This dialogue is part of the → “Preview” preferences and opened when you click on “Maxwell Options”.
Illumination (A)
Global Intensity
Here, the global light intensity is controlled. The parameter acts like a multiplier and accepts all positive values. Settings smaller than 1.0 create a darker impression, values greater than 1.0 add more light to the scene.
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Instead of a physical sky or a sky dome, you can use HDR images to illuminate the scene.
Background | Illumination | Reflection | Refraction Buttons (B)
These buttons reveal identical sets of parameters, but for different image channels:
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With this option you import a Maxwell Studio MXS file with material and lighting information and use it a “template”.
Globals (C)
Quality
This parameter ranges from 20 to 100 and determines the render's size in pixels – it acts like a multiplier. An example:
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Adjust Maxwell Render's scale with RealFlow's scale. If the objects in the rendered images appear like miniatures you consider a higher scale. Transparent or and SSS materials also react on scale changes.
Playback (D)
Max Frame Time
Here you can enter a render time limit in seconds. When the limit is reached the render will be aborted even if the given “Sampling “Max Sampling Level” is not yet reached.
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The value acts like a multiplier to stretch the motion blur streaks.
Channels (E)
Alpha | Motion | Normals
These images contain information for post processing jobs.