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Select Bitmap Image File Dialog 1637
history information is sa v ed in the 3dsmax.ini
(page 1–18) file.
Look In—Opens a navigation window to browse
other directories or drives.
Up One Level—Moves you up a level in the
directory structure.
Cre a te New Fol de r —Lets you create a new
folder w hile in this dia log.
List—Displays t he contents of a directory
without the details.
Details—Displays the contents of a directory
with all the details.
List W indow—When details are turned on, the
contents of the director y are displayed with Name,
Size, Type, Date Modified, and Attributes. You can
sort based on each of these columns by clicking
the column label.
File Name—Displaysthefilenameofthefile
selected in the list.
Files of Type—D isplays all the file types that can be
displayed. This serves as a fi lter for the list.
Open—Selects the highlighted file and closes the
dialog.
Cancel—Cancels the selection and closes the
dialog.
Devices—Lets you choose t he hardware output
device, for example, a digital video recorder. The
device, its driver, and its 3ds Max plug-in must all
be installed on your system to use the device.
Setup—When Sequence is turned on, and there
aresequentialfilesinthedirectorydisplayed,this
Setup displays an ImageFileListControldialog
(page 3–618) to create an IFL file.
Info—Displays expanded information about the
file, such as frame rate, compression quality,
file size, and resolution. The information here
depends on the type of information that is saved
w ith the file ty pe.
View—Displays the file at its actual resolution. If
the file is a movie, the Media Player is opened so
thefilecanbeplayed.
Gamma Group
Gamma —Selects the type of gamma to be used for
the selected file. This is unavailable unless Enable
GammaCorrectionisturnedonintheGamma
panel (page 3–824) of the Preferences dialog.
Use Ima ge’s O wn Ga mma —Uses the gamma of the
incoming bitmap.
Use System Default Gamma—Ignores the image ’s
own gamma and uses the system default gamma
instead, as set in the Gamma panel of the
Preferences dialog.
Override—Defines a new gamma for the bitmap
that is neither the image’s own, nor the system
default.
Sequence—Creates an "Image File List " using the
given information. Note that each time an image
is selected, an evaluation is done to see if an IFL
sequence can b e created. If the selected image does
not yield a list, this option box is unavailable. In
the past, it was necessary to enter a wild card in
order to create a list. Now it is possible to use wild
card to filter files in the fi le selec tor.
Prev iew—Displays the image as a thumbnail in the
image window.
Image W indow—Displays a thumbnail of the
selected file.
Statistics—Displays the resolution, color depth, file
type, and number of frames of the selected file.