The General Settings tab contains scene and global render parameters. - Command Line: specifies command line arguments when calling Maxwell Render. See the available command line parametersParameters.
- Scene File (MXS): specifies the path of the output .mxs scene file which is passed to Maxwell Render. Use the Export button to export the .mxs file without starting Maxwell Render.
- Output PictureMXI: specifies the path of the .mxi file which will be generated by Maxwell Render.
- Output Image: specifies the path and the format with bit depth of the output image.
- Image Scale: scales the resolution of the output image. Resolution is defined by the camera, which is multiplied by this value.
- Show In MPlay: enables / disables opening the rendered image in MPlay.
- Active Camera: specifies the camera of the render. Render can not be started when there is no camera node added to the scene. If the Active Camera field is empty, the plug-in uses the first camera node from the scene.
- Global Scale: specifies the scale of the translation.
- Render Time: specifies the maximum time the render may run. There are two ways to stop a render in Maxwell Render: by setting a Sampling Level (level of quality) or by setting a Render Time (in minutes). If both parameters are set, the render will stop when one of them is reached. The longer the time, the cleaner and more accurate your image will be.
- Sampling Level: specifies the level of quality when the render should stop. Setting the Sampling Level is useful to ensure that all the frames of the sequence will reach the same quality level, regardless of the time needed for each specific frame. Higher sampling level will give a cleaner and more accurate image.
- Number of Threads: specifies the number of threads dedicated to the render. All available CPUs / Cores will be used by default. One core in a multi-core CPU is considered 1 CPU thread.
- Multilight: enables multilight control for intensity or color. Maxwell Render’s multilight feature enables users to adjust the intensity of all the individual or grouped lights in the scene interactively during or after the rendering process to get the required results. It’s possible to export all the emitters contribution to independent images (Separate), or saving only the composed render (Embedded).
- Quality: specifies the quality of the render.
- Draft: low quality render with fast calculations.
- Production: high quality render.
- Allow Motion Blur: enables / disables motion blur calculations in the scene.
- Displacement: enables / disables displacement calculations in the scene.
- Dispersion: enables / disables dispersion calculations in the scene.
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