Autodesk Maya Plugin Vertex Chameleon

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Vertex Chameleon is the ultimate vertex colour toolset for Autodesk Maya!

Vertex colours are widely used in games for platforms where there isn't much memory for textures. Such platforms include: Nintendo Wii & DS, Sony PSP & Playstation 2, internet and mobile phone games. Even nextgen platforms such as PC, Xbox360 and PS3 still use vertex colours to help improve performance and save vital memory.

Vertex Chameleon gives you complete control, real-time feedback and a wealth of functionality, resulting in increased productivity and better results.

It's available now for purchase and for trial. Please feel free to download the plugin below and give it a spin, or watch some of the videos below.

• Automatic installer and uninstaller
• Supports Windows 32bit Maya: 6.0, 6.5, 7.0, 8.0, 8.5 & 2008 (Extensions 1 & 2)
• Supports Windows 64bit Maya: 8.0, 8.5 & 2008 (Extensions 1 & 2)
• Very fast C++ optimised colour operations
• Realtime visual feedback
• Photoshop-style layers
• Photoshop-style blend modes
• Colour swatch
• Colour inspector tool
• Gradient tool
• Filters:
• Adjust Red, Green, Blue, Alpha, Yellow, Cyan, Magenta
• Adjust Hue, Saturation, Value
• Brightness & Contast
• Levels
• Blur / Sharpen
• Erode / Dilate
• Posterize
• Channel inverter
• Channel clamp
• Component randomise
• 3D texture sampling
• Integrated ambient occlusion and texture baking (using Mental Ray)
• Comprehensive documentation

Overview Video

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FAST real-time updating sliders

Adjust Levels

Apply 3D Textures

*NEW* Layers, just like Photoshop!

Vertex Chameleon		License Information Includes all updates until version 2.0 Personal £10.00 GBP Professional £30.00 GBP
	Vertex Chameleon v1.1 Windows 1.2MB, Built on 15 August 2008 Supports Autodesk Maya 32/64 bit versions 6.0, 6.5, 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, 2008 Extensions 1 and 2 Download includes a free 15 day trial
	Vertex Chameleon v1.1 Linux (coming soon...) Supports Autodesk Maya 32/64 bit versions 8.0, 8.5, 2008 Extensions 1 and 2
	Vertex Chameleon v1.1 Mac (coming soon...) Supports Autodesk Maya 32/64 bit versions 8.0, 8.5, 2008 Extensions 1 and 2

Version 1.x

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Version 1.1 - 15 August 2008

• Added synchronisation of the Apply Colour colour to Maya's Vertex Colour Paint Tool
• Added Mental Ray vertex baking options
• Integrated into the Layers system (bakes to the correct colour set)
• Ambient Occlusion with the most common options
• Texture-only bake
• Added Ambient Occlusion shortcut
• Fixed bug: operations like duplicating a layer with a component selection would fail
• Fixed bug: undoing with Layers didn't restore the correct colour set
• Fixed bug: renaming layers could cause Maya to crash
• Improved speed of Layers UI when toggling active layer

More version history »
Version 1.0 - 5 August 2008

• First official release!
• Documentation finalised
• UI changes:
• Swatch now applies when pressed if "auto apply" is set
• Fixed automatically resizing UI
• Layers disabled for older versions of Maya
• Added Main menu for older versions of Maya
• Added menu back into channelbox docking mode
• Bugs fixed:
• Layer blending now works in vertex-face mode instead of vertex mode
• Layer flattening not setting active layer correctly
• Crash in "normal->colour" operation
• Maya 8.5 non-existing parameters in layers
• Maya 7.0 non-existing script functions for menus
• Channelbox docking when not in channelbox mode

Version 1.0 BETA - 1 August 2008

• Improved layers
• Added colour swatch
• Added flatten to layer tool
• Added channel copy/swap operation
• Added new randomise operation
• Added auto apply and selection options to apply colour tool
• Added HSV channels to contrast
• Added apply buttons to invert operation
• Added option to add to Polygon menu
• Added ability to dock UI to channelbox
• Added check for minimised main window, maximises them on request
• Fixed bug where filters didn't obey colorset
• Fixed menu being created infinite times
• Fixed bug in duplicate layer
• Lots of minor tweaks to the UI
• New chameleon graphic for icons
• Fixed bug in duplicate layer
• Finished documentation & website

Version 0.95 (17 July 2008)

• Improved layers
• Various bugs fixed
• Added alpha blending
• Added layer delete and duplicate buttons
• Improved UI
• Fixed bug where face component mode did not obey colorset
• Added documentation
• Finalised installer

Version 0.90 (10 July 2008)

• Added new layers feature (experimental)
• Added channel apply buttons to colour chooser
• The usual bugfixes and other minor enhancements

Version 0.88 (6 July 2008)

• Fixed filter sliders
• Added apply buttons to filters
• Improved performance of 3D textures
• Lots of other bugfixes and UI tweaks

Version 0.86 (4 July 2008)

• Added component randomisation

Version 0.85 (2 July 2008)

• Added 3D texture apply tool
• Added colour clamp tool
• Much faster thanks to some more optimisations

Vertex Chameleon in action


Vertex Chameleon Main UI


Vertex Chameleon Adjust UI


Vertex Chameleon Layers UI


Vertex Chameleon Swatch UI

Vertex Chameleon comes with documentation which is also available online.

Use the discussion forum to post your questions, opinions, submit feature requests, report bugs, and show off ways you've used the plugin.

If you'd prefer, you can email the developers directly. We're keen to hear your comments and suggestions. If you have a bug to report, please include the scene file if possible.

RenderHeads is an Autodesk Authorised Developer.

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