Render Map Dialog

3ds Max opens the Render Map dialog when you use Render Map on the sample slot right-click menu to render the map displayed in a sample slot.

• Compact Material Editor > Right-click a sample slot. > Render Map > Render Map dialog
• Slate Material Editor > Right-click a map node. > Render Map > Render Map dialog

Interface

Time Output group

These controls specify how many frames to render.

• Single Renders a single frame.

  Every Nth Frame Renders a regular sampling of the animation. For example, a value of 8 includes only every eighth frame in the preview. Default=1 (every frame).

• Active Time Segment Renders the active time segment.
• Range Renders a custom range from the start to the end frame you specify in the spinners below.

Dimensions group

These controls specify the size of the rendered frames, in pixels.

Width

Specifies the frame width, in pixels.

Height

Specifies the frame height, in pixels.

Output group

These controls let you save the rendered map to a file.

Save to File

When on, the rendered map is saved to a file. When off, the map is rendered only to a Rendered Frame Window. This checkbox is unavailable unless you use Files to specify a file name, when it defaults to on.

Files

Click to display a file dialog that lets you specify where to save the rendered map.

When you click Save in the file dialog, you might see an additional dialog that gives you options specific to the file type you chose.

File name field

Displays the name of the file you chose.

Render

Renders the map to a feature-reduced version of the Rendered Frame Window, and to a file if you chose one.