channel enforcer


This is a simple render effect I mainly wrote to be able to view all channels during rendering. You can choose the additional channels that you want to get (Z-Depth, Color, Normals, Velocity, etc...), and, optionally, a directory to put the images to. Upon rendering, you can view all channels you selected, and if you chose so, the channels get output to your directory with appropriate suffices.

Here is a sample of the output, first the color, then the Z-Depth image created:



It is a simple MAX script, so you can either run it from within MAX, or you can put it into your scripts/startup directory so that it gets executed every time you start.

You can download it here.