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Part V: Animation and Rendering Basics

FIGURE 23.3
The Rendering dialog box displays the current render settings and progress of the render job.

Common parameters
The Common Parameters rollout in the Render Scene dialog box includes the same controls regardless of
the renderer being used.
Specifying range and size
The Time Output section defines which animation frames to include in the output. The Single option ren-
ders the current frame specified by the Time Slider. The Active Time Segment option renders the complete
range of frames. The Range option lets you set a unique range of frames to render by entering the beginning
and ending frame numbers. The last option is Frames, where you can enter individual frames and ranges
using commas and hyphens. For example, entering “1, 6, 8-12” renders frames 1, 6, and 8 through 12. The
Every Nth Frame value is active for the Active Time Segment and Range options. It renders every nth frame
in the active segment. For example, entering 3 would cause every third frame to be rendered. This option is
useful for sped-up animations. The File Number Base is the number to add to or subtract from the current
frame number for the reference numbers attached to the end of each image file. For example, a File Number
Base value of 10 for a Range value of 1–10 would label the files as image0011, image0012, and so on.

Tip
Don’t render long animation sequences using the .avi, .mpeg, or .mov formats. If the rendering has trouble, the
entire file will be corrupt. Instead, choose to render the frames as individual images. These individual images can
then be reassembled into a video format using Max’s RAM Player, the Video Post interface, or an external package
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