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Render Elements Dialog 133
Wa rn in g: If you are rendering elements to composite
over a background, mak e sure that the file format for
theDiffuse,Shadows,andAlphaelementssupportsan
alpha channel. The formats we recommend for this
purpose are:
RLA (page 3–680) , RPF (page 3–681) , PNG
(page 3–678)
,or TGA (page 3–683) .
Wa rn in g: 3dsMaxsupportssomefiletypesthat
Combustion does not. For use with Combustion do
notrenderelementsasEPS,FLC,FLI,orCELfiles. If
you render to one of these formats, the CWS file is not
saved. See your Combustion documentation for more
information on supp orted file formats.
Enable—
When on, creates a CWS file that contains
the elements you have rendered.
... [ellipsis]—The text box lets you enter a path and
file name for the CWS file. Click the [...] button to
display a Save to Combustion dialog, which lets
youchooseafolderandfilenamefortheCWSfile.
Create Combustion Work space Now—When
clicked a Combustion workspace (CWS file) is
created. This button makes it possible to create a
Combustion workspace without rendering.
Note: Youmustaddatleastonerenderelementfor
this file to be created and the Render Output type
on the Common panel is must be set to AVI, RPF,
CIN, JPG, PNG, MOV, RGB, RLA, TGA, TIF, or
EXR.
R ender E lements D ia log
Main toolbar > Render Scene button > Render Scene
dialog > Render Elements panel > Render Elements
rollout > Add button > Render Elements dialog
Rendering menu > Render > Render Scene dialog >
Render Elements panel > Render Elements rollout > Add
button > Re n de r Elements dialog
This dialog appears when you click the New button
in the
Render Elements rollout (page 3–126) .
Procedure
To choose an element to r ender separ a tely, do one of
the following:
• Click to highlight the element’s name in the list,
and then click OK.
• Double-click the element’s name in the list.
Interfa ce
The scrollable list shows the names of elements
you c an render separately. These are described in
Render Elements Panel and Rollout (page 3–126) .
R ender E lement Ou tput Fil e Di al og
Rendering menu > Render > Render Scene dialog >
Render Elements panel > Render Elements Rollout >
Selected Element Parameters group > Files button
Main toolbar > Render Scene button > Render Scene
dialog > Render Elements panel > Render Elements
Rollout > Selected Element Parameters group > Files
button
The Render Element Output F ile dialog lets you
assign a name to a file that saves one element
of the rendering. You can also determine the
type of file you render, and set up options such
as compression, and color depth and quality,
depending on your choice of file type.
See also
Image File Formats (page 3–657)