Autodesk LIGHTSCAPE, Manual

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Importing Geometry 5
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Lightscape
VIZ material attributes: diffuse color, transparency,
shininess, shininess strength, shading type, and self-
illumination.
Lightscape does not support bump maps and retains
only diffuse settings of textures.
Lightscape preserves the texture mapping coordi-
nates set in 3D Studio MAX or 3D Studio VIZ, but it
only converts texture map 1 associated to the diffuse
color. You can use only texture maps in supported
Lightscape formats.
Use the texture export options in the Export dialog
to determine how textures are exported.
Don’t Save Texture Data
Enable this option to prevent textures from being
exported with materials.
Average Texture Color
This option controls the color used for texture
mapped materials:
• Disable this option to use the diffuse color of the
material.
• Enable this option to use the average color of the
diffuse map.
Relative Texture Paths
Enable this option to save the texture path. Disable
the option to save only the texture filename. The
texture path list contains the directories in the
Bitmaps panel of the Configure Paths dialog in 3D
Studio MAX or 3D Studio VIZ. When you enable
this option, the directories containing textures are
added to the texture path list. This information is
important in Lightscape if you reference the same
bitmaps.
Exporting Animation
You can export multiple frames in a 3D Studio MAX
or 3D Studio VIZ model to generate multiple Light-
scape Preparation files.
The name of each file is created from the Preparation
filename followed by the frame number.
Current Frame
Enable this option to export only the current frame.
Active Segment
Enable this option to export each selected frame in
the active animation segment.
Range
Enable this option to export each selected frame in
the given range. The format of values in the range
depends on the current time configuration.
Frames
Enable this option to export the selected frames.
Single frames or frame ranges are separated by a
comma. To specify a range, type two frame numbers
The Animation panel of the Export Lightscape
Preparation File dialog in 3D Studio MAX