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Update E ffect—
Manually updates the preview
rendered frame window w hen Interactive is
noton. Whatisshownintherenderedframe
window is only an update of any changes made in
Rendering Effects. Any changes made to the scene
itself will not be rendered.
Merging Effects
Rend ering menu > Effects > Environment and Effects
dialog > Effects panel > Merge
The Merge button on the Effects panel (page 3–219)
lets you merge effects from other 3ds Max (.max)
scene files.
See also
Merge (page 3–463)
Replace (page 3–470)
Merge Animation (page 3–466)
Pr ocedur es
To merge an atmospheric effect:
1.
Choose Rendering menu > Effects to display
the Effects panel.
2. On the Effects rollout, click Merge.
A Merge Effect dialog appears for file selection.
3. Select a .max scene.
A Merge Atmospheric Effects dialog lists the
effects in the specified file.
4. Select one or more of the effects, and then click
OK to merge them i nto the scene.
Only atmospheric effects appear in the merge
list, but when an effect is merged, any lights or
gizm os bound to the effect are merged as well.
To r esolv e conflicts when merged eff ects hav e the
same name:
• Ifaneffectofthesametypeandnamealready
exists in the scene, an alert appears. Choose
from among these options:
•
Name f ield —Allows you to rename the
incoming effect.
•
Merge—Resultsintwoeffectsinthescene
w ith the same name.
•
Delete Ol d—Rem oves the existing effect in
the scene.
•
Apply To All Duplica tes—Performs the same
action on all subsequent matching effects.
Hair a nd Fur R ender E ffect
Rendering menu > Effects > Environment And Effects
dialog > Effects panel > Add > Add Effect dialog > Hair
and Fur
Hair and Fur modifier > Tools rollout > Render Settings
button
To render hair, the scene must contain a Hair
And Fur render effect. The render effect is
automatically added to the scene the first time you
apply the Hair And Fur modifier to an object, or
3ds Max adds one (with default values) at render
time if an active Hair And Fur modifier is applied
to an object. If for s ome reason the render effect
doesn’texistinthescene,youcanaddoneby
clicking the Render Settings button. This opens
the Environment And Effects dia log and adds a
Hair And Fur render effect. You can change the
settings, or simply accept the default settings by
closing the dialog after it opens.