blackman-harris sinc lanczos3 radial-lanczos3 mitchell bspline, disk, default=box) |
--nomipmap |
Do not make multiple MIP-map levels |
--checknan |
Check for NaN/Inf values (abort if found). |
--Mcamera %f %f %f %f %f %f %f %f %f %f %f %f %f %f %f %f |
Set the camera matrix |
--Mscreen %f %f %f %f %f %f %f %f %f %f %f %f %f %f %f %f |
Set the camera matrix |
--hash |
Embed SHA-1 hash of pixels in the header (deprecated. h ashes are always computed) . |
--prman-metadata |
Add prman specific metadata |
--constant-color-detect |
Create 1-tile textures from constant color inputs |
--monochrome-detect |
Create 1-channel textures from monochrome inputs |
--opaque-detect |
Drop alpha channel that is always 1.0 |
--stats |
Print runtime statistics |
--mipimage %s |
Specify an individual MIP level |
| Basic modes (default is plain texture) | |
--shadow |
Create shadow map |
--envlatl |
Create lat/long environment map |
--envcube |
Create cubic env map (file order: px, nx, py, ny, pz, nz) (UNIMP) |
| Color Management Options | |
| `--colorconvert %s %s | Apply a color space conversion to the image. If the output color space is not the same bit depth as input color space, it is your responsibility to set the data format to the proper bit depth using the -d option. (choices: linear, sRGB, Rec709) |
| `--unpremult ``` | Unpremultiply before color conversion, then premultiply after the color conversion. You'll probably want to use this flag if your image contains an alpha channel. |
| Configuration Presets | |
--oiio |
Use OIIO-optimized settings for tile size, planarconfig, metadata, and constant-color optimizations. |
--prman |
Use PRMan-safe settings for tile size, planarconfig, and metadata. |
Preview
Previews the currently selected arguments.
Default Options (auto tx)
Check this to use the defaults via MtoA's auto-tx options.
Actions
Create .tx for Selected
Starts the conversion of texture files to .tx file format. If canceled, this process will finish after the current file has been processed.
Remove .tx for selected
Deletes any .tx texture files associated with the selected textures.
- Processed textures (.tx) will only be used when the 'Use Existing .tx Textures'` option is enabled under Textures in the MtoA render settings window.
Tx Manager supports the same file formats that maketx does:
- BMP
- Cineon
- DDS
- DPX
- FITS
- HDR/RGBE
- ICO
- IFF
- JPEG
- OpenEXR
- PNG
- PNM
- PSD (flattened)
- RLA
- SGI
- Softimage PIC
- Targa
- TIFF
- Zfile