How do you load the AVI files into the material editor? do you select the box next to duffuse or do you open the get material? i have a short animation that i want to play on my model tv i heard you can do this in max from a tutorial from VTC but the trainer does not tell you how to load it in

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Computer engineer, 3ds max freelancer
3ds max used currantly using max 9 (7, 8)
poser using 8 (5,6,7)
windows xp sp2
512 memory
40 and 80 gb hard drives
sis mirage 3 VGA Card
Asus motherboard

Yes, just select the avi in place of a still image in the Diffuse Map slot.

Max 4.2 through 2013.
XP-64 (SP2)
NVidia 9800GTX-512 (Driver 266.58).
Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz, 8Gb Ram, DX9.0c.

i know but i don’t see the AVI file in that list or do you just select bitmap? and the avi will open once you select it?

Computer engineer, 3ds max freelancer
3ds max used currantly using max 9 (7, 8)
poser using 8 (5,6,7)
windows xp sp2
512 memory
40 and 80 gb hard drives
sis mirage 3 VGA Card
Asus motherboard

If you mean in the Material / Map Browser then yes - select Bitmap.

Max 4.2 through 2013.
XP-64 (SP2)
NVidia 9800GTX-512 (Driver 266.58).
Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz, 8Gb Ram, DX9.0c.

The menu needs to look like this (See Attachment) “Avi” or “All files” must be the selected item. Anyway if you are running a 64 bit version of max and the Avi file is a compressed one you very probably will not be able to load it in the material.

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