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136 Chapter 17: Rendering
Merge—
Click to merge the render elements f rom
another 3ds Max scene. Merge displays a file
dialog so you can select the scene file to get the
elements from. The list of render elements in the
selected file is added to the current list.
Delete—Click to delete the selected elements from
the list.
Elements Active—When on, clicking Render
renders the separate elements. Default=on.
Display Element s—When on, each separate element
is displayed in its own rendered frame window
(page 3–5) when you render. When off, the
elements are rendered to files only. Default=on.
The buffers for each rendered element appear
directly on top of each other. Move one element’s
buffer to see another’s.
Element Rendering list
This scrollable list shows the elements to render
separately, and their status. You can resize the
columns in the list by clicking and dragging the
border between two columns.
Name—Shows the name of the element. You
can change the default name of elements, in the
Selected Element Parameters group.
To select an element, click its name in the list.
Use
Ct rl +click to select additional elements,
or
Shif t +click to select a contiguous group of
additional elements.
Enabled—Shows whether the element is enabled.
Filter—Showswhethertheactiveantialiasingfilter
is enabled for the element.
Ty pe—Shows what type of element this is.
Thisfieldisusefulifyouhavechangedthename
of an element.
Output Path—Shows the path and file name for the
element.
Selected Element Parameters group
These cont rols are for editing selected elements
in the list.
Enable—Turn on to enable rendering the
selected elements. Turn off to disable rendering.
Default=on.
The Enabled column of the elements list shows
whetherornotanelementisenabled.
Enable Filtering—When on, applies the active
antialiasing filter (page 3–40) to the rendered
element. When off, the rendered element does not
use the antialiasing filter. Default=on.
The Filter column of the elements list shows
whether or not the filter is enabled for an element.
Disabling antialiasing can improve rende ring time,
although the rendered element that results might
appear jagged.
Note: Tur ning off Enable Filter disables only
general antialiasing and map filtering. Edge
blendingstilloccurswhenthisswitchisoff.
Name—Shows the name of the currently selected
element. You can type in a custom name for the
element.
This control is unavailable when multiple elements
are selected.
Files—The text box lets you enter a path and file
name for the element. Click the Files button to
display a Render Element Output File dialog,
which lets you choose a folder, file name, and file
type for the element.
This control is unavailable when multiple elements
are selected.