shopthumb command

Generates a thumbnail image (shader ball) for a material.

All Usages Options Examples

Usages

shopthumb [-s size] [-b] path_to_material output_image

You must specify both the path to the material node and the output filename. Houdini will guess the output image format from the filename extension.

Options

-s

Size (width and height) of the image to generate.

-b

Render the thumbnail in the background. Command returns immediately.

Examples

shopthumb -s 256 /shop/material1 $HOME/material1.png

Renders a 256 by 256 pixel thumbnail of /shop/material1 to the file $HOME/material1.png.

shopthumb material1 ip

Renders a default sized thumbnail of /shop/material1 to MPlay.