Blueprint quality in 3dsmax is terrible

[yuriynyr]

this hasnt happened before and i dont know how to fix it. the prints look horrible in max...(image 1).
this is how the print looks in photoshop...(image 2).
here are my settings...(image 3).

[revelli]

try to install latest drivers to you grap. card

[palat]

Blimey! I am so used to that crappy quality i don't even notice it anymore, regardless of latest drivers...
Since Max 3 i nver got better quality, and the funny thing is: if you use it as background instead of texturing a plane the image may be much better! Of course textured planes are far more proper.

[multimediaman]

Always make sure your texture(blueprint) dimensions are squares of two.

if your image dimensions aren't 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16384, or so on... it's not going to display optimally in the viewport. Furthermore, textures larger than 2048x2048 may start loosing quality within the viewports, as some graphics cards may not be able to render those properly, if at all.

[yuriynyr]

thanks multimediaman, worked.

[mutombo]

Don't use directx is crap dude. Change your drive to OpenGL. Then go to driver config and check on the two match bitmap. In bottom check on linear that it. Your blueprints will look ok. Sorry my english is bad.

[multimediaman]

you use OpenGL? Just about every machine I've ever used max on starts slowing to a crawl in openGL with even the simplest of 3d models being displayed. At least with DirectX you're able to have a scene with 1,000,000 faces in it, and still not get bogged down while viewing through the world...

[hkstuned]

iam not sure if this workes with everyone, if u go to the customize tab and then preferences, you can see another tab called viewports. in that tab u can configure the driver that u have. then maybe you can check up the "match bitmap size as closely as possible" squere and all of the sudden you have amazing blueprints in your viewport (the next time u start up max)