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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 2–1455) is
displayed.
3. Choose Single or the range of frames you want
to render .
4. In the Dimensions group bo x, specify the pixel
resolution of the map.
5. Click the Files button, and specif y a path and
filenameforthefile.MakesureSaveToFileis
on unless you 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-click 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, dr agging 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
Shif t before dragging in the
center, the rotation is constrained to the vertical
or hor izontal axis, depending on your i nitial drag
direction.
Ifyouhaveathree-buttonmouseandareusing
Windows NT, the middle mouse button rotates the
sample object while Drag/Copy mo de is active.
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 menu item is disable d.
Opti ons—Displays the Material Editor Options
dialog (page 2–1436). Thisisanalternativeto
clicking the Options button.
Magnify—Generates a magnified view of the
current sample slot. The magnified samp le 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 mag nified w indow at a time. You can resize
magnify windows. Clicking a magnify window
activates the sample slot, and vice versa.