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Times New Roman Renderize Live EZ Overview MThe Renderize Live EZ interface is designed to offer a comfortable, intuitive *3,environment in which an operator can create projects . A project is a savable tLwork session that contains all of the elements required to define and render scenes. A scene, or )Q<, is defined through the manipulation and combination of the various resources that make up a project. t Renderize Live EZ Screen Display *cGRenderize Live EZ appears as a series of windows on your color computer *2Jmonitor. When you first launch the software, the main window, the Project *2JDesigner window, appears. All Renderize Live EZ Resource Designer windows *2#are accessed from this main window. *AFYour monitor may only display 256 colors at a time (8 bits). However, *2Hremember that Renderize Live EZ renders color images in 24 bits, or 16.7 *2Kmillion colors. Therefore, what you see on the screen during rendering may *2Konly be a pale representation of the color depth of the final image that is rendered to disk. #Renderize Live EZ Project Resources *dGProjects are made up of a variety of resources: resource types include views objects lights materials images ){*. It is through the manipulation of these tIresources, and their selective combination, that "scenes" are defined for rendering. *APAll of the resources available in Renderize Live EZ at one time are displayed as "postage stamp" icons Resource Palettes ] on the Project Designer window. t5Each of these resources is manipulated in a separate Resource Designer tMwindow: an Object Designer window is used to define and manipulate objects, a *28View Designer window is used to define views, and so on. Resource Designer Windows *cIRenderize Live EZ is comprised of six separate Resource Designer windows. *2LThe specific commands in each of these windows is described in the Reference *2LManual. The use of these windows in general is described in a section below *2=titled "Using and Controlling the Resource Designer Windows". l$Renderize Live EZ Interface Overview Times New Roman Project Designer 4, the "main" window of Renderize Live EZ, is used to Pdefine the relationships and orientations of the different resources in order to *2.combine them into a view and render that view. View Designer : is used to define views. Views are made up of object and Qlight resources, as well as a camera definition and other effects. The rendering *2-of views is the purpose of Renderize Live EZ. Object Designer ":is used to define the rendering properties of objects. An 3object is a group of polygon entities defined as a wireframe model using a Hmodeling software package such as AutoCAD. An object is included into a view for rendering. Light Designer = is used to define light sources. Light sources are included Ointo views to determine the lighting environment in which objects are rendered. Material Designer ;6 is used to define material properties. Materials are Rassigned to objects, or parts of objects, defining the color or texture with which an object will be rendered. Image Designer 8 is used to manipulate images. images may be created in Jimaging software packages outside of Renderize Live EZ, then loaded into a *2Oproject for use as part of a material definition, or as a background in a view. Animation Designer Z4 is used to define camera animation paths and render Othem. An animation is a series of views that are "strung" together to define a motion path. Mouse Conventions *cI The Renderize Live EZ interface is designed for control using a mouse or *3?similar pointing device. Moving the mouse causes an on-screen pointer Ltomove accordingly. The location of this pointer determines which window or command is being used. );G mouse button is the most commonly used button. It is used to drag and Mdrop resource icons, highlight and select command options, enable buttons and *3,type-ins, etc. In specific situations, the right )Y mouse button has its own unique *functionality. In very rare situations, a middle ){# mouse button definition exists: if Jyou are using a two-button mouse, you can emulate a center mouse button by *2Gholding down the Shift key on your keyboard and pressing the left mouse *2Nbutton. If you have a one-button mouse, use Shift + mouse button to emulate a *2Mcenter mouse button, and Ctrl + mouse button to emulate a right mouse button. *2OAny discussion of Renderize Live EZ control in this manual refers to the use of *2;the left mouse button unless specifically stated otherwise. In this manual, the term )T1 refers to the act of holding down the left mouse Nbutton while moving the mouse to change the location of the pointer on screen. \ Renderize Live EZ Interface Overview Times New Roman tHDragging is used to move resources, turn dials, and define rectangles in Viewports. *B The term drag and drop 9 refers to the act of picking up of a project resource or tPcolor and dropping it into a Drop-in Well for use. To drag a resource, point to *2Kthat resource and hold down the left mouse button. Now with the left mouse *2Nbutton depressed, move the pointer to move the