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Panorama Exporter Viewer 173
Render—
Click to render the p anorama.
Cancel—Click to cancel the rendering.
Clo se—Click to close the dialog , saving any
changes you’ve made.
Pa nor ama E x port er Viewer
Rendering menu > Panoramic Exporter > Viewer button
Utilities pa nel > Uti lities rollout > Panorama Exporter >
Viewer button
The Panorama Exporter viewer lets you na vigate
a rendered p anorama. You can use the v iewer to
export the panorama rendering with a cy lindrical,
spherical, or QuickTime VR format.
Note: ExportingtoQTVRformatrequiresthat
QuickTime® 5 or higher is installed on your
system. You can dow nload the latest version f rom
w
ww.apple.com/quicktime/download.ForQTVR
export, you must choose the “Recommended
Install”ratherthanacustomorminimal
installation. In particular, your installation must
include these components:
•QuickTimeAuthoring
•QuickTimeInternetExtras
• QuickTime Essentials
Pr ocedur es
To navigate a rendered panorama:
• Hold down the left button to rotate the camera
around the panorama.
Ifyoumovethemouse,thecamerarotates
in that direction until you move the m ouse
again. (The view of the panorama m oves in
the opposite direction from the mouse and
camera.)
• Holddownthemiddlebuttonandmovethe
mouse up and down to zoom in and out.
• Hold dow n the right button and move the
mouse to rotate the camera around the
panorama.
With the right button, you must drag the mouse
to see any movement, and the v iew of the
panorama moves in the same direction as the
mouse.
To export a rendered panorama:
1.
OpenarenderedpanoramainthePanorama
Expor ter Viewer.
2. Click File > Export.
Choose Cylinder, Sphere, or QuickTimeVR to
set the format for your exported file.
A dialog opens, prompting you to enter the name,
location, and type of file.
Networ k R ender ing
Network rendering is a m eans of mass-processing
multiple rendering tasks or jobs. In order
to facilitate network rendering, Autodesk
Backburner
TM
is installed with 3ds Max.
The Backburner software is responsible for
coordinating how job assignments a re processed.
You can perform network rendering with both
the default scanline and mental r ay renderers. In
itsmostefficientform,networkrenderinguses
multiple computers, connected over a network, to
perform rendering tasks; ty pically the rendering of
animations with hundreds or thousands of frames.
Even a small network of three or four PCs can
save substantial rendering time and help you meet
deadlines.
However, network rendering ca n be equally useful
if you have only a single PC and need to render a
number of images. You can assign the jobs that
need to be rendered and Backburner can manage