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17 Render ing..................................................... 1
Rendering .................................................................... 1
Render Scene Dialog .................................................. 2
Rendered Frame Window ........................................... 5
Render Output File Dialog........ .................................. 9
Rendering Commands ........................................... 11
Rendering Commands.............................................. 11
Render Scene ............................................................ 12
Render Type ... ........................................................... 13
Render Bounding Box/Selected Dialog .................... 16
Quick Render Flyout ................................................. 17
Quick Render (Production) ..................................... 17
Quick Render (ActiveShade) ........................... ......... 17
ActiveShade............................................................... 17
ActiveShade Floater................................................... 21
ActiveShade Viewport............................................... 21
ActiveShade Commands (Quad Menu).................... 22
Preset Rendering Options ......................................... 23
Show Last Rendering................................................. 25
Render Last ........... .................................................... 25
Print Size Wizard....................................................... 25
Common R endering Parameters ........................... 27
Common Panel (Render Scene Dialog).................... 27
Common Parameters Rollout (Render Scene
Dialog) .................................................................... 27
Configure Preset Dialog............................................ 33
Email Notifications Rollout....................................... 33
Scripts Rollout (Render Scene Dialog) ..................... 34
Assign Renderer Rollout ........................................... 35
Choose Renderer Dialog ........................................... 36
Renderers................................................................ 36
Renderer Panel (Render Scene Dialog)..................... 36
Default Scanline R enderer ..................................... 38
Default Scanline Renderer Rollout............................ 38
Advanced Lighting with the S canline R enderer. .. 44
Advanced Lighting Panel .......................................... 44
Light Tracer ............................................................. 44
Light Tracer ........... .................................................... 44
Radiosity ................................................................. 51
Modeling Global Illumination with Radiosity.......... 51
How Radiosity Works in 3ds Max............................. 56
Radiosity Workflows ................................................. 57
Animation with Radiosity......................................... 60
Radiosity Controls..................................................... 61
Radiosity Rollouts .................................................. 64
Radiosity Processing Parameters Rollout ................. 64
Radiosity Meshing Parameters Rollout..................... 67
Light Painting Rollout (Radiosity)............................ 70
Rendering Parameters Rollout (Radiosity)............... 71
Statistics Rollout (Radiosity) .................................... 75
Lighting Analysis.................................................... 76
Lighting Analysis....................................................... 76
Multi-Pass R endering Effects................................. 77
Using Multi-Pass Rendering Effects.......................... 77
mental ray 3.5 Renderer......................................... 78
mental ray Renderer .................................................. 78
Rendering with the mental ray Renderer................ .. 79
Getting Good Results with mental ray Rendering.... 80
3ds Max Materials in mental ray Renderings............ 83
Enhancements to Standard Features......................... 84
Processing Panel (mental ray Renderer)................... 86
mental ray Messages Window................................... 87
mental ray Concepts............................................... 88
mental ray Concepts........ .......................................... 88
Ray-Traced Reflections and Refractions with
the mental ray Renderer .................................... ..... 88
Shadows with the mental ray Renderer..................... 89
Motion Blur with the mental ray Renderer............. .. 89
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