resource. When the resource is *2Ndragged to the desired new location, release the left mouse button to drop the resource at its new location. *B The term click select )c6 refers to the act of depressing the left mouse button tIand releasing it immediately. This is the method for enabling buttons or *2,type-ins, or selecting points in a Viewport. Interface Entities *cJAlthough each of the Resource Designer windows has a distinct and separate *2Kset of commands, the entities (buttons, type-ins, dials) in each window are operated in the same way. Resource Icons *PPEach of the resources in a project is represented with a "postage stamp" icon: a *2Mvisual representation of the resource. These resource icons are displayed in *2MResource Areas on the Project Designer. To manipulate a resource, cover that *2Presource with the mouse pointer, then drag the resource icon out of its Resource *2MPalette and drop it into the Drop-in Well that represents the action that you *2Gwish to execute. Different types of Drop-in Wells are described below. Drop-in Wells *PKA Drop-in Well is a rectangular area in Renderize Live EZ in which resource *2Jicons or color swatches are dropped. Color Wells and Texture Wells contain *2Ncolor or texture definitions that are being used for a given purpose. Command *2JWells are used to manipulate resources. The use of the different types of *2FDrop-in Wells is described in the sections below titled "Using Command *24Wells", "Using Color Wells" and "Using Image Wells". *d Viewports *PMA Viewport is an area where the work you are doing can be displayed visually. *2JWhen a mouse pointer is placed over a Viewport, the mouse buttons may take *2+on definitions specific to that Viewport. w$Renderize Live EZ Interface Overview Times New Roman 7There are Viewports in four areas of Renderize Live EZ: +<AIThe Viewport in the Project Designer is the "main" work area of Renderize *2CLive EZ. Views are displayed and can be organized spatially in the *2GViewport in a wireframe mode, then rendered into the Viewport to view a *23scene before rendering it to an image file on disk. *ADThe Viewport in the Material Designer is used to preview the current *24material when it is rendered onto a specific object. *AIThe Viewport in the Object Designer is used to preview the current object *27when rendered according to the settings in this window. *A@The Viewport in the Image Designer is used to view images during manipulation. OThe use of each of these Viewports is discussed in their respective chapters in this User's Guide. Pop-Down Menus *PJPop-down menus are used to select a command option from a finite list. To *2Gopen a pop-down menu, move the mouse pointer to cover the pop-down menu *2Mbutton, then press and hold the left mouse button. A list of command options *2Gnow appears below the pop-down menu button, and as you drag the pointer *2Mdown the list, each of the commands is highlighted in turn. When the desired *2Hcommand is highlighted, release the mouse button to select that command. Buttons *PGButtons are used to enable command options and to execute commands. To *2Loperate a button, simply point to that button and click. If the button is a *2Lcommand option, it remains depressed until you click on it again, or click a *2Jdifferent command option that is mutually exclusive of the current command *2Koption. If the button is a command execution, the button remains depressed *2Kuntil the command is completed, then automatically returns to its original state. Dials *PLDials present an intuitive way to enter numeric information. To use a dial, *2Kpoint to the dial and depress and hold the left mouse button. Now drag the *2Opointer in a circular motion around the dial to "dial in" the desired value and *2+release the mouse button to set that value. *ANWhen dragging the pointer to dial in a value, you can move the pointer farther *2Oaway from the dial and drag in a circle of larger circumference. This way, the *2Ppointer must be moved a greater distance to dial in a value, making it easier to dial in a precise value. \ Renderize Live EZ Interface Overview Times New Roman tPDials can be easily reset to their Renderize Live EZ default values. To reset a *2Jdial, point to it and click the middle mouse button (or Shift + left mouse *2;button): that dial now returns to the system default value. *ALNote that any dial can be turned into a type-in, in case you wish to enter a *2Nprecise value. To change a dial into a type-in, point to the dial name (which *2Mappears above the dial) and click the right mouse button: the dial disappears *2Pand is replaced by a type-in. Turn this type-in back into a dial by pointing to *2;the type-in name and clicking the right mouse button again. Type-ins *PIA type-in is a recessed area on a window where information can be entered *2Qfrom the keyboard. To activate a type-in, move the pointer to cover that type-in *2Jarea and click the left mouse button: a vertical line appears as a cursor, *2Iindicating the position where typed characters will appear. After typing *3&information into a type-in, press the Enter )g$ key on the keyboard to complete the