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Asset Browser Utility 509
Thumbnails menu
Sorts and sets the size of the displayed thumbnails.
Create Thumbnails—Createsthumbnailsforbitmap
and geometry files.
Sort by Name—Sorts by file names.
Sort by Type—Sorts by file extensions.
Sort by Size—Sor ts by file size.
Sort by Date—Sorts by file creation date.
Large (200X200)—Sets the size to large (200 by 200
pixels).
Medium (100X100)—Sets the size to medium (100
by 100 pixels).
Small (50X50)—Sets the size to small (50 by 50
pixels).
Display menu
Controls the display of:
• The lef t pane, where the directory t ree displays
your computer system’s folders.
• The right pane, which c an display files as
thumbnails (a Thumbnail pane), or Web pages
(a Web pane).
• The Favorites and status bars located at the
bottom of the Asset Browser window.
Directory Tree—Turns the directory tree in the
left pane on or off. The directory tree displays
the available directories on your system. You can
navigate and select the directories where you want
to view images. When you select and enter a
directory containing valid bitmaps, the Browser
displays their thumbnails in the Thumbnail pane
to the r ight. R ight-clicking in the directory tree
pane displays a menu allowing you to change
directories, delete directories, and add a directory
to your Fa v orites list.
Tip: To refresh the contents of the d irector y tree,
press SHIFT +F5.
Favorites Bar—Turns the Fa vorites bar on or off.
The Favorites bar is located at the bottom of t he
Asset Browser window.
Status Ba r—Turnsthestatusbaronoroff. The
status bar is located at the bottom of the Asset
Browser window.
Thumbnail Pane—Displays valid bitmaps and
geometry files of a selected director y as thumbnails
in the right pane.
Thumbnail bitmaps for MAXScript files (
.ms ,
.mcr ,and .mse ), dropScript files ( .ds ), and zipped
script files (
.mzp ) display in the Thumbnail pane.
By right-clicking the thumbnail, you can view
the file, look at its properties, run the script, or
open it in the Web Pane. By double-clicking the
thumbnails for
.ms , .mcr ,and .ds files, you can
open them in the MAXScript editor window.
Double-clicking
.mzp fileswillopentheminthe
asso ciated zip utility.
Explorer Pane—Displays valid bitmaps and
geometry files of a selected directory as file name
icons in the right pane. This is similar to how
WindowsdisplaysfilenameiconsintheExplorer.
Web Pane —If there’s a file named maxindex.htm
in the selected directory, the program displays it as
a Web page in the right pane. You can use the .
htm
file to display s elected bitmaps as a Web page. Also
ifyouenteraURLintheaddressbar,theprogram
displaysthepageinthispane.
Favorites menu
Adds and deletes Web sites and path names to the
Favorites menu and the Favorites bar.
Add to Favorites—Displays the Favorite Location
dialog (page 3–517)
.
Delete All Favorites—Removes all Web site and
path name shortcuts from the Favorites menu and
the Favorites bar.