Autodesk 12812-051462-9011 User Guide 3 - Page 869

Time Output group Select which frames you want to render. Single Current frame only. Active Time Segment The Active Time Segment on page 7898 is the current range of frames as shown in the time slider. Range All the frames between and including the two numbers you specify. Frames Nonsequential frames separated by commas (for example, 2,5) or ranges of frames, separated by hyphens (for example, 0-5). ■ File Number Base Specifies the base file number, from which the file name will increment. Range= -99,999 to 99,999. Available only for Active Time Segment and Range output. ■ Every Nth frame Regular sample of frames. For example, type 8 to render every 8th frame. Available only for Active Time Segment and Range output. For example, if the Range of frames is set to 0-3, Every Nth Frame is 1, and the File Number Base is 15, the output files are file0015, file0016, file0017, file0018. You can specify a negative number base, as well. For example, if you're rendering frames 50-55, and set the File Number Base to -50, the result is file-050, file-051, file-052, file-053, file-054, file-055. NOTE If you begin render a range of frames, but haven't assigned a file in which to save the animation (using the Files button on page 6129), an alert box appears to warn you about this. Rendering animations can take a long time, and usually it doesn't make sense to render a range without saving all frames to a file. Output Size group Select one of the predefined sizes or enter another size in the Width and Height fields (in pixels). These controls affect the image's aspect ratio on page 7914. Drop-down list The Output Size drop-down list lets you choose from several standard film and video resolutions and aspect ratios. Choose one of these formats, or leave it set to Custom to use the other controls in the Output Size group. These are the options you can choose from on the list: ■ Custom ■ 35mm 1.316:1 Full Aperture (cine) 6124 | Chapter 20 Rendering