Hi-res satellite photo in Max

Jefferson Grigsby · October 19th, 2006

Before the days of direct 3D and Xp64, I used the Maxtreme driver for just about everything in Max. Now that we have upgraded to xp64, the Maxtreme driver is no longer supported and does not work.

The best feature was its ability to display hi-res textures in the viewport. With Direct 3D, I am limited to 512x512, where Maxtreme allowed up 4096x4096. Thes was great for tracing over large satellite images.

does anyone else have a soluation for this, or know if there will be any updated maxtreme drivers for xp64?

thanks in Advance
Jefferson Grigsby

martin walker · October 19th, 2006

you could trace over it in photoshop and then export the path, and bring it into Max ?

Jefferson Grigsby · October 19th, 2006

hmm, will give it a try.

Still interesrted in finding a new driver for max. Maybe autodesk will find a solution here.

thanks
Jefferson Grigsby

Jeff Mottle · October 19th, 2006

It's unfourtunate that the company I know that has a solution for this has no ethics, or I would reccomend them to you. They owed us a great deal of money and they broke a legally binding contract.

Have you tried posting on the 3ds max forums? There is likely some GIS guys on there.

Found this link on Google, but not sure if it's what you are trying to do. Also requires that you have ArcGIS.

http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/gis/manua...23ds/index.htm

Jefferson Grigsby · October 19th, 2006

different problem, but something else we were looking into. Thanks for the link.

CookiE · October 20th, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jefferson Grigsby

Before the days of direct 3D and Xp64, I used the Maxtreme driver for just about everything in Max. Now that we have upgraded to xp64, the Maxtreme driver is no longer supported and does not work.

The best feature was its ability to display hi-res textures in the viewport. With Direct 3D, I am limited to 512x512, where Maxtreme allowed up 4096x4096. Thes was great for tracing over large satellite images.

does anyone else have a soluation for this, or know if there will be any updated maxtreme drivers for xp64?

thanks in Advance
Jefferson Grigsby

We use to import it into autocad and that worked well then just saved the lines out as a .3ds file and imported to max

October 19th, 2006	#1 (permalink)
Jefferson Grigsby Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Santa Monica Posts: 92 Name: Jefferson Grigsby	Hi-res satellite photo in Max Before the days of direct 3D and Xp64, I used the Maxtreme driver for just about everything in Max. Now that we have upgraded to xp64, the Maxtreme driver is no longer supported and does not work. The best feature was its ability to display hi-res textures in the viewport. With Direct 3D, I am limited to 512x512, where Maxtreme allowed up 4096x4096. Thes was great for tracing over large satellite images. does anyone else have a soluation for this, or know if there will be any updated maxtreme drivers for xp64? thanks in Advance Jefferson Grigsby

October 19th, 2006	#2 (permalink)
martin walker Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yorkshire Age: 36 Posts: 312 Name: Martin Walker	Re: Hi-res satellite photo in Max you could trace over it in photoshop and then export the path, and bring it into Max ?

October 19th, 2006	#3 (permalink)
Jefferson Grigsby Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Santa Monica Posts: 92 Name: Jefferson Grigsby	Re: Hi-res satellite photo in Max hmm, will give it a try. Still interesrted in finding a new driver for max. Maybe autodesk will find a solution here. thanks Jefferson Grigsby

October 19th, 2006	#4 (permalink)
Jeff Mottle President/Founder Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Age: 33 Posts: 5,078 Name: Jeff Mottle	Re: Hi-res satellite photo in Max It's unfourtunate that the company I know that has a solution for this has no ethics, or I would reccomend them to you. They owed us a great deal of money and they broke a legally binding contract. Have you tried posting on the 3ds max forums? There is likely some GIS guys on there. Found this link on Google, but not sure if it's what you are trying to do. Also requires that you have ArcGIS. http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/gis/manua...23ds/index.htm __________________ Jeff Mottle CGarchitect.com

October 19th, 2006	#5 (permalink)
Jefferson Grigsby Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Santa Monica Posts: 92 Name: Jefferson Grigsby	Re: Hi-res satellite photo in Max different problem, but something else we were looking into. Thanks for the link.

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