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How is Max 5 translating the colours from Max 4?

In Max 4, objects set with default colours were saved with a colour number (0-15, I believe).

Max 5 translates these into colours that have no relation to the colour numbers in the Max 5 colour inspector.

(I colour code many of my objects - sends, for example, are always green. Now they are pink. I want to change the pink to green. How do I do that without selecting every single send and changing it by hand?)

colors-in-max-5

On 23 avr. 08, at 08:28, Arne Eigenfeldt wrote:

> How is Max 5 translating the colours from Max 4?

> In Max 4, objects set with default colours were saved with a colour 

For compatibility purpose you can still send the [color {int}] message 

where the int is a number between 0 and 15. However it will use the 

old default palette and this can't be changed.

> Max 5 translates these into colours that have no relation to the 

> colour numbers in the Max 5 colour inspector.

> (I colour code many of my objects - sends, for example, are always 

> green. Now they are pink. I want to change the pink to green. How do 

> I do that without selecting every single send and changing it by 

This is a specific cas that we couldn't really handle because the real 

color where not saved in the patch, but in the preference of the 

application. I would suggest the following strategy:

- use the "Object Defaults" in the Options menu to create a color 

- select all the objects in your patch and use the "Set to Default 

- you might want to check the "Save Default-Valued Object Attributes" 

option in the patcher inspector in order to make sure that the color 

attributes will be in the patch, therefore, it will open with the same 

color on an other computer which doesn't have your color theme 

> How is Max 5 translating the colours from Max 4?
>
> In Max 4, objects set with default colours were saved with a colour  
> number (0-15, I believe).

For compatibility purpose you can still send the [color {int}] message  
where the int is a number between 0 and 15. However it will use the  
old default palette and this can't be changed.

> Max 5 translates these into colours that have no relation to the  
> colour numbers in the Max 5 colour inspector.
>
> (I colour code many of my objects - sends, for example, are always  
> green. Now they are pink. I want to change the pink to green. How do  
> I do that without selecting every single send and changing it by  
> hand?)

This is a specific cas that we couldn't really handle because the real  
color where not saved in the patch, but in the preference of the  
application. I would suggest the following strategy:
- open your patch in Max 5
- use the "Object Defaults" in the Options menu to create a color  
theme that you like
- select all the objects in your patch and use the "Set to Default  
Values" command of the "Objects" menu.
- you might want to check the "Save Default-Valued Object Attributes"  
option in the patcher inspector in order to make sure that the color  
attributes will be in the patch, therefore, it will open with the same  
color on an other computer which doesn't have your color theme  
installed.

Colors in Max 5