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Effects and Environments
A variety of special effects, such as film grain,
depth of field, and lens simulations, are available
as
rendering effects (page 3–214)
.Anothersetof
effects, such as fog, are prov ided as
environment
effects (page 3–267)
.
The fog environment effect adds atm osphere to a street
scene.
In 3ds Max, rendering effect s and environments
are both accessed from a single
Environment and
Effects dialog (page 3–213)
.
Envi ronment a nd Ef fects Dia log
Rendering menu > Environment
Rendering > Effects
You apply effects and environments by using the
Environment and Effects dialog.
Interfa ce
The Env ironment and Effects dialog has two
panels, described in the following topics:
Effects and Environments