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Render Element Output File Dialog 139
• Thumbnails : Displays the contents of a
directory as thumbnails, without the details.
• Tiles: Displays the contents of a directory as
large icons, without the details. If you widen
thedialog,thesetileacrossthewidth.
• Sm all Icons: Displays the contents of a
directory as small icons, tiled across the width,
without the details.
• Lis t : Displays the contents of a directory
without the details.
• Details: Displa ys the contents of a directory
with full details such as size and date.
List of files—Lists the contents of the directory, in
the format specified by the View menu.
Tip: When the active display format is Details, the
contents of the director y are displayed with Name,
Size, Type, Date Modified, and Attributes. You can
sort the list according to a column’s contents by
clicking that column’s label.
File Name—Displaysthefilenameofthefile
selected in the list.
Save a s File Type—Displays all the file types that
can be saved. This serves as a filter for the list.
Note: The choice in this field determines the file
type saved, regardless of the extension entered in
theFileNamefield.
Save—Sets the file information for saving upon
rendering. Closes the dialog if you haven’t changed
theoutputfiletype.
If you’ve changed the file type, clicking Save opens
the Setup dialog for the specified file t ype. Change
the settings as necessary, and then click OK to
closeboththeSetupandtheOutputdialogs,or
click Cancel to return to the Output dialog.
Cancel—Cancels the selection and closes the
dialog.
Devices—Lets you choose t he hardware output
device, for example, a digital video recorder. To
use this function, the device, its driver, and its
3dsMaxplug-inmustallbeinstalledonyour
system.
Setup—Displays controls for the selected file type.
These vary with each d ifferent file format.
Note: TheSetupbuttonisavailableonlyafteryou
click Save, which opens the setup dia log, and then
cancel from the setup dialog. Also, 3ds Max always
usestheSaveAsTypesetting,evenifitdoesn’t
agree with the filename extension.
Info—Displays expanded information about the
file such as frame rate, compression quality,
file size, and resolution. The information here
dependsonthetypeofinformationsavedwiththe
file t ype.
View—Displays the file at its actual resolution. If
the file is a movie, the Media Player is opened so
thefilecanbeplayed.
Gamma group
To set up gamma options for the output file, Enable
GammaCorrectionmustbeonintheGamma
panel (page 3–824) of the Preferences dialog
(Customize > Preferences > Gamma). Otherwise,
theGammacontrolsareunavailableintheRender
Output File dialog.
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Use I mage’ s O wn Ga mma —This option is not
available in this dialog.
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Use System Default Gamma—Ignores the
image’s own gamma and uses the system default
gamma instead, as set on the Gamma panel of
the Preferences dialog (page 3–824).
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Override—Defines a new gamma for the bitmap
that is neither the image’s own nor the system
default.
Sequence—This is not available in the Render
Output File dialog.
Note: To render a sequence of still images , choose
theActiveTimeSegmentordefinearangeof