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File Output Rendering Effect 267
Inter face
Destination group
Files—Opens a dialog so you can save the rendered
image or animation to disk.
The rendered output can be a still image or an
animation, in one of the following file formats:
AVI File (page 3–609) (AVI)
BMP Image file (page 3–917) (BMP)
Encapsulated PostScript (page 3–612) format (EPS,
PS)
JPEG File (page 3–620) (JPG)
Kodak Cineon (page 3–610) (CIN)
MOV QuickTime file (page 3–621) (MOV)
PNG Image File (page 3–628) (PNG)
RLA Image File (page 3–630) (RLA)
RPF Image File (page 3–631) (RPF)
SGI’s Image File Format (page 3–633) (RGB)
Targa Image File (page 3–633) (TGA,VDA,ICB,
UST)
TIF Image File (page 3–634) (TIF)
Devices—Opens a dialog so you can send the
rendered output to a device such as a video
recorder .
Cle ar —Clears any file or device selected in the
Destination grou p box.
Driver group
These buttons are available only when you choose
adeviceastheimagesource.
About—Provides information on the sour ce of the
image-handler software used to bring the image
into the software.
Setup—Displays a setup dialog specific to the
plug-in. Some plug-ins may not use this button.
Parameters group
Chann e l —Lets you choose which channel you wish
to save or send back in to the Render Effects stack.
ChooseWholeImage,Luminance,Depth,or
Alpha to display more options in the Parameters
group box.
Affect S ource B itmap—When activated, this will
take in an image with any effects previously
applied,convertittothechannelselected,and
send it back into the stack for the rest of the effects
to be applied. Your rendered image will be saved
in the channel selected. This parameter is not
available to the Whole Image channel.
Active—Tur ns the File Output featu re on a nd
off. UnliketheActivecheckboxavailableinthe
RenderEffectsrollout,thischeckboxisanimatable
allowing you to save only desired por tions of a
rendered scene.
Depth Parameters
When Depth is selected as a channel, new
parameters are available for determining what