| 3DV IFL Editor Version 1.0.0.3 By Danny Noe |
The Image File List (extension .ifl) is an ASCII
file that lists single-frame bitmap files to be
used for each rendered frame. The 3DV IFL Editor
(found under utilities) allows you to create and
modify IFL's inside MAX.
3DV IFL Editor is a
FREE Max Plugin for MAX versions 1.2, 2.0, and 3.1 courtesy of 3DV.
Use 3DV_ifl1.dlu for MAX version 1.2 and 3DV_ifl2.dlu for MAX
version 2.0 and 3DV_ifl3.dlu for MAX version 3.1. Download the
version you need by selecting a link below.
3DV_ifl1.dlu for MAX v1.2
3DV_ifl2.dlu for MAX v2.0
3DV_ifl3.dlu for MAX v3.1
Download the correct version of the Plugin according to your version of MAX.
If your browser prompts you to "Open" or "Save", choose to "Save" the file to disk
Browse to the folder in which the downloaded file was saved, and open it by double-clicking on it
Follow the installation instructions provided by the install program, ensuring that you have selected the correct path to the plugin folder
You can delete the setup program that you downloaded after the install is complete. If you need to re-install the Plugin at a later date, however, you will need to download the setup program again.
Image List Panel |
File name:
This area will display the file name of the current IFL file that you are editing. If you are editing a "NEW" IFL file, then there will be no file name displayed, only "None" will be displayed until you save the "NEW" IFL file and give it a name.
Image list box:
This image
list box is where all of the image files will be listed,
their order is maintained and will match the order of the
image files as found in the original IFL file, and / or
as you add/insert new image files.
For you convince, we have added a sequence number before each of the file names, this will help in seeing the actual position that each image is at. This sequence number WILL NOT be placed into the IFL file when you save it, it will only be displayed in the list box for referencing image positions.
Each of the images will have a file name, this file name will include the file extension (if their is one), the file name length (i.e., long file names) will be displayed in the appropriate length and style as they normally would be for which ever version of windows you are using.
Open Button:
To Open an existing IFL file for editing, simply select this button, and the standard windows "Open" dialog will appear. From this point, just find the IFL file you wish to edit, select it, and the IFL Editor Plugin will automatically load it, and display the image files found with in the IFL file, into the Image list box.
New button :
When you want to create a NEW IFL file, select the New button, it will clear the image list box of any images from the previous IFL file you where editing (if any). The New IFL file will not be saved or stored on your hard drive until you save the New file.
About button:
This button will display the information about the Plugin, like version, etc... and about the author of the Plugin.
Save... button :
To save the IFL file that you are currently editing, you will need to select the Save button. This button will display the standard windows "Save As" dialog, even if you want to save the IFL file and keep its current name and location, the "Save As" dialog will still display, giving you the option of saving the IFL file as another name and / or location.
Modify Panel |

Cut button :
The "Cut" button will allow you to remove the image files you have selected in the Image list box. The image files that you "Cut", will be stored in memory until you either "Cut" again or "Copy" (*see Copy button) or exit the application / Plugin. As long as the "Cut" images are in memory, you can "Paste" (*see Paste button) the "Cut" Image files back into the Image list box any where you like.
There is a Maximum of " 500 " Image files that you can select and "Cut" and keep in memory at one time..
Copy button :
The "Copy" button will allow you to copy the image files you have selected in the Image list box, and place them into memory. Once the image files are copied you can "Paste" (*see Paste button) the Image files in memory anywhere you like within the Image list box. Once again, the Image files will only stay in memory until you "Cut" or "Copy" or exit the application / Plugin.
There is a Maximum of " 500 " Image files that you can select and "Cut" and keep in memory at one time.
Paste button :
The "Paste" button allows you to place the Image files that are in memory (*see Cut and Copy), into the Image list box.
There are two (2) ways you can paste, "Add" or "Insert".
Adding with Paste : When the "Add" control is selected, the Image files that you paste will be added to the Image list box immediately after the currently selected Image file in the Image list box.
Inserting with Paste: When the "Insert" control is selected, the Image files that you paste will be Inserted into the Image list box directly in front of the currently selected Image file in the Image list box.
Invert button :
Invert button will take the complete list of image files and reverse their order, so that what was first is now last, and what was last is now first.
Delete button :
This button will delete the Image files that are currently selected, the image files will NOT be placed into memory, they will be GONE.
Clear List button :
This button simply clears all image files from the Image list box, it does not store the cleared image files in memory, so be careful when clearing the list.
Loading Images into the Image list |
There are two (2) ways to place images into the Image list "Add" or "Insert", and two (2) different ways to get the image files "File(s)" or "Directory"...
Add : The add button will add images into the image list box immediately after the currently selected image file in the image list box. (*see "Paste sample for add")
Insert : The insert button will insert the images into the image list box directly in front of the currently selected image file in the image list box. (*see "Paste sample for insert")
File(s) : If the file control is selected, when you press the add / or insert button, the windows standard "Open" dialog will be displayed. From here you can select single, or multiple image files to add / insert into the image list.
Directory : If the directory control is selected, when you press the add / or insert button, a dialog will appear that will only allow you to select a directory. By doing this, all the files in the selected directory will be added / inserted into the image list box. This way you wont have to individually select each and every image file in the directory.
Selecting Single and Multiple Images |
Single Image file selection:
Using the left mouse button, you can click on a single Image file with in the image list.
Selecting a range of images in sequence:
Using the left mouse button, click on the first image of the images you want to select, then hold down the "SHIFT" key and select the ending range image that you want with the left mouse button. Once this is done, all the images between the first image and last image you selected will be highlighted (i.e., selected).
Selecting several images out of sequence:
Using the left mouse button, click on the first image of the images you want to select, then hold down the "CTRL" key and select the other images one at a time with the left mouse button.



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