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Chapter 4: Customizing the Max Interface and Setting Preferences

FIGURE 4.8
You can use the Menus panel of the Customize User Interface dialog box to modify menus.

Customizing colors

Within Max, the colors often indicate the mode in which you’re working. For example, red marks anima-
tion mode. Using the Colors panel of the Customize User Interface dialog box, you can set custom colors
for all Max interface elements. This panel, shown in Figure 4.9, includes two panes. The upper pane dis-
plays the available items for the interface selected in the Elements drop-down list. Selecting an item in the
list displays its color in the color swatch to the right. You also can set the color Intensity, invert the color, or
make the Application Frame Light or Dark.
The lower pane displays a list of the custom colors that can be changed to affect the appearance of the inter-
face. For example, Highlight Text isn’t an element; it’s an interface appearance. The Scheme drop-down list
can alter the color scheme between custom colors and the Windows Default Colors. For these colors, you
can set the Saturation, Value, Transparency, Contrast, and Gradient Map. The Contrast and Gradient Map
values apply only to Icons.

You can save custom color settings as files with the .clr extension. You can use the Apply Colors Now but-
ton to immediately update the interface colors.

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