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use as a bitmap, then the image changes over time
when you render the 3ds Max scene.
Note: Bitmaps are reloaded automatically after
they have been changed and resaved by a graphic
editing program. See the Reload Textures On
Change toggle in File Preferences (page 3–819).
When you render a scene, you can render a still
image or an animation. You can render to most
of the formats listed below. Some of the formats
support various options. If there are output
options, these appear in a dialog that is described
along with the image file’ s format.
These are the image file formats supported by
3ds Max:
AVI Files (page 3–609)
BMP Files (page 3–610)
CIN (Kodak Cineon) Files (page 3–610)
CWS (Combustion Workspace) Files (page 3–611)
DDS Files (page 3–611)
EPS and PS (Encapsulated PostScript) Files (page
3–612)
GIF Files (page 3–613)
HDRI Files (page 3–613)
IFL Files (page 3–616)
IMSQ Files (page 3–620)
JPEG Files (page 3–620)
MOV (QuickTime Movie) Files (page 3–621)
MPEG Files (page 3–621)
OpenEXR Files (page 3–621)
PIC Files (page 3–628)
PNG Files (page 3–628)
PSD Files (page 3–629)
RLA Files (page 3–630)
RPF Files (page 3–631)
RGB (SGI Image) Files (page 3–633)
TGA (Targa) Files (page 3–633)
TIFF Files (page 3–634)
YUV Files (page 3–635)
Note: To save loading time, if a map with the
same name is in two different locations (in two
different paths), it is loaded only once. This poses
a problem only if your scene includes two maps
thathavedifferentcontentbutthesamename.
In this case, only the first map encountered will
appear in the scene.
AV I Files
The AVI (Audio-Video Interleaved) format is
the Windows standard for movie files. The .avi
file-nameextensionindicatesaWindowsAVI
movie file.
3ds Max creates an AVI created when you make
a preview animation (page 3–168).Youcanalso
render your final output to an AVI fi le. Although
3dsMaxproducesitshighest-qualityoutputby
rendering single-frame TGA files or rendering
directly to a digital disk recorder, you can still get
good results rendering AVI files.
AVIfilescanbeusedasinputto3dsMaxinseveral
ways, for example:
• As animated materials in the Material Editor
•Asviewportbackgroundsforrotoscoping
•AsinputimagesforcompositinginVideoPost
Interfa ce
When AVI is the chosen output format, clicking
Render or Setup on the Render Output File dialog
(page 3–9) displays the Video Compression dialog.