I found this texture shader from "Stefan Minning" on the net, that automagically assigns
your objects a unique Color, essentialy helping you make an ObjectID pass.
It was originally for Maya and i packed it for XSI.
for both x86 and x64.
Enjoy at your own risk.

A local copy can be found here:
http://www.si-community.com/download/plugins/minObjectID.rar

You use it by applying the same ObjectID material to all you objects
(or apply it on a Partition)
and it creates a unique color for each.
If you don't like the colors, change the "seed".

Hey thats pretty cool, thank you!

many thanks , it's very useful .

BTW, I just realized that you can do the same thing with the "p_MegaTK_pass" geometric shader.
Just create a "Geometry Shader Primitive" and add "p_MegaTK_pass" to its shader list,
in the "MR Std Channels" tab enable "Label(TAG) pass" and give it file format of your choice. That's it.
I am starting to love this shader more and more !

cheers

Hi,

Im completly new to Softimage. I have been using Modo for some years before my switch. Can sombody please explain to me how I install this feature and then use it? Need to seperate all my materials in photoshop and would use the ObjectID to do that.

Hope to get some help!! Thx

cool

@rasskass
Unzip/unrar the file into a folder
Go to "File > Plugin Manager"
A floating "Plugin Manager" opens
Go to the SPDL Tab
Click "install"
A new window opens
Next to "SPDL File Path" click on the button marked "..." to browse to the unrarred folder
Find the "minObjectID.spdl", click "OK" to set the path.
Click "install"
The SPDL gets registered and the accompanying dll gets copied to its rightful place...

Excellent - now it's installed.

Could you also post how to use it? Is it suppose to be connected to each object in the scene?


Thanks for your excellent support Hirazi!!

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