The Render Scene dialog has many settings, only a number of which are commonly used. Below is an explanation of how to set the dialog up for rendering this scene animation (most settings apart from the animation settings apply to stills as well). This tutorial uses the default Scanline Renderer as an introduction to the dialog and settings
To make rendering faster for draft renderings uncheck Mapping, Shadows, Antialiasing or Filter Maps. Experiment to see which settings improve speed the most
If raytracing is not used then uncheck the following checkboxes:
Presets for all settings used on the Render Scene Dialog can be saved in Render Preset files. Render presets for draft rendering and production rendering can be saved and used again at any time at the click of a button. Render Presets are at the bottom of the Render Scene Dialog. Refer to MAX / VIZ Help for further information
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