Good thought Matt. But in Softimage 2011 it appears to work fine when applying a texture to a Phong, but not when I switch to the redshift material.
However, when I remove the material and reapply it in Softimage 2014, I do see the texture after all, so it looks like it is a version issue. On 8/15/2016 5:52 PM, Matt Lind wrote: > If the texture only displays in the viewport when the texture editor is > open, then it means that object doesn't have a texture officially assigned > to it. This is true for all materials/textures, not just redshift. > > I'm not a redshift user, but the symptoms indicate you haven't applied the > material to the object, and therefore the object defaults to using the scene > material. > > > Matt > > > > > Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2016 17:43:51 -0600 > From: Dave Gallagher Softimage <[email protected]> > Subject: redshift materials show gray in viewport > To: "[email protected]" > > > Hey you Redshift users. I have a question about using redshift with > Softimage 2011's viewport. > > When I apply a redshift shader, the object then shows as gray in the > viewport regardless of the render color. There doesn't appear to be > setting to change that. > > Then adding redshift materials to the eyes make it very hard to see anymore. > > > I notice opening the file in Softimage 2014, the shaders show correctly > (sort of- the color is pretty skewed). So, do I need to upgrade to see > the shaders? > > > And, regardless of the version, the textures don't display unless I open > the texture editor and fiddle with the settings. That seems to wake it > up and it suddenly displays the texture. BUT! As soon as I close the > Texture Editor, the skin turns gray again. I haven't seen this behavior > before. > > Thanks for any help! > Dave G > > ------ > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] with > "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. ------ Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
