->File -. Render

[Ashe Raven]

Hi I was hoping someone could help me out here

I am following the tutorials but when it comes to telling me to use the Render option in the File menu, I find there is no render option in this menu.

Is this becasue I am using the bog standard version and not the pro version or am I missing something? Thanks to any help you can offer me

[Patmals]

Hi Ashe,

The Render option SHOULD appear under the Preview option

eg.

File

New
Open
Close
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Save
Save As...
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Project Settings...
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Inport
-------------------
Preview
Render
Export Animation...
Batch Export
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Quit

[Patmals]

Im using Pro so i am not sure...

[Lost Marble]

Hmm, yes, this is because the Render command is not available in the standard version. You can get the same result using the File->Export Animation command. The difference is that Render shows you just the current frame in a window, while Export Animation exports the whole animation (or you can specify a subset of frames) to a movie file.

Sorry - apparently we missed those references to Render in the manual.

[Ashe Raven]

Thanks for the assist. The documentation is pretty vague as to what version can do what, for example the particle system can only be accessed through the pro-versio. Maybe it's something you can look into as dissapointment in the lack of such features mentioned in the manual can lead to complaint. Not from me though I'm a little smarter than that :p

Anyways I am so pleaeed with this version I am upgrading as soon as my grant comes in. I want to make the best of all the features I can get from this nifty package.