View Image File

Command entry:Rendering menu

View Image File

Choose and view still images, numbered image sequences, images in an IFL file, or animation files using options in the View File dialog. Still images and numbered image sequences appear in a feature-reduced version of the Rendered Frame Window.

If you choose an IFL file in the file dialog, the Info button displays the contents of the text file in Windows Notepad.

You can zoom in and out and pan the image. If you have a wheel mouse, you can use its wheel button to zoom and pan. See the following procedures.

If you choose an animation file (AVI or QuickTime MOV), 3ds Max starts the Windows Media Player so that you can play it. The Media Player has its own Help system.

Procedures

To view a file:

Choose Rendering View Image File.
Choose a file type from the Files Of Type list.
Choose a file to view.
NoteThe View File dialog uses the last location where a file was chosen, rather than the default Images path defined on the Configure User Paths dialog.

To zoom in the Rendered Frame Window, do one of the following:

Press Ctrl and click.
Using a wheel mouse, roll the wheel forward (away from you).

To zoom out in the Rendered Frame Window, do one of the following:

Press Ctrl and right-click.
Using a wheel mouse, roll the wheel backward (towards you).

To pan the Rendered Frame Window, do one of the following:

Press Shift and drag.
Using a wheel mouse, drag with the wheel button held down. (You can use any three-button device to pan the image.)

Interface

History: Whenever an image is selected, the path used is added to the top of the history list as the most recently used path.

File selections from other areas of the interface, such as Views Viewport Background, are stored here also. The history information is saved in the 3dsmax.ini file.
Look In: Browses drives and directories.
File Name: Displays the name of the selected file.
Files of type: Selects the type of files to list in the directory window.
Devices: Lets you choose the hardware output device, for example, a digital video recorder. To use the output device, the device, along with its driver, and its plug-in must all be installed on your system.
Setup: This is unavailable in View Image File.

This option is available only in file dialogs like the Render Output File dialog or the Viewport Background dialog. Displays a dialog to specify image attributes for saved files or, in the Select Background Image dialog, the arguments for creating an IFL file.
Info: Displays image information.
View: View the selected image or animation.

Gamma group

Selects the type of gamma to be used for the selected file. Available only when Enable Gamma Selection is turned on in the Gamma panel.

Use Image’s Own Gamma: Uses the gamma of the incoming bitmap.
Use System Default Gamma: Ignores the image’s own gamma and uses the system default gamma instead, as set in the Gamma panel.
Override: Defines a new gamma for the bitmap that is neither the image’s own, nor the system default.

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Sequence: This is unavailable in View Image File. This option is available in the Views Viewport Background Files Select Background Image dialog. It is used in conjunction with Setup to create IFL files.
Preview: Toggle the image preview display.
Preview Window: Displays the selected image.

[statistics box]

Displays file statistics and the file's full directory path.