action. *AOIf a type-in already displays information, the position of the pointer when you *2Qclick on the type-in determines where in the string of characters the cursor will *2Bappear. This way, existing information can be edited with ease. *ANTo completely replace the information in a type-in, you can click and drag the *2Oleft mouse button to highlight all of the characters in the type-in, then begin *2Jtyping new information. The characters that were highlighted are replaced with the new input. *ALNote that any type-ins that appear with up and down arrows to either side of *2Rthem are "spin boxes". This kind of type-in can be changed to a dial, if desired, *2Eby pointing to the type-in name and selecting the right mouse button. Using Resource Icons *cNResource icons are "postage stamp" images that represent each of the different *2RRenderize Live project resources: views, objects, lights, materials and images. *2L These resource icons are located in the Resource Manager to the left of the Project Designer viewport. *ARA different resource icon is created for each resource in a project. For example, *2Qa different icon exists for each object that you load into Renderize Live. Icons *2Kare grouped together in the Resource Manager according to resource type. *2JWhen you press the button on the Resource Manager, all the view icons are *2Qdisplayed in a scroller. When you press the button, all of the object icons are displayed. *ANTo manipulate a project resource, you simply drag the associated resource icon *2Kand drop it into one of three Command Wells. For example, if you wish to r$Renderize Live EZ Interface Overview Times New Roman Kmove a light, drag the appropriate light resource from the Resource Manager and drop it into the Move Well *ALIn addition, you can manipulate resources using a pop-down menu that appears *2Hwhen you point to the desired resource and press the right mouse button. *d%Dropping Resources into the View Well *PJView, object, light and image resources can be dropped into the View Well. *2>The View Well is the "gateway" to the Renderize Live Viewport. *AJWhen you drop a view resource into the View Well, you are making that view *2Tthe "current" view. This is the view that is displayed in the viewport. If this is *2Pa new view, no objects currently exist in the view, so you won't see anything in the viewport. *AHWhen you drop an object resource into the View Well, you are adding that *2Pobject to the current view (a view must exist in the viewport before you can add *2Lan object). The object may not appear in the viewport immediately. You may *2Oneed to drop the object into the Move Well and center it in front of the camera in order to see it. *AOWhen you drop a light resource into the View Well, you are adding that light to *2Ithe current view (a view must exist in the viewport before you can add an *2Jobject). Lights don't appear in the viewport in camera view: you need to *2Pchange to an orthographic (side, top or front) view in order to see the position *23of the light in relation to the camera and objects. *AGWhen you drop an image resource into the View Well, you are adding that *2Limage as a background in the current view (a view must exist in the viewport before you can add an object). *ALNote that you can use the viewport in the same way as you use the View Well. *2OFor example, if you wish to add an object to the current view, you can drag the *2?desired object resource and drop it directly into the viewport. *d%Dropping Resources into the Move Well *PMView, object, light and material resources can be dropped into the Move Well. *2EThe resource in the Move Well is the resource that is currently being manipulated in the viewport. *APDrop a view, object or light resource into the Move Well to reposition a camera, *2Kobject or light in 3D space. The resource that you drop into the Move Well *2Qmust exist in the current view, or else it cannot be manipulated in the viewport. *2JWhen you drop a view, object or light resource into the Move Well, a Move *2EToolbox is displayed, containing commands for the manipulation of the *2Oresource that was dropped into the Move Well. There is a different set of Move *2;Toolbox commands for camera, object and light manipulation. *AQIf an object currently exists in the Move Well, you can drop a material over that *2"object to assign it to the object. \ Renderize Live EZ Interface Overview Times New Roman t%Dropping Resources into the Edit Well *PFAny resource type can be dropped into the Edit Well. When you drop a *2Nresource into the Edit Well it is loaded into a Resource Designer window which *2Scontains a set of options relevant to that resource. There is a different Resource *2LDesigner type for each of the resource types. Each of the Resource Designer *22windows is described in full in their own chapter. Resource Icon Pop-Down Menus *PLIn addition to dragging and dropping resource icons, you can manipulate them *2Iby selecting commands from a pop-down menu. When you point to a resource *2Micon and press the right mouse button, a pop-down list of options appears. A *28different set of options appears for