Autodesk 12812-051462-9011 User Guide 3 - Page 874

Normally, when rendering a series of frames, the software calculates radiosity only for the first frame. If, in an animation, it might be necessary to recalculate the advanced lighting in subsequent frames, turn this option on. For example, a brightly painted door might open and affect the coloring of a nearby white wall, in which case the advanced lighting should be recalculated. Bitmap Proxies group Displays whether 3ds Max is using full-resolution maps or bitmap proxies for rendering. To change this setting, click the Setup button. Setup Click to open the Global Settings and Defaults for Bitmap Proxies dialog on page 7115. Render Output group Save File When on, the software saves the rendered image or animation to disk when you render. Save File is available only after you specify the output file using the Files button. Files Opens the Render Output File dialog on page 6086, which lets you specify the output file name, format, and location. You can render to any of the still or animated image file formats on page 7324 that are writable. If you render multiple frames to a still-image file format, the renderer renders individual frame files and appends sequence numbers to each file name. You can control this with the File Number Base setting on page 6124. Put Image File List(s) in Output Path(s) Turn on to create an image sequence (IMSQ) file on page 7346, and save it in the same directory as the rendering. Default=off. 3ds Max creates one IMSQ file (or IFL file) per render element on page 6336. The files are created when you click Render or Create now. They are generated before the actual rendering. Image sequence files can be created by the following kinds of rendering: ■ The Render Setup dialog ■ The Render command ■ Batch rendering ■ Command-line rendering ■ MAXScript rendering Common Parameters Rollout (Render Setup Dialog) | 6129