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When viewing Gradients in Track View, notice
that the first two flags have only a color track
associated with them. This is because they are
the start and end points of the gradient and never
move. Any flags created after the first two will also
haveapositiontrackassociatedwiththem.This
meansthatyoucananimatenotonlythecolorof
any flag in any gradient, but also its position over
time as well.
If you disable the animation capabilities for a
particular lens flare parameter, the corresponding
entry in Track View immediately disappears. For
more information, see Track View (page 2–501).
Wa rning: When you animate Lens Effects parameters,
this creates pointers into the actual scene, so Lens Effec ts
animation is lost if you s ave the Video Post queue in a
VPX file (page 3–1031). To preserve the animation, save
the Video Post data, including Lens Effects animation,
in the MAX file.
Fl a r e Fi l ter
Rendering menu > Video Post > Video Post toolbar > Add
Image Filter Event > Choose Lens Effects Flare from Filter
Plug-In list. > Setup
The Lens Effects Flare dialog lets you add lens flare
effectsasapostprocesstorendering.Flaresare
usually applied to lights in your scene. The lens
flare will then be generated around that object.
You can control all aspects of the lens flare in the
Lens Effects F lare dialog.
Procedure
To sav e your f la re settings, do one of the following:
You can save all of your lens flare settings to a file,
so you can reload them any t ime. Lens Effects Flare
files are saved to an LZF file (page 3–965) ( .lzf).
• Click the Reset button.
This resets Lens Effects Flare to its default
settings.
•ClicktheLoadbutton.
This displays a Windows-standard file open
dialog from which you can select the settings
file you w ant to load.
•ClicktheSavebutton.
This displays a Windows-standard S ave As
dialog in which you speci fy a directory and
filename.
Interfa ce
Preview group
The large black window in the left corner is the
main preview window. To the right of this window
are smaller preview windows for each part of
the flare. You can generate continual previews
by clicking the Preview button under the main
preview window.
There are nine Lens Effects Flare preview windows.
The main preview window in the upper left corner
of the Lens Effects dialog shows you the complete
scene. The eight smal ler preview windows in the
upper right corner show the individual parts of the
lens flare. Each small preview window has a check
box below the window to d isplay the flare effec t .