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Bitmap Tracking Resizing
Bitmap Tracking Resizing for 3ds Max is a specialized tool (Script/Plugin) designed to automate the process of tracking and resizing multiple bitmap/texture image files used in a 3ds Max file.
Instead of having to open the default, rather rudimentary 3ds Max Asset Tracking panel and painstakingly extract each material using compressed Photoshop, this tool allows you to centrally manage all the image data in your work file. With just a few parameter settings, the system automatically scans, categorizes oversized image files, and downscales them to a reasonable resolution without compromising the quality of the final rendered image.
Features of Bitmap Tracking Resizing
- Advanced Asset Tracking
- This tool provides an intuitive interface displaying a complete list of all bitmaps in the file, along with detailed information about the file format (JPG, PNG, TIFF, EXR), actual hard drive space, storage path, and especially the current resolution. You can easily filter out which image files are taking up the most memory with just a click of the mouse.
- Batch Resizing Engine
- This is the most valuable feature of Bitmap Tracking Resizing for 3ds Max. Suppose you import a chair model from a pre-existing library, and that chair uses a massive 8K texture set, while the chair is located in a very distant corner of the room (background object). Using this tool, you can select all the chair’s textures and reduce their resolution to 1K or 2K directly in 3ds Max. The script will automatically calculate, back up the original file, and create a completely new compressed image file automatically.
- Materials and Mapping Structure Preservation
- When resizing and resizing images, the tool ensures 100% integrity of your material shader system (whether you use V-Ray, Corona, or Arnold). Material application coordinates (UVW Mapping) on ​​3D models are completely unaffected; wood grain or stitching remains in the same position, only the image file size is reduced.
- Resource Relink & Collect Feature
- Besides resizing, the tool also provides strong support in fixing missing bitmaps – a very common error when transferring files to another machine or rendering over a network (Network Rendering/Render Farm). Simply specify the root folder, and the system will automatically update all image paths to be as accurate as possible.
- Bitmap Tracking Resizing for 3ds Max is not just an ordinary extension, but a strategic data standardization solution for the professional 3D graphics visualization industry. By mastering and optimizing input image resources, this tool is the golden key that helps designers completely eliminate file crashes due to memory overflow, free up hardware performance, and break through project completion deadlines.
Bitmap Tracking Resizing System requirements
- Configure according to installed 3ds Max software
- Operating System: Windows 7/8 / 8.1 / 10/11
- Memory (RAM): Requires 1 GB of RAM.
- Hard disk space: 1 GB of free space required.
- Processor: Intel Dual Core processor or higher.
Bitmap Tracking Resizing Free Download
Bitmap Tracking Resizing v2.05.02 for 3ds Max 2020-2027
3DS Max Collection
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How to install Bitmap Tracking Resizing
- Need install 3ds Max First
- See readme.txt
- Replace the .dlu in the plugins folder in the 3ds Max root folder with the correct one from the Fix folder.
- Start 3ds Max and enjoy.