each resource type. *AJFollowing is a description of all the resource icon pop-down menu options: *ANEDIT (all resource types): Edit a resource. This is the same as dropping the resource into the Edit Well. *ALCOPY (all resource types): Copy a resource. When you select this option you *2Oare prompted to enter a name for the new copy. This is the same as editing the *2?resource and changing its name in the Resource Designer window. *ALRENAME (all resource types): Rename a resource. When you select this option *27you are prompted to enter a new name for this resource. *AMON (all resource types): Turn a resource on if it was previously turned off. *AQOFF (all resource types): Turn a resource off. When a resource is turned off, it *2Nis not included when rendering in the viewport. Selectively turning resources *2Noff and on can significantly speed up the design process by reducing rendering times. *AMDELETE (all resource types): Delete a resource. This removes a resource from *2Rthe current project. Note that deleting object or image resources does not delete *2.the associated object or image file from disk. *AIMOVE (view, object or light resources): Move a resource in the viewport. *2=This is the same as dropping the resource into the Move Well. *APASSIGN (material resource only): Assign a material to the object that is in the *2HMove Well. An object must be in the Move well for this command to work. *2IThis is the same as dropping a material over the object in the Move Well. *AHACTIVATE (view resource only): Make this the current view. This is the *25same as dropping the view resource into the View Well *AGADD TO VIEW (object and light resources): Add a resource to the current *2Dview. This is the same as dropping the resource into the View Well. *ACBACKGROUND (image resource only): Add an image as the background in *2Kthe current view. This is the same as dropping the image resource into the View Well. ]$Renderize Live EZ Interface Overview Times New Roman IMAKE PARENT (object resource only): Make a parent "node" for this object. *2LThis is the first step toward creating relationships among objects by giving them a common parent. *AHATTACH PARENT (object resource only): Assign an object as a child of the *2Pobject that is displayed in the Move. Use this command to give separate objects *2Ha common parent, or to create a hierarchical relationship among objects. *AJDETACH PARENT (object resource only): Dissociate an object from the object *2#that is displayed in the Move Well. *AJUNCLONE (object resource only): Change an object clone to an object copy, *2Lthereby creating a separate object resource icon for that copy. If you have *2Mmultiple clones of an object, you must drop the object into the Move Well and *2Kselect on that icon in the Move Well until the desired clone is highlighted before using this command. Using Drop-in Wells *cGThere are three types of drop-in wells. Command Wells, Color Wells and Image Wells. Using Command Wells *PMThere are three Command Wells, all located on the Project Designer. Drag and *2Jdrop a resource icon into a Command Well to manipulate that resource. The *2Hway a resource is manipulated depends on the Command Well into which the resource was dropped. )[, Well combines resources together in a View. )c> Well activates a resource for spatial re-orientation within a View. )M6 Well opens up a Resource Designer window in which the 6definitions associated with a resource can be altered. HEach of these Command Wells is described in full in the Project Designer window chapter. Using Color Wells *PHIn any situation where a color must be defined (light colors, fog color, *2Mbackground color, a material's matte, shiny and reflect colors, etc.) a Color *2LWell is used. All of these Color Wells are used in the same way. There are *2?three methods that can be used to assign color to a Color Well. *P"The "hard" way is to click on the ! button on the Command Bar of the MProject Designer to display the Color Toolbox, select a color from one of the \ Renderize Live EZ Interface Overview Times New Roman tOpalettes, then drag the color from the Color Well on the Toolbox into the Color Well. *APThe "easy" way to change the color in a Color Well is to click on that Well with *2Lthe left mouse button. This automatically opens up the color palette on the *2MProject Designer, and dynamically links the color palettes to the Color Well. *2ENow when you select a color from the palette, the change is reflected *2 immediately in the Color Well. *ANThe color in a Color Well can also be determined by directly setting an RGB or *3$HSV value. To do so, hold down the Alt key on the keyboard and press the left mouse button @: the Color Well is replaced with a set of type-ins and buttons. tJThe buttons allow you to toggle between RGB and HSV as the color values to *2Nset; the type-ins reflect the button settings. An advantage to this method of *2Rdefining a color is that with these type-ins, negative values can be entered. For *2Qexample, a light can be defined with a negative intensity, resulting in the light *2Qcasting a "dark" beam, or with an intensity greater than 1.0 to