launchImageEditor

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Synopsis

launchImageEditor [-editImageFile string] [-viewImageFile string] [filename]

launchImageEditor is undoable, NOT queryable, and NOT editable.

Return value

None

Flags

Long name (short name)	Argument types	Properties
-editImageFile(-eif)	string
If the file is a PSD, then the specified verison of Photoshop is launched, and the file is opened in it. If file is any other image type, then the preferred image editor is launched, and the file is opened in it.
-viewImageFile(-vif)	string
Opens up an Image editor to view images.

Flag can appear in Create mode of command	Flag can appear in Edit mode of command
Flag can appear in Query mode of command	Flag can be used more than once in a command.

MEL examples

// Create a blinn shader with a psd file texture.
shadingNode -asShader blinn;
sets -renderable true -noSurfaceShader true -empty -name "blinn1SG";
connectAttr -f blinn1.outColor blinn1SG.surfaceShader;
shadingNode -asTexture psdFileTex;
connectAttr -f psdFileTex1.outColor blinn1.color;
setAttr psdFileTex1.fileTextureName -type "string" "C:/test.psd";

// Create a poly plane, and assign the blinn shader to it.
polyPlane -w 10 -h 10 -sx 10 -sy 10 -n pPlane1;
sets -e -forceElement blinn1SG;

// Now you can launch Photoshop to edit this psd texture file
launchImageEditor -eif `getAttr psdFileTex1.fileTextureName`;