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The Maxwell Render scene file format. It contains all the geometry in your scene, cameras and their settings, materials and material assignments. Note that it does not contain the actual textures used in materials or any HDR / MXI textures used in your scene.
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The Maxwell Render high dynamic range image format. An MXI file is always created when rendering with Maxwell Render™. More than just holding image data, it contains all the render calculations and makes it possible to resume a render at any time, adjust the intensity and color of the lights in your scene during or after the render has finished using Multilight™. The render MXI file is also loaded by the compositing plugins (currently Nuke, After Effects, Photoshop) which allows allow you to fine-tune each light and render channel separately inside the compositing application.
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Maxwell extensions. Extensions are external pieces of code that allows Maxwell perform specific tasks, like rendering fur, particles, fluid meshes, etc. They are provided with the Maxwell installation, and located inside the Maxwell 2>extensions Render installation folder > extensions subfolder. See the Extensions section for a detailed description.
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