brighten a scene. *2KMaterials can be defined with negative color values for the Matte, Shiny or *2SReflect colors, to mute the brightness of that material or create other interesting effects. *A@Press the OK button to turn the type-ins back into a Color Well. Using Image Wells *POIn any situation where an image can be used (textures in the Material Designer, *2Ibackgrounds in the View Designer, select commands in the Image Designer), an Image Well is provided. *ADTo place an image into an Image Well, drag that image from the Image *2KResource Palette on the Project Designer and drop it into the desired Image Well. *AJTo Remove an image from an Image Well, point to that Image Well, then hold *3 down the Alt key on the keyboard and press the left mouse button . The image tJis removed from the Well, but it continues to remain in the Image Resource *2.Palette as a resource for the current project. +Using and Controlling the Resource Designer Windows *bHAll work is done in Renderize Live EZ using a group of Resource Designer *2Cwindows. The Project Designer window, the "main" Renderize Live EZ *2Qwindow, is used to organize resources together for rendering. In addition, there *2Pare five windows for the manipulation of each of the five resource types: Views, *2&Objects, Lights, Materials and Images. $Renderize Live EZ Interface Overview Times New Roman HMultiple windows can be opened at one time within Renderize Live EZ: the *2Nwindow that is currently active is the one where the mouse pointer is located. *d"Opening a Resource Designer Window *PHTo open a Resource Designer window, drag a resource icon from one of the *2LResource Areas on the Project Designer, and drop it into the Edit Well. The *2MResource Designer window for that particular resource type is opened, and its *2Nsettings reflect the properties of the resource that was dropped into the Edit *2LWell. Or, you can click on the resource icon with the right mouse button to *2Rdisplay a menu of options for that resource, and select the Edit option to load it *23into the appropriate Resource Designer for editing. *AMAlternatively, a Resource Designer window can be opened by selection from the )MH pop-down menu in the Project Designer. If you are loading the resource Lthat was most recently loaded into the Resource Designer window, this method *2+is a much faster way of opening the window. *d3Defining Properties for a New or Existing Resource *PJBefore any properties can be defined for a resource, that resource must be *2Jloaded into its Resource Designer window. If the Resource Designer window *2Jwas opened by dragging and dropping the resource into the Edit Well of the *2LProject Designer (or by selecting the edit option for a resource), then that *2Jresource is loaded into the Resource Designer window, and displayed in the *2HCurrent Resource Well. If the Resource Designer window was opened using *2Gthe Windows pop-down menu in the Project Designer, then there may be no *2#resource loaded into that window. load )W@ a resource into its Resource Designer window when the window is Ialready opened, you can use the two methods described above for opening a *2EResource Designer window. Or you can drag the resource icon from the *2NResource Palette of the Project Designer and drop it into the Current Resource *2LWell of the open Resource Designer window. Finally, you can pop-down on the *2Eresource name in the Resource Designer window, and choose the desired *2-resource from the pop-down list that appears. )DD an existing resource, load that resource into its Resource Designer Mwindow, change the resource properties as desired, and save the resource. To create )oE a new resource, load an existing resource into the Resource Designer Nwindow, change the resource properties as desired, then change the name of the *2Hresource and save it. A new resource is created under the new name, and *2Ldisplayed in the appropriate Resource Palette on the Project Designer, along *2)with the original resource that was used. )SB a resource, drop that resource into the Edit Well to open up that Kresource's Resource Designer window, then change the name for this resource *2Nand press the Save button: the original resource continues to exist, and a new *2'resource is created under the new name. \ Renderize Live EZ Interface Overview Times New Roman tNFor view, light, and material resources, new resources are always created from *2Lexisting resources. If no resources have been defined, begin by loading the *2J"default" resource icon into its Resource Designer window. As soon as the *2P"default" resource is loaded, its name is changed; this is because the "default" *2Qresource cannot be altered. Instead, use this "default" resource as the starting *2!point for defining new resources. Current Resource Well *PFThis Well, located at the upper-left of each Resource Designer window, *2Gcontains the "postage stamp" icon for the resource whose properties are *2Mcurrently being defined. A resource can be placed into this Well by dragging *2Nthe desired resource icon from the appropriate Resource Palette of the Project *2MDesigner and dropping it into this