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• The format of the rendering file
• T he range of frames
(Nonsequential frame sequences, such as 1, 7,
12–19, are not supported.)
•Theframerate
•Thepixelaspectratio
• The output type, aperture width, and resolut ion
(width x height)
• The render element type and name
• The camera name (when rendering a Camera
view)
3ds Max generates a separate IMSQ file for each
render element.
JPEG Files
JPEG (. jpeg or . jpg) files follow the standards set by
the Joint Photography Experts Group. These files
use a variable compre ssion method that is called
lossy compression because of the loss of image
quality as you increase the compression. H o wever,
the JPEG compression scheme is extremely good
and you can sometimes compress the file up to
200:1 without severe loss of image quality. JPEG is
consequently a popular format for posting image
files on the Internet for m inimum file size and
minimum download time.
Inter face
When JPEG is the chosen output format, clicking
Render or Setup in the
Render Output File dialog
(page 3–8)
displays the JPEG Image Control
dialog.
Quality—Move the slider to the level of quality you
want:thehigherthequality,thelargerthefilesize.
In general, files compressed with the slider set to
Best have compression ratios b etween 5:1 and 15:1.
File Size—Move the slider to the size of file you
want: t he larger the file, the hig her the quality.
Smoothing—Move the slider to the level of
smoothing you want: the higher the level of
smoothing, the larger the file s ize.
MOV (Quick Time M ovie) Files
QuickTime® is a standard file format created
by Apple® for storing common digital media
types such as audio and video. When you choose
QuickTime (*
.mov )astheSaveasType,your
animation is saved as a
.mov file.
You c an export animations to
.mov for both
rendering and previews. You can also export
audio if an audio track is present in Track View .
To prev ie w a n e x i s t i n g
.mov file, you must have
movieplayer.exe included in your environment
path. You can download the QuickTime movie
player from w
ww.apple.com/quicktime/download.