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View Image File 503
Delete—
Removes a selected Custom property
from the Properties list.
Proper t ies—Displays all Custom proper t ies
entered into the scene.
View Image File
File menu > View Im age File
Select and view sti ll images, numbered image
sequences, images in an
.ifl file, or animation files
using options in the Vie w File dialog. Selected stil l
imagesandnumberedimagesequencesappearin
the
rendered f r ame window (page 3–5) .
If you select an
.ifl file in the file dialog, the Info
button displays the ASCII
.ifl file in Windows
Notepad.
You can zoom in and out and pan the image, even
while a scene is rendering. If you have a Microsoft
IntelliMouse, you can use its third-button/wheel
to zoom and pan. See the following procedures.
If you select an animation file (
AVI (page 3–658) ,
FLC (p age 3–662) ,or QuickTime (page 3–670) ),
the software st arts the Windows Media Player s o
that you can play it. The Media Player has its own
Help system.
Pr ocedur es
To v iew a file:
1.
Choose File > View Image File.
2. ChooseafiletypefromtheFilesofTypelist.
3. Select a file to view.
Note: TheViewFiledialogusesthelastlocation
where a file was chosen, rather than the default
Images path defined on the Configure User
Paths dialog.
To z oom in the render ed fr a me wi ndow:
•PressCTRLandclick.
To zoom out in the rend ered fr ame window:
•PressCTRLandright-click.
To pan the r ender ed fr a me window:
•PressSHIFTanddrag.
To use a Mi cr osoft Intellimouse to zoom a nd pan:
1.
Roll the wheel to zoom in or out.
2. To p a n , w h i l e z o o m e d i n , p r e s s t h e w h e e l a n d
drag. (You can use any third-button device to
pan the image.)
Note: Youmustselectthe Pan/Zoom option
(page 3–870)
in the Preferences dialog >
Viewportspage>MouseControlgroupin
order to use the third button for panning and
zooming.
Interfa ce
Histor y —Whenever an image is selected, the path
used is added to the top of the history list as the
most recently used path.
File selections from other areas of the interface,
such as Views > Viewport Background, are stored