Adding Non-default Image Types?

[replicand]

I'm using Renderman For Maya on a Mac. I'm writing shaders with a text editor and compiling them by hand. The output is *.slo, which for all intents and purposes is the same as a jpg, tif, png, tga, etc.

How or where in Maya can I add the *.slo to the "import image type - drop down" list so that it appears alongside default image types? I'm compiling and importing 100 shaders daily and choosing "best guess" each time is beginning to become a drag. Thanks in advance.

[joojaa]

QUOTE(replicand @ 01/29/08, 09:29 PM) [snapback]280296[/snapback]
I'm using Renderman For Maya on a Mac. I'm writing shaders with a text editor and compiling them by hand. The output is *.slo, which for all intents and purposes is the same as a jpg, tif, png, tga, etc.

Its not the same as a image type. its a shader type and thats a BIT different.

Wouldn't it be easier to just do it the other way around? Either that whenever you compile it make it push it to maya (just open a command port and write a simple batch script) OR edit the slo inside maya let it compile over commandline with sytem command and make a shader out of it. Bth of which are quite more productive and quite easy to do. (tough if you do a lot of shader writing is suggest you get RPS wich is more geared for this kind of work)

Amway it is possible to make a change ito the visors so they show the slo and you could mmb drag them in form disk but its ultimately a less productive way.

[replicand]

QUOTE(Joojaa @ 01/29/08, 12:30 PM) [snapback]280303[/snapback]
Its not the same as a image type. its a shader type and thats a BIT different.

Wouldn't it be easier to just do it the other way around? Either that whenever you compile it make it push it to maya (just open a command port and write a simple batch script) OR edit the slo inside maya let it compile over commandline with sytem command and make a shader out of it. Bth of which are quite more productive and quite easy to do. (tough if you do a lot of shader writing is suggest you get RPS wich is more geared for this kind of work)
Amway it is possible to make a change ito the visors so they show the slo and you could mmb drag them in form disk but its ultimately a less productive way.

Well, here's the thing. Code, compile, import; code, compile, import. It'd be really great if an *.slo file appeared with all the other import file types. Isn't there an environment file or something that I can add the *.slo file type to so that it appears on the drop down list along with the others?

Regarding the "other way around" comment, not sure at the moment how I would pull that off. Very new to all of this but appreciate the insight.