i figured out a way to do this by combining some script from different places. So the follow code is not a very finished, but working. The scripts that Ive been combining is;
http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/mov-preview-maker and from the max help file; "How to batch process multiple files"
thePath = getSavePath caption:"Maxfiles Folder" --get a path dialog to specify the path
DirPath = getsavepath caption:"Preview Folder"
count = 1
fn resizeViewport sizeX sizeY = (
viewSize = getViewSize()
xRatio = sizeX / viewSize.x
yRatio = sizeY / viewSize.y
if xRatio > yRatio then theRatio = xRatio
else theRatio = yRatio
convX = viewSize.x * theRatio
convY = viewSize.y * theRatio
gw.setPos 0 0 convX convY --setup viewport to desired size
max views redraw --redraw the view
)
sizex = 1920 * 25/100
sizey = 1080 * 25/100
if thePath != undefined do --if the user did not cancel
(
theFiles = getFiles (thePath+"\\*.max") --collect all max files in the dir.
undo off
(
for f in 1 to theFiles.count do --go through all of them
(
loadMaxFile theFiles --load the next file
ViewCubeOps.Visibility = false
viewport.setCamera $Camera01
displaySafeFrames = true
hide $*CTRL*
-- prepare viewport
if viewport.numviews != 1 then (
max tool maximize
)
resizeViewport sizex sizey
view_size = getViewSize()
cnt = 0
preview_name = dirPath+"\"+(count as string)+".mov"
anim_bmp = bitmap (view_size.x) (view_size.y) filename:preview_name
for t = animationrange.start to animationrange.end do
(
sliderTime = t
dib = gw.getViewportDib()
copy dib anim_bmp
save anim_bmp frame:cnt
cnt +=1
)
close anim_bmp
gc()
count += 1
)--end f loop
)--end undo off
resetMaxFile #noPrompt --at the end, you can reset
)--end if
