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Chapter 12, Using the LightWave 3D plug-in
About the LightWave 3D plug-in
The LightWave 3D plug-in, together with your Matrox RT.X100 Xtreme
hardware, lets you display your LightWave 3D animation on your NTSC or PAL
video monitor. This lets you see the exact color temperature, safe-title area, and
any interlaced artifacts in your animation as you work. The plug-in supports
LightWave 3D version 6.0 or later.
Required settings to use the plug-in
1 Start LightWave 3D.
2 Do one of the following:
$ If you’re using LightWave 3D version 7.0 or later, choose Rendering >
Render Options
.
$ If you’re using LightWave 3D version 6.0 or 6.5, choose Extras >
Render > Render Options
.
3 Select Matrox_RT as your Render Display. This opens the Matrox
Preview Setup
dialog box.
4 Under Output Size, select the size that you want your animation to be
displayed on your NTSC or PAL video monitor. For example, select
Original to maintain your animation’s original size.
5 Under Render Preview Type, select one of the following options for
previewing the rendering of your animation on your video monitor:
$ Video and alpha Select this to view your animation keyed over a black
background.
$ Alpha only Select this to view only your animation’s grayscale
alpha-key (matte) information.
For details on how to render your animation, refer to your LightWave 3D
documentation.