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4.
Use the file dialog to choose the external
program you want to execute, and then click
OK.
5. If the external program accepts command-line
options, enter these in the Command Line
Options field.
6. If you want the external program to read the
current Video Post image, select Write Image
to Clipboard.
7. If you want V ideo Post to use the result of the
external program, select Read Image from
Clipboard.
8. Click OK.
If y ou selected an event, the External event
becomes its child. If no event was selected, the
External event appears at the end of the queue.
Wa rn in g: The image that the External event reads
from the clipboard is placed in the Video Post queue.
If the external program does not do what you want,
this ca n erase or over write the result of all Video Post
post-processing.
Interfa ce
External Event group
Label—Lets you give the event a unique name,
making it easier to distinguish in a long list of
events.
Browse—Lets you select an external program. For
example, you c an specify Adobe Photoshop™ or
another image-processing application.
Command-Line Options group
For external programs that accept command-l ine
options, lets you send real-time data to the external
program. 3ds Max parses three special commands.
Whenfoundinastring,thesecommandsare
replaced with real-time data as in these examples:
%f is replaced with a 4-digit frame number (for
example, 0001)
%w is replaced with a 4-digit image width (for
example, 0640)