Matte IDs

Matte IDs is a tool for Lighting and Rendering Tools artists that runs in Maya. It is useful in helping organizing object and material ids into AOV channels.

Screen Shot

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The Matte IDs UI running inside of Maya

Features

  • Create New Matte AOVs of material or object type.

  • List Unassigned materials and objects.

  • Assign Material to each channel of the id.

Usage

  • Switch Mode to Material IDs or Object IDs by hitting the button at the bottom.

  • Hit Refresh to List all the assigned and unassigned materials / objects

  • Select Unassigned materials from the list on the bottom and hit Add Selection to assign redshift AOV channels to the ids

  • Drag and Drop in the table to shift around IDs in AOVs.