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Edit Loop Event 349
Inter face
External Event group
Label—Lets you edit the event name.
Browse—Lets you select an extern al program
to be executed. For example, you can specify
Adobe Photoshop™ or another image-processing
application.
Command Line Options group
For external programs that accept command-line
options, lets you send real-t ime data to the external
program. 3ds Max parses three special commands.
When found in a string, these commands are
replaced with real-time data as in these examples:
%f is replaced with a 4 digit fr ame number (for
example, 0001)
%w is replaced w ith a 4 dig it image width (for
example, 0640)
%h is replaced with a 4 dig it image height (for
example, 0480)
For example, if the g iven command line option is:
-w%w -h%h -oframe%f.tga
The str ing sent to the external program might be:
-w0640 -h0480 -oframe0001.tga
Write image to clipboard—Writes the cur rent
rendered image to the Windows clipboard for
retrievalbyanexternalapplication.
Read image from clipboar d—Reads the contents of
the Windows clipbo ard after processing by the
external application. When the processed image
is saved to the clipboard it automatically appears
in Video Post. With an automated script, it is
possibletoruntheimagethroughanyexternal
image processor and get it back automatically.
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.
Edit Loop Event
Rendering menu > V ideo Post > V ideo Post window >
Select a Loop Event. > V i deo Post toolba r > Edit Current
Event
Loop events cause other events to repeat over t i me
in the output video. They control sequencing, but
perform no image processing.