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MOV (QuickTime Movie) Files 621
Quality—Move the slider to the level of quality you
want: t he higher the quality, the larger the file size.
In general, files compressed with the slider set to
Best have compression ratios b e tween 5:1 and 15:1.
File Size—Move the slider to the size of file you
want: the larger the file, the higher the quality.
Smoothing—Move the slider to the level of
smoothing you want: the hig her the level of
smoothing , the larger the file size.
MOV (Quick Time M ovie) Files
QuickTime® is a standard file format created
by Apple® for storing common digital media
t ypes such as audio and video. When you choose
QuickTime (*.mov)astheSaveasType,your
animation is saved as a .mov fi le.
You can export animations to .mov for both
rendering and previews. You can also export
audio if an audio track is present in Track View.
To p rev i e w a n ex i s t i n g .mov file, you must have
movieplayer.exe included in your env ironment
path. You can download the QuickTime movie
player from w
ww.apple.com/quicktime/download.
Note: The plug-in does not allow for t he direct
import of audio from a QuickTime fi le.
Interfa ce
When you create a new QuickTime file or choose
Setup for an existing one, you see a dialog that
is ty pically titled Compression Sett ings. This
dialog is provided by the QuickTime codec (page
3–921) installed with your system, and can change
depending on the version of QuickTime you’ve
installed.
MPEG Files
The MPEG format is a standard for movie files.
MPEG stands for Moving Picture Experts Group.
MPEG files can have a .mpg or .mpeg file name
extension.
MPEG is supported only as an input file format.
You can use MPEG files as texture maps.
OpenE XR Fil es
3ds Max c an both read (page 3–626) and write
(page 3–623) image files in the OpenEXR format.
OpenEXRisbothanimagefileformatanda
general open-source API for reading and writing
such files.
The best place to look for information on
OpenEXR itself is t
he official Website.The
followingistakendirectlyfromtheOpenEXR
home page:
OpenEXR is a high dynamic-range
(HDR) image file format developed
by Industria l Lig ht & Magic for u se in
computer imaging applications.
OpenEXR is used by ILM on all mot ion
pictures currently in production. The