Use A360 (Autodesk) cloud rendering so you can continue working on your desktop while rendering.
You can find more detailed information about Autodesk rendering at http://www.autodesk.com/adsk360-rendering-help-about-enu. These help pages include some details about rendering 3ds Max scenes on the Cloud.
Cloud Credits group
- Login
- Click to log in to the Autodesk Cloud. Once you are logged in, this panel shows your resources, estimated wait time, and links to the Autodesk Rendering interface.
Tip: You can also sign in to Autodesk Rendering by using the InfoCenter
Sign In field (at the right of the
3ds Max window's caption bar).
- Views to Render
- Choose views to render. With
3ds Max, Autodesk Rendering renders only camera views. By clicking Render, you can launch a rendering of more than one camera view.
Renderer panel
- Output Type
- Choose the format to render. The options are
- Still Images (The default.)
- Interactive Panorama
- Preview Solar Study
- Solar Study
- Illuminance
Note: Autodesk Rendering does not render animations. If your scene is animated, it renders only the current frame. - Render Quality
- Choose the quality to render. The higher the quality, the longer the render time and the greater the cost.
- Image Size
- Choose a render size. The options are Custom (the default), or a standard size measured in megapixels.
The Width and Height fields show the size of the image, in pixels (default=640x480). You can edit these fields. The aspect ratio drop-down list lets you choose the aspect of the image (default=4:3).
- Exposure
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Native Uses the local
3ds Max exposure control. This must be the Physical Camera exposure control: the other
3ds Max exposure controls are not compatible with Autodesk Rendering.
If you choose Native but the exposure control is not a compatible one, this setting reverts to Advanced.
- Advanced (The default.) Uses the Autodesk Rendering interactive exposure control.
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Native Uses the local
3ds Max exposure control. This must be the Physical Camera exposure control: the other
3ds Max exposure controls are not compatible with Autodesk Rendering.
- File Format
- Choose the file format of the rendering: PNG, JPEG (the default), or TIFF.
- Notify me by e-mail when complete
- When on, Autodesk Rendering sends an email to signal that the rendering has completed. Default=off.
- Open Autodesk Gallery when rendering submitted
- When on, the Autodesk Gallery page opens when you submit your rendering. Default=on.
- Test Scene Compatibility
- Click to open a Render Message window that displays warnings about features of your scene that Autodesk Rendering cannot render correctly.