Provides controls for editing an output image event.
Image Output events send the result of executing the Video Post queue to a file or a device. You must add an Image Output event to the end of the queue if you want to save the final video. Otherwise, the results are displayed in the virtual frame buffer window only. The Image Output event’s range bar must include the entire range of frames you want to output.
The output can be the virtual frame buffer, targa files, an avi file, a flic, or even a VTR controller output device.
You can have multiple output image events, outputting to different devices. This lets you monitor your queue with VTR output devices and view your output at any level of the Video Post queue during rendering.
You can send the Image Output to either a file or a device.
Files: Lets you name the output image file.
Devices: Lets you choose the hardware output device, for example, a digital video recorder. The device, its driver, and its 3D Studio MAX plug-in must all be installed on your system to use device output.
The two buttons in this area are available only when you choose a device as the image source.
About: Provides information on the source of the image-handler software used to create the image from 3D Studio MAX.
Setup: Displays device-specific setup options.
VP Start Time/End Time: Sets the starting and ending frames for the selected event within the overall Video Post queue. Video Post renders the event over the number of frames specified here.
Enabled: Enables or disables the event. When this box is clear, the event is disabled and Video Post ignores it when rendering the queue. Each event must be disabled individually. For example, disabling a composite layer event does not disable the composited image events. The range bars of disabled events are grayed out in the event track area.