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2.
Right-click in the sample slot, and choose
Render Map from the pop-up menu.
The
Render Map dialog (page 2–1299) is
displayed.
3. Choose Single or the range of frames you want
to render .
4. In the Dimensions group box, specify the pixel
resolution of the map.
5. Click the Files button, and specify a pat h and
filenameforthefile.MakesureSaveToFileis
on unless y ou want to see the image only in a
rendered frame window (page 3–5) .
6. Click Render.
A rendered frame window appears displaying
themap.IfSaveToFileison,theimageisalso
saved to disk.
Sample Slot Right-Click Menu
Material Editor > Right-c lick active sample slot.
Whenyouright-clicktheactivesampleslot,a
pop-up menu is displayed. For other sample
slots, click or right-click once to select them, then
right-click to use the pop-up menu.
The pop-up menu is available in magnified sample
slot w indows. See the "Magnify" option, below.
Inter face
Thepop-upmenuhastheseoptions:
Dra g/Copy—Sets dragging a sample slot to copy
mode. When on, drag ging a sample slot copies
the material from one sample slot to another, or
fromthesampleslottoanobjectinthesceneor
amaterialbutton.
Drag/Rotate—Sets dragging a sample slot to rotate
mode. When on, dragging in the sample slot
rotates the sample object. This helps you preview
the material. Drag over the object to rotate it about
its X or Y axis; drag in the corners of the sample slot
to rotate the object about its Z axis. In addition, if
you press SHIFT b efore dragging in the center, the
rotation is constrained to the vertical or horizontal
axis, depending on your initial drag direction.
Ifyouhavea3-buttonmouseandareusing
Windows NT, the middle mouse button rotates the
sample object while Drag/Copy mode is active.
This doesn’t work in Windows 95.
Reset Rotation—Resets the sample object to its
default orientation.
Render Map—Renders the current map, creating
abitmaporanAVIfile(ifthemapisanimated).
Only the current map level renders. That is, the
rendering shows the image displayed when Show
EndResultisturnedoff.
If you’re at a material level instead of a map level,
this m enu item is disabled.
Opti ons—Displays the Material Editor Options
dialog (page 2–1280)
.Thisisanalternativeto
clicking the Options button.
Magnify—Generates a magnified view of the
current sample slot. The magnified sample is
displayed in its own, floating (modeless) window.
You can display up to 24 magnified windows, but
you can’t display the same sample slot in more than
one magnified window at a t ime. You can resize
magnify windows. Clicking a magnify window
activates the sample slot, and vice versa.