Beginer Question #2 Fraps

Builder_Anthony

I want to take a screenshot while 3ds max11 is open.I seen in fraps you can assign a button to take a screenshot but 3ds max11 seems to have all there buttons filled up and i dont want to mess with its defaults.

Any suggestions?

cryrid

Prnt Scrn ?

Builder_Anthony

Thankyou printscreen worked for viewports.

Unfornately it doesnt seem to want to take a picture that is rendered.

TortillaChips

So you've rendered something and you want to take a screenshot of the render window? Could you not just save the picture that has been rendered? Or would print screen without Fraps not be sufficient?

Calabi

You dont need fraps to take a screenshot just use printscreen like cryid said. That copys the image to a the clipboard or whatever and then paste that into mspaint or whatever image package you have and save it however you want.

Builder_Anthony

Once i render a object it brings up a current display of the model.At the top of this page is a save image button.You can click that then look for save image as file type.Then just select where you want the picture to be saved to.

Just figureing out the basics here for 3dsmax11.Its a fun little program and i cant ait to get good at it.I guess ill be in the forums alot.

Builder_Anthony

Once i render a object it brings up a current display of the model.At the top of this page is a save image button.You can click that then look for save image as file type.Then just select where you want the picture to be saved to.

Just figureing out the basics here for 3dsmax11.Its a fun little program and i cant ait to get good at it.I guess ill be in the forums alot.

Builder_Anthony

Builder_Anthony

I keep getting a error on polycount.Token has expired...What the heck is that?

stop619

Here is an alternate method using the "Grab Viewport" command.

1. Activate the viewport you want to capture.
2. Choose Tools menu Grab Viewport Create Still Image File. A dialog appears that allows you to add a label to your snapshot.
3. Enter a label for your snapshot, if desired. The label will appear in the lower-right corner of the image.
4. Click Grab. The Rendered Frame Window opens to display a snapshot of your viewport.
5. Click (Save Image) to save your image.

If you want a jpg, I read somewhere to save as tiff or targa and then use Photoshop (or similar application) to save as jpg. It's an extra step, but supposedly the jpg algorithim found in Max not that great (according to what I read, I can not confirm that statement ).

S6