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is 640x480, and you set the Percent Of Output
spinner to 50, the preview resolution is 320x240.
Note: Thesizeofthepreviewimageislimitedby
thesizeoftheviewpanelregion(theregionthat
containstheviewports).Thespinnerisclampedto
the maximum value that allows the preview image
to still fit in the viewpanel region.
Display in Preview group
Specifies the types of objects to include in the
preview. Frame Numbers prints a frame number
in the upper-left corner of each frame of the AVI
file. Background includes the assig ned viewport
background in the preview.
Camera View group
Specifies whether the preview should include
multi-pass rendering effects (page 3–76) .
Rendering Level group
Rendering Level drop-down list—Specifies the type
of view port shading to use in the preview.
Output group
Specifies the preview output format.
AVI—When chosen, the preview is output as an
AV I f i l e . T h e b u t t o n t o t h e r i g h t d i s p l a y s t h e
current AVI
codec (page 3–1015) .Clickittoadjust
the assigned codec, or choose a different codec.
The quality of your output AVI file depends on
the t ype of codec you use and the codec settings,
which vary. For the highest visual quality, choose
the hig hest compression quality. The hig her the
compression quality, the lower the compression,
and the larger the resultant file.
Custom File Type—Outputs the preview to the
specifie d file format. When this option is chosen,
and the Create button is clicked, a file selector
appears,whereyounamethefileandspecifythe
output file type. For example, you can output the
preview as a flic by specifying a file name with a
.flc extension. If you specify a single-image format,
such as
.tga , the preview is output as a series of
sequentially numbered files.
Use Dev i ce—Lets you output the preview to an
external device, such as a digital recorder. The
button at right displays the name of the currently
assigned device. Click it to either change the
settings of the dev ice, or assign a different device.
Render Vi ewpor t list—Displays the names of the
cur rently visible viewports, letting you choose
which viewport to render from within the
Render Scene dialog. Default=name of the active
view por t.
View Preview
Animation menu > View Preview
View Preview displays the Wi ndows-standard
Media Player to view the current preview file.
When you use Make Preview, 3ds Max stores
theoutputpreviewinafilecalled
_scene.av i by
default. View Preview loads this file. If you want to
keep the preview file, use Rename Preview to save
it under another file name, otherwise, the next
Make Preview will overwrite
_scene.avi.
The Media Player has its own Help system.
Rename Preview
Animation menu > Rename Preview
Rename Preview renames the _scene.avi preview
file.
When you use Make Preview, 3ds Max stores
theoutputpreviewinafilecalled
_scene.av i by
default. View Preview loads this file. If you want to
keep the preview file, use Rename Preview to save