# Collada2POD doesn't export colors?

**URL:** <https://forums.imgtec.com/t/collada2pod-doesnt-export-colors/311>\
**Category:** PowerVR Insider\
**Created:** [April 5, 2009, 5:45am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/collada2pod-doesnt-export-colors/311 "2009-04-05T05:45:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![gfm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@gfm](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/gfm)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 5:45am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/collada2pod-doesnt-export-colors/311/1 "2009-04-05T05:45:48Z")

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Because I failed to get the 3dsmax9 exporter to properly export vertex colors, I thought I’d try going from max -\> collada -\> Collada2POD. However I can’t get any vertex colors to export at all w/ the Collada2POD exporter.  
  
  
  
  
  
Is there a trick to this? My DAE file is crazy-simple.  
  
  
  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\<geometry id=“M\_cube-mesh” name=“M\_cube”\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\<mesh\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \<source id=“M\_cube-mesh-positions”\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\<float\_array id=“M\_cube-mesh-positions-array” count=“24”\>-25 -25 0 25 -25 0 -25 25 0 25 25 0 -25 -25 50 25 -25 50 -25 25 50 25 25 50\</float\_array\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\<technique\_common\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\<accessor source="#M\_cube-mesh-positions-array" count=“8” stride=“3”\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\<param name=“X” type=“float”/\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\<param name=“Y” type=“float”/\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\<param name=“Z” type=“float”/\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\</accessor\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\</technique\_common\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \</source\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \<source id=“M\_cube-mesh-map-channel0”\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\<float\_array id=“M\_cube-mesh-map-channel0-array” count=“24”\>0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0\</float\_array\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\<technique\_common\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\<accessor source="#M\_cube-mesh-map-channel0-array" count=“8” stride=“3”\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\<param name=“R” type=“float”/\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\<param name=“G” type=“float”/\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\<param name=“B” type=“float”/\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\</accessor\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\</technique\_common\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \</source\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \<source id=“M\_cube-mesh-map-channel1”\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\<float\_array id=“M\_cube-mesh-map-channel1-array” count=“36”\>0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0\</float\_array\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\<technique\_common\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\<accessor source="#M\_cube-mesh-map-channel1-array" count=“12” stride=“3”\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\<param name=“S” type=“float”/\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\<param name=“T” type=“float”/\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\<param name=“P” type=“float”/\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\</accessor\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\</technique\_common\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \</source\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \<vertices id=“M\_cube-mesh-vertices”\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\<input semantic=“POSITION” source="#M\_cube-mesh-positions"/\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \</vertices\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \<triangles material=“Standard\_1” count=“12”\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\<input semantic=“VERTEX” source="#M\_cube-mesh-vertices" offset=“0”/\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\<input semantic=“COLOR” source="#M\_cube-mesh-map-channel0" offset=“1” set=“0”/\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\<input semantic=“TEXCOORD” source="#M\_cube-mesh-map-channel1" offset=“2” set=“1”/\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\<p\>0 0 9 2 2 11 3 3 10 3 3 10 1 1 8 0 0 9 4 4 8 5 5 9 7 7 11 7 7 11 6 6 10 4 4 8 0 0 4 1 1 5 5 5 7 5 5 7 4 4 6 0 0 4 1 1 0 3 3 1 7 7 3 7 7 3 5 5 2 1 1 0 3 3 4 2 2 5 6 6 7 6 6 7 7 7 6 3 3 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 4 4 3 4 4 3 6 6 2 2 2 0\</p\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \</triangles\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\</mesh\>  
  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\</geometry\>

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**Author:** ![Scott](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.imgtec.com/scott/32/256_2.png) [@Scott](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/Scott)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 2:20pm UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/collada2pod-doesnt-export-colors/311/2 "2009-04-06T14:20:18Z")

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Hi,

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Collada2POD should export the vertex colours. Are you using the most recent version? If you are could you send your collada file and your&nbsp;.pod file (so I can&nbsp;use the same export options) to [devtech@imgtec.com](mailto:devtech@imgtec.com).
  

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Thanks,
  

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Scott

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**Author:** ![gfm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@gfm](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/gfm)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 6:14am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/collada2pod-doesnt-export-colors/311/3 "2009-04-18T06:14:31Z")

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Files that repro this problem have been emailed.

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**Author:** ![Scott](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.imgtec.com/scott/32/256_2.png) [@Scott](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/Scott)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 9:28am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/collada2pod-doesnt-export-colors/311/4 "2009-04-21T09:28:52Z")

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gfm wrote:

Files that repro this problem have been emailed.

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Thanks. From your email I see you are using Collada2POD from the 2.02.0756 version of our SDK. Support for vertex colours wasn't added until our 2.4 release. I've tested your collada file with the most recent version of Collada2POD and the vertex colours are being exported correctly.