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1456 Chapter 16: Material Editor, Materials, and Maps
Files—
Click to dis play a file dialog that lets you
specify w here to save the rendered map.
WhenyouclickSaveinthefiledialog,youmight
see an additional dialog that gives you options
specifictothefiletypeyouchose.Thesearethe
file formats available for a rendered map:
AVI (page 3–609)
BMP (page 3–610)
Kodak Cineon (page 3–610)
Encapsulated Postscript (page 3–612)
JPEG (page 3–620)
PNG (page 3–628)
MOV (QuickTime) (page 3–621)
SGI (page 3–633)
RLA (page 3–630)
RPF (page 3–631)
Targa (page 3–633)
TIFF (page 3–634)
Save to File—When on, the rendered map is saved
to a file. When off, the map is rendered only to a
rendered frame window (page 3–5).Thischeckbox
is unavailable unless you use Files to specify a file
name, when it defaults to on.
File na me field—Displaysthenameofthefileyou
chose.
Render—Renders the map to a rendered frame
window (page 3–5),andtoafileifyouchoseone.
Replace Map Dialog
Material Editor > Go to a map level or a standalone
map. > Type button > Material/Map Browser > Choose a
compound map.
The Replace Map dialog is displayed when you
change a map ty pe to any type of map that can
have sub-map s. It gives you t he choice of replacing
the original ("old") map completely, or using the
original map as a sub-map of the new map.
Interfa ce
Discard old map—Discards the old map.
Keep old map as sub-map—Retains the old map as
asub-map.
Replace Material Dialog
Material Editor > Type button > Material/Map Browser >
Choose a compound material.
The Replace Material dialog is displayed when you
change a material type to one of the compound
material types (page 2–1587).Itgivesyouthe
choice of replacing the original ("old") material
completely,orusingtheoriginalmaterialasa
sub-material of the new material.