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• Bloom occurs around areas of intense
light and looks as though the light is
‘bleeding’ beyond the edges of a light
source. It adds realism to the view but
takes longer to render. Only available
when a Rendering Technique that sup-
ports lighting is selected above.
• Click OK. • Select a Frame Rate between 1 and
100. The value entered is the number of
To cancel the recording as it is being created, frames per second.
press the ESC key on your keyboard. • Select a Compression Percent between
0 and 100. A value of 0 gives the highest
Frame by Frame Walkthroughs quality images and the largest file size.

You can also create a walkthrough by • Click OK.
recording it frame by frame. Although time- 6. Use the camera movement tools to cre-
consuming, creating a walkthrough in this ate additional views. Each time the
manner lets you see exactly what is being screen redraws, that view is recorded as
recorded as you record it. the next frame in sequence. See “Editing
3D Views” on page 1066.
As with walkthroughs recorded along paths,
it is a good idea to select a codec that meets 7. To move the camera without saving a
your needs before recording a walkthrough view, select 3D> Walkthroughs> Pause
frame by frame. See “Selecting a Codec” on Recording to temporarily stop
page 1166. recording.
• You can then select 3D> Walk-
To record a walkthrough frame by frame
throughs> Save Frame button to
1. Begin by selecting the codec for record- control what views are saved.
ing walkthroughs. See “Selecting a • You can start recording again by select-
Codec” on page 1166.
ing Pause Recording once more.
2. Create a camera view. This view is the
first frame of the walkthrough. 8. When the walkthrough sequence is com-
plete, select 3D> Walkthroughs> Stop
3. From the view, select 3D> Walk-
Recording or close the view.
throughs> Record Walkthrough .
4. Specify a location and name for the Note: Zooming in and out and using the scroll
walkthrough in the Save Video As dia- bars does not change the viewpoint and does
log and click Save. not produce a frame for the walkthrough.
5. In the Walkthrough Options dialog:
If you resize the current view window while
recording a walkthrough, the program will
stop recording.

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