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Setting frame rate in Time Configuration

Setting frame rate in Time Configuration - 3ds Max Tutorial

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Setting frame rate in Time Configuration

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- [Instructor] To begin the chapter on animation essentials, let's set our frame rate in the time configuration dialogue. That's found in the transport controls, and it's a button that looks like a clock with a little gear, time configuration. Click on that to launch the dialogue. In the upper left, we have the frame rate controls, and we see some buttons, NTSC, PAL, film and custom. I recommend that you stay away from NTSC, PAL, and film because they are either antiquated or ambiguous. NTSC stands for National Television Standards Committee. That's the analog television standard from the USA. NTSC is the default, and when that's chosen, 3ds Max runs at 30 frames per second, but that is technically not accurate because in the USA color television actually runs at 29.97 frames per second. Only the ancient black and white standard from the 1950s actually ran at exactly 30 frames per second. 3ds Max unfortunately, is not capable of a fractional frame rate. If you're working in a…

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