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4.
Click Options to choose the size and placement
of the image in the final video frames.
An Image Input Options dialog appears.
5. Adjust other Image Input settings, and then
click OK.
The Image Input event appears at the end of the
queue.
Tip: Think of images that share t he same time
range as layers, compar able to matted film
images in a compositor. Images that share a
timerangemustbecompositedwithanImage
Layerevent;otherwise,thesecondimageinthe
queue "overwrites" the first.
Inter face
Image Input group
Label—Lets you give the event a unique name,
making it easier to distinguish in a long list of
events.
Files—Lets you choose the bitmap or animation
image file.
Devices—Lets you choose an installed hardware
input device, for example, a digital disk recorder.
Opti ons—Displays the Image Input Options dialog
(page 3–342)
to allow you to set up alignment,
size, and frame range for the input image.
Cache —Storesabitmapinmemory. Ifyouare
using a single- image bitmap, you can choose t his
option. Video Post won’t reload or scale the image
for each frame.
Image Driver group
These buttons are available only when you choose
adeviceastheimagesource.
About—Provides information on the source of the
image-handler software used to bring the image
into 3ds Max.
Setup—Displays a setup dialog specific to the
plug-in. Some plug-ins may not use this button.
Video Post Parameters group
V P S tart Time/End Time—Sets the starting and
ending frames for the selected event within the
overal l Video Po st queue. Video Post renders the
event over the number of frames specified here.
Enabled—Enables or disables the event. When
this box is clear, the event is d isabled and Video
Post ignores it when rendering the queue. Each
event must be disabled individually. For example,
disabling a composite layer event does not disable
the composited image events. The range bars of
disabled events are unavailable in the event track
area.