Chances of improved light select getting into the nightlies?

[joconnell]

Hi Vlado,

This feature plus the recently added arbitrary multimattes would be really useful for a lot of shots I'm on at the minute - what do you think the possibilities are of the maya style light select making it in soon? Is it a trivial thing or does it require lots of other supporting code to be added in first?

Cheers!

John

[vlado]

It's not difficult, just had to get to it. We had lots of work around the new service pack, but hopefully this is done now.

What are the "arbitrary multimattes"? The include/exclude lists?

Best regards,
Vlado

[joconnell]

Yep - the include / exclude is fantastic. A pretty complex vehicle model we have on a feature was started with one method of materials and modelling in mind and when the compositors gradually started working on it they asked for more and more specific mattes - the old method of either material or object ids can paint you into a corner very quickly