

Look for the Time Warp effect within the Effect Palette. Start by parking over a clip segment that needs to be time-warped. So, take note of your most commonly used tools and make them part of your own custom user interface.Media Composer Speed Ramp – Time Warp Effect Remember, if at any time you want to revert back to the default UI, just click Reset in the Custom User Interface dialog box. Keyboard Shortcuts and Quad Menus are a great way to customize your UI to allow you to work faster inside 3ds Max. To get the tool to work, you must have an Editable Poly object selected in your scene.You'll notice your new Quad menu pops up with the PolyTool label and the Swift Loop tool under it. Test it out! Close the Customize User Interface dialog box and hold Alt + Ctrl + Shift and click the RMB.You can save this Quad Menu by clicking Save and saving the file in the default location given.This will force the Quad Menu to show all quads when it is used.Now drag and drop the Swift Loop tool from the Actions List on the left to the Quad Menu List on the right above "End of Menu".Type in PolyTools in the Label input box.Notice that by default, the lower right quadrant is highlighted in yellow.Now choose in which quadrant you want this tool to appear.Notice the Shortcut to bring up this Quad Menu (Shift + Ctrl + Alt + RMB ).Select Custom in the Quad Menu drop-down menu.Notice that the Default Viewport Quad is selected by default.Now Select which Quad Menu you want to assign the Swift Loop tool to.Select Swift Loop in the Action List below.Select PolyTools in the Category drop-down menu.Select the Quads tab in the following dialog box.Perform the following steps to create a custom quad menu: Quad Menus are extremely powerful but rarely get used by 3ds Max users, other than the default Quad Menu, of course. You'll notice that you can now create a plane in the viewport without ever stepping foot in the Create tab. Test it out! Close the Customize User Interface dialog box and hold Alt + Ctrl + Shift + P.If you ever want to restore the default UI, simply click Reset.You can save this shortcut by clicking Save and saving the file in the default location given.Notice it now states that this shortcut is not assigned.Notice that the Assigned To input box states that P is assigned to Perspective view.Select Object Primitives in the Category drop-down menu.Select Main UI in the Group drop-down menu.Select the Keyboard tab in the following dialog box.In the Menu Bar choose Customize > Customize User Interface.Perform the following steps to create a custom keyboard shortcut: The 3ds Max documentation is a great place to find all of these. Make sure you know the default keyboard shortcuts. Keyboard shortcuts are the most common method for saving time during production.
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Fear not, because this article is going to discuss how to easily customize your UI step by step. It can create some anxiety with the thought of "messing up" the default UI. You might be intimidated with the idea of customization. Do you find yourself using a tool constantly, but it's buried deep within a menu? This happens a lot in 3ds Max because it has a menu-based UI.