Well, or into the Edit Well of the Project *2 Designer. *ALPointing to and clicking on this Well undoes all unsaved changes and returns *2Uall settings to the state at which they were last saved, just as if the Revert button was pressed. Resource Name Type-in *PLLocated directly below the Current Resource Well, this type-in area contains *2Kthe name of the current resource. To create new resources, change the name *2.that appears here before saving the resource. *AHYou can also load different resources into a Resource Designer window by *2Qselecting on the button beside this type-in to display a pop-down list of all the *2<resources of that type which currently exist in the project. The Save Button *PISaves the currently defined properties under the name that appears in the *2NResource Name type-in. If the resource name already exists, you will be asked *2Qif you wish to replace the existing resource with the new, updated properties (if *2Hyou don't want to be asked for confirmation, this and other confirmation *2Emessages can be disabled under the Preferences command on the Project *2JDesigner). If the resource name does not already exist, a new resource is *2Ncreated with the currently defined properties, and a new resource icon bearing *2Nthis name appears in the appropriate Resource Palette of the Project Designer. The Undo Button *PEUndo the most recently changed property in this window. As long as a *2Mparticular resource is loaded into its designer window, you can press Undo to *2Ptoggle between the last two saved definitions for that resource. As soon as you *2Pload a new material into the designer window, or if you press the Revert button, $Renderize Live EZ Interface Overview Times New Roman Othe undo information is cleared and there is nothing to undo until you save the *2 resource. The Revert Button *PKUndo all unsaved changes and return all settings to the state at which they *28existed at the time the current resource was last saved. The Message Area *PIRenderize Live EZ displays status and command response messages on a grey *2!line near the top of the window. Bringing a Window to the Front *PIWhen multiple windows are opened in Renderize Live EZ, these windows will *2Kprobably overlap. To bring a Resource Designer window to the front, simply *2Nposition the pointer in that window and select: that window will be brought to the front. *AKNote that the Project Designer window, the "main" Renderize Live EZ window, *2Kcannot be placed in front of any of the Renderize Live EZ Resource Designer *2Lwindows. If you wish to leave your Resource Designer windows open and still *2Hhave an unhindered view of the Project Designer window, you can move the *2KResource Designer windows so that they are partially off-screen, freeing up *2+your screen space for the Project Designer. Moving a Window *POTo reposition a window, click and hold down on the title bar at the very top of *2Cthe window; now as you move the mouse the window moves accordingly. *2DRelease the mouse button to let go of the window when it is properly positioned. Resizing a Window *PHWith the exception of the Project Designer, the "main" Renderize Live EZ *2Iwindow, Resource Designer window sizes are fixed in Renderize Live EZ and cannot be changed. Minimizing a Window *PLTo minimize a window, simply click on the Minimize button on the upper-right *2Fcorner of that window. The window is minimized to an icon, and can be *2*re-opened by double-clicking on that icon. *AGIf you minimize the main Project Designer window, all Resource Designer *2Hwindows are closed as well, and a Renderize Live EZ icon appears in your \ Renderize Live EZ Interface Overview Times New Roman tHworkspace. Double-click on this icon to re-open Renderize Live EZ as it *2-existed at the time it was closed to an icon. Closing a Window *PLTo close a Resource Designer window, point to and double-click on the System *2NMenu Box on the upper-left corner of the window. The window is closed, but it *2Mcontinues to contain the information that existed at the time it was closed. *AGNote: Closing the main Project Designer window exits Renderize Live EZ, *2Mdiscarding all changes that have been made since the last time you saved your work. *ANIf after closing a Resource Designer window you wish to re-open it and work on *2Pthe resource that was current at the time the window was closed, the fastest way *2Kto do so is to open it from the Edit pop-down menu on the Project Designer. *2FThis way, the window is opened immediately: if the window is opened by *2Pdropping the resource into the Edit Well of the Project Designer, the properties *2Kmust be re-initialized, which increases the time needed to open the window. #Renderize Live EZ File Organization *cMAs mentioned in the installation section in the previous chapter, the default installation process creates an EYESEZ directory below the \SIMPLY3D tAdirectory.. In addition, several directories are created below EYESEZ , and t-system files are stored in these directories. *AEThe Renderize Live EZ directories and files are organized as follows: The directory EYESEZ , contains the EYESEZ.EXE executable