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1296 Chapter 16: Material Editor, Materials, and Maps
Co py—
Copies the color you dragged.
Create M aterial Preview Dialog
Material Editor > Make/Play/Save Preview flyout > Make
Preview
The Create Material Preview dialog is displayed
when you click
Make Preview (page 2–1278) to
preview an animated material. By default, the
preview is saved in the
\previews subdirectory with
the name
_medit.avi .YoucanuseSavePreview
to give the preview a different name so it won’t be
overwr itten the next time you use Make Preview.
Inter face
Preview Range group
Active Time Segment—Renders the active time
segment (page 3–998)
.
Custom Range—Renders a custom range from the
start to the end frame you specif y in the spinners
below.
Frame Rate group
These controls specify the playback rate.
Ever y Nt h Fra me—Renders a regular sampling of
the animation. For example, a value of 8 includes
only ever y eighth frame in the preview. Default=1
(every frame).
Playback FPS—Specifies the playback rate in frames
per second. Default=30 (full speed).
ImageSizegroup
Percent of Outp ut—Specifies the resolution of the
preview. This value is a percentage; 100 percent
has a resolution of 101 x 99 pixels (the size of a
sample slot in the 3 x 2 array). Default=100.
Duplicate Name Dialog (Material
Librar y)
Material Editor > Get Material or Type button > Browse
From group > Select Mtl Library. > File group > Open
material library. > File group > Me rge > Merge Material
Library dialog > Open another material library or a
3ds Max scene. > Merge dialog > Select materials to
merge > OK
File>XRefObjects>XRefObjectsdialog>Create
XRef Record from File > Choose a file. > Select objects to
XRef. > Duplicate Name dialog
The Duplicate Name dialog is displayed if, after
you click OK in the
Merge dialog (page 2–1297) ,
oneormorematerialstomergehavethesame
name as materials in the open library.
If this dialog appears while you are using XRef
Objects (page 3–406)
,intheXRefObjectsdialog