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Add Image Layer Event 331
Inter face
Filter Plug-In group
Label—Lets you give the event a unique name,
making it easier to distinguish in a long list of
events.
Filter List—Lists the filter plug-ins (page 3–1089)
you have installed.
See the separate help topics for a description of the
filters that come with 3ds Max by clicking any of
the listed filters above.
About—Provides version/source information
specific to the plug-in.
Setup—Displays a setup dialog specific to the
plug-in. Some plug-ins may not use this button.
Mask group
Channels—If you are using a bitmap as the mask
file, you can use the Alpha channel, the Red,
Green, or Blue channel, Luminance, Z-Buffer,
Material Effects, or Object ID.
Files—Select a file to use as a mask. The name of
the selec ted file appears above the Files button.
Opti ons—Displays an Image Input Options dialog
(page 3–342)
where you can set alignment and
size, relative to the frames of video output. For
animated images, you can also synchronize the
mask with the fra me sequence of video output.
This is the same dialog used for Image Input Event
options.
Enabled—Enables the mask. If this box is clear,
Video Post ignores any other mask settings.
Inver ted—When selected, the mask is inverted.
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.
Add I mage Lay er Event
Rendering menu > V ideo Post > V ideo Post window >
Make sure the two child events are in the order you want
the Image Layer event to use them. > Select the two
events. > Video Post toolbar > Add Image Layer Event
TheAddImageLayerEventaddsacompositing
plug-in (page 3–1089) to layer the selected images
in the queue.
Provides compositing plug-ins that use the
previous event in the queue as a source, and
composite the next event, using the parameters