program. The directory EYESEZ\CONFIG % contains Renderize Live EZ interface Land configuration files, all required for the operation of the program. The *2+help file is also stored in this directory. The directory EYESEZ\TUTOR + contains pre-defined projects for use with the Renderize Live EZ tutorials The directory EYESEZ\PLAYBACK contains the Visual Player and EAutodesk Animation Player utilities to play back animation sequences. t$Renderize Live EZ Project File Types *cHRenderize Live EZ makes use of a variety of different "resources" in the *2Kdefinition of a scene for rendering. Some of these resources are generated *2Minternally in Renderize Live EZ and other resources, notably wireframe models *2Land images, are created in other software programs and loaded into Renderize Live EZ from disk files. Z$Renderize Live EZ Interface Overview Times New Roman Model Files *PGWireframe model file formats supported by Renderize Live EZ include GED and AI files. ).D is the Adobe Illustrator drawing file format. This 2D drawing file Econtains the "shapes" that make up a drawing, and these shapes can be *2Mextruded and offset at the time they are imported, or they can be loaded as a bitmap image. )[? is the Simply 3D geometry file format. Models from the Visual DClipART library are stored in the GED format. In addition, when you *2Oextrude a text font using Visual Font and save the extruded text to disk, it is saved in the GED file format. Image Files *PLImage file formats that can be loaded and saved by Renderize Live EZ include *21TGA, TIF, GIF, BMP, JPG, PCX, RAS and RAW files. Project Files *PMA "project" in Renderize Live EZ is a combination of resources used to define *2Jand render views. Resources include views, objects, lights, materials and images. *AQWhen you write a project to disk, several files are created. The main file, with )WF filename extension, contains a listing of all of the resources in the Sproject: view, light and material definitions are saved in this file. In addition, *2Qthis file contains references (directory path and filename) to each of the object *2Mand image resources in the project: these object and image resources continue *2Pto be stored in independent files. The EYE file is a simple ASCII file, and can *2Kbe loaded and edited using an editor. However, you do it at your own risk. *AOFinally, a subdirectory is created under the directory containing the EYE file. *2SAll of the object resources in the current project are saved into this subdirectory under the )[@ file format. In this way, an object can be loaded into multiple Pprojects, and the properties defined for the object in one project do not affect *2Pthe properties of the same object in a different project. Regardless of whether *2Qthe object was loaded from a AI or GED file, it will always be saved as a project *2Mresource under the GED file format. The name under which the object is saved *2Oas part of a project is the same as the object's original name, except that the *2Jproject-related object is stored in the subdirectory of that project name. *AKFor example, assume we have created a project that includes an image called *2L"picture.tga" and objects called "model1.ai" and "model2.ged". When we save *2Othis project in the EYESEZ directory under the name "test", the following files are created: EYESEZ\test.eye \ Renderize Live EZ Interface Overview Times New Roman EYESEZ\TEST\model1.ged EYESEZ\TEST\model2.ged *AJNote that no image file name is created. Instead, the EYE file contains a *2Preference to the image "picture.tga". This reference includes not only the name *2Iof the image, but also the directory path under which the image is saved. *ANBecause each project is actually made up of multiple files, be sure to use the *2JExport Project command when moving projects to other locations. Otherwise *2Nyou might forget a file, or place the files in directories where they can't be found by the EYE file. Customizing Renderize Live EZ *cHRenderize Live EZ can be customized in a number of ways. You can change *2Othe interface to take advantage of a 3-button mouse. You can break the Project *2JDesigner window up into multiple floating windows. You can set up default *2*image file and viewport display settings. *ABRenderize is customized using the Preferences window. To open the *2GPreferences window, select Options, Preferences on the Menu Bar. These *2Gpreferences are saved in a file called EYES.CFG, which is stored in the *2!SIMPLY3D\EYESEZ\CONFIG directory. *AKAll of the configuration options are described in full the Project Designer chapter of this manual. w$Renderize Live EZ Interface Overview Times New Roman Notes \ Renderize Live EZ Interface Overview !"#$ %&'()*+,- /0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGH !"#$%&' ()*+,- !"#$% xTPP` "#$%&'()* !"#$ %&'()*+,- /0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGH p 0p`P !"#$%&' ()*+,- ph@`` !"#$% "#$%&'()* xTPP` !"#$ %&'()*+,- /0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGH !"#$%&' ()*+,- !"#$% "#$%&'()* Windows 3.10 (Maker 1.03) Nick Josephs Visual Software, Inc. AMIPRO Times New Roman zclut :FNMS FFPIC