Autodesk 495B1-05A111-1301 - 3ds Max Design 2010, User Manual

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To: Use:
Control shape opacity. Opacity
Control the blending mode of the shape.
See Blend Modes in the
Blend Alpha on
page 344 section.
Blend
Set the stream in which the shape will be
drawn. Note that this parameter is not Stream
animatable. See Multi-stream Compositing
on page 371.
This button is only visible when a creation
tool is selected. When creating a shape in Use Player Stream
a player, this mode will set the new shape's
stream to be that of the player. In a stereo
workflow, this allows you to draw in one
stream (e.g. left stream), change the play-
er's stream, and draw in the other stream.
Set the shape's draw mode. Stroked shapes
will stamp the brush image along the Draw Mode
shape's path. Filled shapes will fill the
polygon defined by the shape.
Set whether the shape is considered to be
an open or closed shape. Closed
Enable rendering for this shape (whether
or not it is visible). Visible
Set the shape to Paint, Clone, or Reveal.
Paint will draw using the solid foreground Operation
color. Clone and Reveal will use an image
source to draw.
Set which channels of the image will be
affected by the shape. Alpha modes use
the current color's luminance. Channels
Set rendering quality, depending on the
draw mode. For Stroked shapes, this con- Anti-Aliasing
trols whether sub-pixel positioning of brush
stamps will be used. For Filled shapes, this
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