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Open MXS

Open a MXS file generated from the plug-ins or from Studio. You can then set the render and output options from the Render Options panel and click the Render button to start rendering.

Open MXI

Open a MXI file which you can then adjust using Multilight, or add Simulens effects to it, change ISO/Shutter Speed to alter the exposure. 

Save MXI as

This menu option can be used to convert a bitmap to the MXI format for use as an Image emitter in your scenes. For more details, see the Load Image menu option.

Merge MXI

Select several MXI files that were rendered on different computers and merge them together to obtain a higher Sampling Level. This is normally done automatically when using network rendering, but this option can be useful in case you are using computers for rendering which are not connected in network.

Merge MXI Sequence

In certain situations you may have several MXI files (i.e. several frames in an animation sequence) rendered by multiple computers, each with the complete sequence of MXI frames. In this case you may want to merge each frame with the same frame in the other computers to obtain the final sequence. This option allows you to specify all the folders to merge (with its “Add Folder” tool), and each frame will be merged with the same frame in the other folders, obtaining a single, complete sequence.

MXI Batch Processing

This tool allows you to edit a group of MXI files, applying the same modifications to all of them. You can change the ISO, Shutter, Tone Mapping, SimuLens, and Multilight settings. You can also extract the render images and the channels from the MXI files, export the emitters as separated images, and make changes in the emitters intensity (overwriting original files, or not). Simply select the input folder where the MXI files are located, and specify an output folder. You can use the “File Name Filter” to filter the file selection, and use the “View affected files” option to review the MXI files that will be processed.

Resume MXI

Select a MXI file to resume rendering. After specifying a MXI file, the corresponding MXS file will be loaded in Maxwell Render and rendering will resume automatically from where it left off. Please note that the resume render will not work if you have made any changes in the MXS or if the location of the MXS has changed. Please see How to resume a render section for more info.

Load Image

Load an image in any of the supported image formats. It can be useful for changing an image file from one format to another. You can convert a bitmap into a MXI which can then be used as an Image emitter in your scenes. After loading the image you can use the Intensity settings from the Edit panel (MXI section) to change the brightness of the MXI emitter. Brighter settings will make the MXI emit more light. Use the “Save MXI as” menu option to save the image in the MXI format. Please note that if your bitmaps are in HDR or EXR format they do not need to be converted to the MXI format; you can use these formats directly as Textured Emitters.

Save Image

Save a bitmap of the currently displayed render channel (Render, Alpha channel, Shadow etc). After clicking Save in the dialog, a second menu will appear, allowing you to choose the bit depth. Depending on the format you have chosen in the Save Dialog, you can save in 8, 16 or 32 bit output. Please see the Render OptionsExport options page for more info about the capabilities of each image format.

Preferences

Opens the preferences dialog. Please see the Preferences section further down on this page for more info.

Recent MXS/ Recent MXI

Display a list of the recently opened MXS/ MXI files

Quit

Close Maxwell Render.

Load script

Load and run a script file to automate the rendering process. Please see the ?Scripting chapter for more information about Scripting.

Scripts

Shows a list of the scripts available in the “scripts” folder in the Maxwell installation folder. For quick access to scripts you should save any scripts you use regularly in this folder.

Help

Opens your default web browser to support.nextlimit.com

What's this?

Allows you to click a parameter and get a small pop-up text explaining what the parameter does

License Info

Opens the License Info window where you can see all your current licenses and also add/remove licenses. Please see ? Licensing section for more info

Visit Home page

Opens your default web browser to www.maxwellrender.com

Resources

Opens your default web browser to support.nextlimit.com/display/resources/Resources+home where you can find different Maxwell Render resources (tools, scenes, models, scripts etc).

MXM Gallery

Opens your default web browser to resources.maxwellrender.com where you can browse and download over 3500 4000 free Maxwell Render materials.

Check for updates

Checks if any new updates are available (internet connection required).

About Maxwell Render

Switches Maxwell Render to "turbo" mode providing a 50x speed increase. Just kidding. Displays the About message including version number.