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216 Chapter 18: Effects and Environments
Update E ff ect—
Manually updates the preview
rendered f rame window when Interactive is
noton. Whatisshownintherenderedframe
window is only an update of any changes made in
Rendering Effects. Any changes made to the scene
itself will not be rendered.
Merging Effects
Rend ering menu > Effects > Environment and Effects
dialog > Effects panel > Merge
The Merge button on the Effects panel (page
3–215)
lets you merge effects from other 3ds Max
(.
max) scene files.
See also
Merge (page 3–469)
Replace (page 3–476)
Merge Animation (page 3–471)
Pr ocedur es
To merge an atmospheric effect:
1.
Choose Rendering menu > Effects to d isplay
the Effects panel.
2. On the Effects rollout, click Merge.
A Merge Effect dialog appears for file selection.
3. Select a .max scene.
A Merge Atmospheric Effects dialog lists t he
effects in the specifie d file.
4. Select one or more of the effects, and then click
OK to merge them i nto the scene.
Only atmospheric effects appear in the merge
list, but when an effect is merged, any lights or
gizm os b ound to the effect are merged as well.
To resolv e confl icts when merged ef fects have the
same name:
• Ifaneffectofthesametypeandnamealready
exists in the scene, an alert appears. Cho o se
from among these o ptions:
•
Name f ield —Allows you to rename the
incoming effect.
•
Merge—Resultsintwoeffectsinthescene
w ith the same name.
•
Delete Old—Removes the existing effect in
the scene.
•
Apply To All Duplicates—Performs the same
action on all subsequent matching effects.
Hair a nd Fur Render Effect
Rendering menu > Effects > Environment And Effects
dialog > Effects panel > Add > Add Effect dialog > Hair
and Fur
Hair and Fur modifier > Tools rollout > Render S ettings
button
To render hair, the scene must contain a Hair and
Fur render effect. The render effect is automatically
addedtothescenethefirsttimeyouapplytheHair
and Fur modifier to an object. If for some reason
the render effect doesn’t exist in the scene, you can
add one by clicking the Render Settings button.
This opens the Environment And Effects dialog
and adds a Hair and Fur render effect. You can
change the settings, or simply accept the defau lt
settings by closing the dialog after it opens.